On whose BBC Radio 2 show could you take part in the 'Pop Master' quiz game?
"My Heart Would Take You Back ""My Heart Would Take You Back"" is a song by British singer Shayne Ward. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 12 April 2015. It was released as the lead single from his fourth studio album ""Closer"" (2015). The song was written by Mike Stock, Johan Kalel, Laura Walton and Shayne Ward. The song premiered on BBC Radio 2 on the Ken Bruce show on 24 February 2015 to a positive reception. Shayne Ward said of the song: ""I sat down with Mike and said, 'I love The"
"PopMaster PopMaster is a popular music quiz on the ""Ken Bruce Show"" on BBC Radio 2. It usually takes place at around 10:30 on weekdays. Two contestants play against each other for the chance to win a DAB digital radio. Each contestant is given 10 questions based on popular music from the 1950s right through to the present day. All the questions are worth 3 points except the three ""bonus questions"" (questions 3, 6 and 9) on a topic chosen (from two choices) by the contestant. These bonus questions involve listening to a snippet of music, and if answered correctly"
"rock stars have played the game for ""no prizes whatsover due to current compliance guidelines."" At Christmas 2007 Ken Bruce himself played, and lost. The format of PopMaster, which began in 1998, is similar to that of David Hamilton's ""Music Game"" which ran on his Radio 2 show in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. For the intervening period, there was no such phone competition on Radio 2 largely owing to the impact of Frances Line on the station's music policy. PopMaster PopMaster is a popular music quiz on the ""Ken Bruce Show"" on BBC Radio 2. It usually"
"score, and the highest-scoring two contestants return for a final to determine the year's champion. When Ken Bruce is on holiday, PopMaster continues with the stand-in presenters; these include Alex Lester, Stuart Maconie, Michael Ball, Claudia Winkleman, Richard Allinson, Aled Jones, Zoë Ball, Fearne Cotton, Sara Cox and Trevor Nelson. PopMaster was suspended for one day on 19 July 2007 in line with the BBC's blanket ban on television and radio competitions following several phone-in scandals (although Popmaster or other competitions on Radio 2 were never implicated). The day after, PopMaster was brought back but without prizes or public entry;"
"hosted live from Baku, Azerbaijan. The BBC's Moscow Correspondent, Steve Rosenberg, narrowly lost to O'Connor. A third ""Eurovision Popmaster"" was held live on 17 May 2013 from Malmo, Sweden, on the eve of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 during Bruce's regular Radio 2 morning show, with Bruce competing against Paddy O'Connell and John Kennedy O'Connor chairing the quiz. An interactive version of PopMaster was launched on Monday 1 March 2010. The game can now be played on the BBC Radio 2 web and mobile sites, or in a Facebook application. The game features text, image, sound and video questions, and"
"a one-on-one interview, won ""PopMaster"" on BBC Radio 2's Ken Bruce show, playing against Paddy O'Connell in a Eurovision spoof of the regular feature, a feat he repeated in 2012 against the BBC Moscow Correspondent Steven Rosenberg. He also featured across ITV News and BBC Local Radio live from Oslo. In 2011, O'Connor featured in the documentary ""The Secret History of Eurovision"", shown in More4 in the UK. Since 2013, O'Connor has been the lead on-screen host for the educational broadcaster CreativeLive, fronting a variety of multi-day live broadcasts from the platforms San Francisco studios. At the end of 2014"
"Maestro (TV series) Maestro is a 2008 reality TV talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC's Classical Music Department in the United Kingdom. It was shown on BBC Two between 12 August and 13 September 2008. The show features eight celebrities (described by the BBC as ""famous amateurs with a passion for classical music"") competing for the chance to conduct the BBC Concert Orchestra at the 2008 ""Proms in the Park"" at Hyde Park in London on 13 September 2008 as part of the ""BBC Proms"" series ""Last Night of the Proms"". The show was presented by Clive Anderson."
"a group, a compilation of songs of a particular theme where the teams guess the artists and a quick-fire round. Pop Quiz Pop Quiz is a British television quiz programme that originally aired on BBC1 from 4 July 1981 to 28 December 1984 with a ""Top of the Pops"" special on 4 January 1994 hosted by Mike Read. It was then revived from 21 May to 9 July 1994 on the same channel but this time hosted by Chris Tarrant. It was revived again on Red TV from 14 June to 30 August 2008 with Mike Read returning as host;"
"presenter, hosting the popular 1980s Saturday morning programme ""Saturday Superstore"", as well as the Saturday Night music game show ""Pop Quiz"", which regularly got audiences of 10 million and featured rock and pop stars answering music trivia questions. The show spawned board game and computer game spin-offs. The penultimate episode of ""Pop Quiz"" in 1984 featured a face-off between pop bands Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran, and in 1994 he returned to host a one-off special of the show for the anniversary of ""Top of the Pops"". The format was revived twice, firstly in 1994 by the BBC with Chris"
"magazine shows. He was the host of the 12-part Classic FM series ""Paul Gambaccini's Hall of Heroes"", and chairs the Radio 4 music quiz ""Counterpoint"". He is currently the presenter of “Pick of the Pops” on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday afternoons. Inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame in 2005, Gambaccini is the author of more than 15 books. Born in the Bronx, New York City, Gambaccini studied at Dartmouth College, where he obtained a degree in history in 1970. He then migrated to the United Kingdom and attended University College, Oxford, where he read for a degree"
"Top of the Pops 2 Top of the Pops 2 (also known as TOTP2) is a British television music show broadcast on BBC Two, showing archive footage from the long-running ""Top of the Pops"" show, some dating back to the 1960s when the programme first aired on British television. From its debut in 1994, the show was narrated by BBC Radio 2 DJ Johnnie Walker. Steve Wright took over in 1997 and hosted the show until being replaced by Mark Radcliffe in December 2009. The presenter never appears in-vision, but provides voice-over commentary that introduces each performance. The original show"
"Pop Quiz Pop Quiz is a British television quiz programme that originally aired on BBC1 from 4 July 1981 to 28 December 1984 with a ""Top of the Pops"" special on 4 January 1994 hosted by Mike Read. It was then revived from 21 May to 9 July 1994 on the same channel but this time hosted by Chris Tarrant. It was revived again on Red TV from 14 June to 30 August 2008 with Mike Read returning as host; he also hosted two specials on BBC Four in December 2016 and January 2017. The teams are made up of"
"of the Pops"" spiral logo was used alongside the original version of ""Whole Lotta Love"" by CCS. This is a guide to show a list of new episodes not in a particular series of ""TOTP2"", broadcast since December 2008. Top of the Pops 2 Top of the Pops 2 (also known as TOTP2) is a British television music show broadcast on BBC Two, showing archive footage from the long-running ""Top of the Pops"" show, some dating back to the 1960s when the programme first aired on British television. From its debut in 1994, the show was narrated by BBC Radio"
"The Master Game The Master Game was a BBC production of televised chess tournaments that ran for seven series on BBC2 from 1976 to 1983. Presented by Jeremy James with expert analysis from Leonard Barden and, later, Bill Hartston, ""The Master Game"" was noted for its innovative style, in which a display board with animated figurines and move notation, shown centre-left of screen, was accompanied by footage of the players cogitating, their thoughts during the game heard in voice-over. As a theme tune, the later seasons of this programme used the Disco '78 version of Ennio Morricone's ""Come Maddalena"". ""The"
"scores obtained each episode by each contestant, along with those who were eliminated (red), and those who were eligible for elimination, but survived (yellow): Maestro (TV series) Maestro is a 2008 reality TV talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC's Classical Music Department in the United Kingdom. It was shown on BBC Two between 12 August and 13 September 2008. The show features eight celebrities (described by the BBC as ""famous amateurs with a passion for classical music"") competing for the chance to conduct the BBC Concert Orchestra at the 2008 ""Proms in the Park"" at Hyde Park in"
"Colour Me Pop Colour Me Pop was a British music TV programme broadcast on BBC2 from 1968–1969. It was a spin-off from the BBC 2 arts magazine show ""Late Night Line-Up"". Designed to celebrate the new introduction of colour to British television, it was directed by Steve Turner, and showcased half-hour sets by pop and rock groups of the period. The programme was a pioneering precursor to the better remembered BBC music programme ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"" (1971–87). Unlike its successor, most of the editions of ""Colour Me Pop"" are missing, due to the BBC's archival policy of the"
"am each day, preceded by dedications, although a number of songs in the rotation are not romantic love songs (e.g. ""At Seventeen"" by Janis Ian, ""The Greatest Love of All"" by George Benson). The show also includes the daily quiz, PopMaster. It previously included other competitions, such as ""Spin It to Win It"" and ""Words Don't Come Easily"", although these were dropped in 2007 over possible abuse of phone-ins (despite no allegation of impropriety against Radio 2). PopMaster quiz returned to Bruce's show in January 2008 with new jingles and a modified selection procedure where listeners had to register first"
"radio show. This version was first released in 1994 on the ""Live at the BBC"" compilation. The second version the band recorded was recorded on 31 March 1964 at the Playhouse Theatre in London for the ""Saturday Club"" radio show. This version was released in 2013 for the ""On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2"" compilation and is shorter than the ""Live at the BBC"" version. Other versions that have made the pop or R&B charts in the US are those by Jimmy McGriff (#20 pop, #5 R&B, 1962), Freddie Scott (#48 pop, 1963), and Ricky Nelson (#49"
"contestants would be eliminated instead of the standard one. Theme: Songs from contestant's birth year Theme: Elton John Theme: Disco songs Theme: The Beatles Theme: Big band Theme: Christmas songs Theme: Judges' song choice Pop Idol (series 2) The second series of British reality television show Pop Idol began airing on ITV on 13 September 2003 and ended on 20 December 2003. Michelle McManus was announced as the winner and received a £1 million recording contract to release her debut album. Ant & Dec returned to present the show on ITV, whilst Simon Cowell, Neil Fox, Nicki Chapman and Pete"
"timeslot of 22:00-22:30. The figures made it the most watched show of its timeslot, with it attracting a 28% audience share. Top Gear of the Pops Top Gear of the Pops was a one-off special programme that aired for BBC Two on 16 March 2007, as part of Red Nose Day 2007. The episode combined the elements of ""Top Gear"", with that of BBC music chart show ""Top of the Pops"", the latter of which was cancelled by the BBC in 2006. In the episode, presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May hosted their own version of the chart"
"Simon Mayo, Aled Jones, Zoë Ball, Michael Ball, Claudia Winkleman, Fearne Cotton and Trevor Nelson. The comedian and impressionist Rob Brydon, who is noted for his mimicry of Bruce, sat in for him on 25 August 2008 and again as an April fool prank in 2011 when Brydon impersonated Bruce throughout. Bruce took his first day off sick in 23 years on 10 September 2008. On that occasion, the show was presented by Richard Allinson. In 2013, the audience for the Ken Bruce Show reached a record 8.17 million. Normally, the daily ""PopMaster"" quiz, with questions set by music expert"
"Quiz Master Quiz Master is an Australian game show series aired on the Seven Network in 2002. It was hosted by Simon Reeve. Four contestants, already renowned for their mastery of the question/answer format, challenge each other for the title of QuizMaster and a potential prize pool of $1,000,000. There are essentially two components to the show. The first part involves five rounds of questions and answers, where contestants buzz in to give their response. (NOTE: The rules for each round differ slightly) All contestants compete with each other to score the most points within the time limit. A correct"
"""Hot Gossip"". The show was broadcast on a Saturday afternoon on BBC Radio 2; points were awarded to those who dished out dirt. The show featured many famous pundits, including Will Smith, Phil Nichol, Jo Caulfield, Rufus Hound and Jonathan Ross' brother, Paul. She hosted a weekly show on BBC Radio 2 every Friday night between 10pm and midnight called ""Claudia Winkleman's Arts Show"" consisting of interviews with people from the arts world, as well as reviews and debate. In July 2010, Winkleman sat in for Dermot O'Leary. She covered for Ken Bruce on several occasions from 2012 until 2014."
"Top Gear of the Pops Top Gear of the Pops was a one-off special programme that aired for BBC Two on 16 March 2007, as part of Red Nose Day 2007. The episode combined the elements of ""Top Gear"", with that of BBC music chart show ""Top of the Pops"", the latter of which was cancelled by the BBC in 2006. In the episode, presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May hosted their own version of the chart show in their studio at Dunsfold, including discussions about music-related news topics, and performed as a band for the final number"
"Fripp edition (not an off air but prerecordings produced by Peter Giles to be played back during broadcast) was included on 'The Brondesbury Tapes' CD release in 2001. Videos identified as being taken from the programme can be seen on the YouTube website, including recordings of The Bonzo Dog Band, The Nice, The Moody Blues, The Chambers Brothers, The Move, and The Small Faces. Colour Me Pop Colour Me Pop was a British music TV programme broadcast on BBC2 from 1968–1969. It was a spin-off from the BBC 2 arts magazine show ""Late Night Line-Up"". Designed to celebrate the new"
"based jingles. Bruce himself was a Popmaster contestant during his show on 17 May 2013, when he took part in a special ""Eurovision"" edition of the quiz, live from Malmo, Sweden. Bruce competed against Paddy O'Connell with John Kennedy O'Connor chairing the quiz. While Bruce was on holiday in August 2007, he was briefly replaced by Davina McCall. This attracted more than 150 complaints from listeners. During his show on 21 April 2008, theatre producer Bill Kenwright told Bruce that Elvis Presley once visited London in 1958 and was taken on a tour of the city by Tommy Steele. It"
"Mark Goodier Mark Goodier (born 9 June 1961) is a British radio disc jockey who appeared on BBC Radio 1 between 1987 and 2002. He had two spells presenting the station's Top 40 singles chart, from 1990 to 1992 and from 1995 until 2002, and also temporarily presented the ""Breakfast Show"" during 1993. He has also presented shows on BBC Radio 2, Classic FM, 102.2 Smooth Radio and Real Radio, and appeared on BBC television as a recurring presenter of ""Top of the Pops"" between 1988 and 1996. Goodier was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). His family moved to Llanfairfechan,"
"was insisted that this was so that the show would air immediately after the official announcement of the new top 40 chart on Radio 1, as it was thought that by the following Friday, the chart seemed out-of-date. The final ""Top of the Pops"" to be shown on BBC One (barring Christmas and New Year specials) was broadcast on Monday 11 July 2005, which was edition number 2,166. The first edition on BBC Two was broadcast on 17 July 2005 at 7.00pm with presenter Fearne Cotton. After the move to Sundays, Cotton continued to host with a different guest presenter"
"Pop Idol (series 2) The second series of British reality television show Pop Idol began airing on ITV on 13 September 2003 and ended on 20 December 2003. Michelle McManus was announced as the winner and received a £1 million recording contract to release her debut album. Ant & Dec returned to present the show on ITV, whilst Simon Cowell, Neil Fox, Nicki Chapman and Pete Waterman all returned as judges. The second series was not as successful as the first series, and the viewing figures for the finale were much lower. Waterman considered McManus an unworthy winner. In 2004,"
"Smith, Jonathan Ansell, Sir James Galway, The X Factor Finalists, Michael Feinstein, The Real Thing, Issy Van Randwyck and Rose-Marie. A former professional musician, Cruse has worked on over 200 theatrical productions, many in London's West End and on national/international tours, both as Musical Director/Supervisor, orchestral musician and/or vocal coach, and for the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky. As a classical pianist, he has performed extensively, winning competitions for his interpretation of Chopin and Rachmaninov, and has performed the famous ""Rach 2"". He has performed for royalty at Windsor Castle and other venues on several occasions and, in 1999, formed"
"the second series by Pete Drummond; other presenters used occasionally included Mike Harding, Richard Williams and Mike Raven. The theme music was initially by Elton John. This was later replaced with the opening riff of Led Zeppelin's ""Moby Dick"". Programmes were initially broadcast on Saturday evenings, later occasionally moving to Friday evening and then Thursday evening. Only a few performances from the show are known to survive. Disco 2 (TV series) Disco 2 (or Disco Two) was a BBC2 television music show that ran between January 1970 and July 1971. It was the successor to ""Colour Me Pop"" and the"
"BBC Radio 1, where he remained until March 1990, when he was succeeded by Gary King. He occasionally filled in on the weekday early show during 1991. He also presented the 29 June 1989 episode of ""Top of the Pops"" alongside Anthea Turner. From then on, he went on to present the weekday afternoon show on BBC GLR, ""The GLR Picture Show"" & also presented a phone in pop quiz on the old BBC Radio 5, entitled ""Popcall"", which he did for three years. He also presented the UK Top 20 Chart Show on the BBC World Service for nearly"
"""TOTP2"" returned to the BBC Two schedules for a new series on Saturday, 30 September 2006, in an evening timeslot. It was still narrated by Steve Wright and featured a mixture of performances from the ""TOTP"" archive and newly recorded performances. The first edition of this series featured new performances by Razorlight and Nelly Furtado recorded after the final episode of ""Top of the Pops"". In 2009 Mark Radcliffe took over as narrator. Aired on BBC Radio 1 between the mid-1990s and late 2001 was ""Top of the Pops: The Radio Show"" which went out every Sunday at 3 pm"