"interview with Sandi Toksvig. Entire series from series 87 onwards have been released on audio CD and made available for download. The following compilations have also been released by BBC Audio. As of 28 September 2007, ""The News Quiz"" became downloadable as part of the ""Friday Night Comedy"" podcast feed for Radio 4. The podcast switches between ""The News Quiz"" and ""The Now Show"", depending on which show is being transmitted. During Miles Jupp's tenure, an extended version of the show entitled The News Quiz Extra featuring an additional 10-15 minutes of material was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra"
"Sandi Toksvig Sandra Birgitte Toksvig, (, ; born 3 May 1958) is a British-Danish comedian, writer, actor, presenter and producer on British radio and television, and political activist. On 21 October 2016, Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC television quiz show ""QI"". She was the host of ""The News Quiz"" on BBC Radio 4 from 2006 until June 2015. She also presented the quiz show ""1001 Things You Should Know"" on Channel 4 television in 2012–13, and began hosting a revived series of the same channel's game show ""Fifteen to One"" on 5 April 2014."
"Radio 4 programme ""I'm Suzy, and I'm a Phobic"", which was broadcast in January 2013. Phill Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on BBC Two's popular music quiz ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"" from its inception in 1996 until its end in 2015, and also appears regularly as a guest on several other panel shows, including ""QI"" and BBC Radio 4's ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"". Born Phillip Swan in Newport on the Isle of Wight, he took his"
"Nish Kumar Nishant Kumar (born 26 August 1985) is a British stand-up comedian, actor, and radio presenter. He hosts ""The Mash Report"" on BBC Two, and has hosted BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical comedy show ""Newsjack"". He has also appeared as a guest on ""Have I Got News for You"", ""Mock the Week"", ""Virtually Famous"", """", ""Russell Howard's Stand Up Central"", ""Sweat the Small Stuff"", ""QI"", ""Live from the BBC"", ""The Alternative Comedy Experience"" and is a frequent guest on ""The Bugle"". Kumar was born in Wandsworth, London, and read English with History at Durham University. He is of Indian"
"BBC Radio 4, both as a guest in comedy panel shows, as well as in his own shows. Will Smith (comedian) William James Smith (born 8 June 1971) is an English stand-up comedian, screenwriter, novelist, actor and producer. As co-writer and co-producer of the HBO sitcom ""Veep"", he was among the recipients of two Emmys and two Writers Guild of America Awards, and has received nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Comedy. Though born in Winchester, Hampshire, Smith grew up in Jersey and was educated there at Victoria College. His"
"Steve Punt Stephen Punt (born 15 September 1962) is a British writer, comedian and actor. Along with Hugh Dennis, he is part of comedy double act Punt and Dennis and presenter of BBC Radio 4 satirical news programme ""The Now Show"". He is also a writer and programme associate for various television panel game shows, including ""Would I Lie to You?"" and ""Mock the Week"", and is a writer for fellow comedians such as Rory Bremner and Jasper Carrott. Punt was educated at Whitgift School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he read English. While at Cambridge, he joined Footlights,"
"Graham Norton Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), known professionally as Graham Norton, is an Irish television and radio presenter, comedian, actor, and author based in the United Kingdom. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy chat show ""The Graham Norton Show"" and an eight-time award winner, overall. Originally shown on BBC Two before moving to other slots on BBC One, it succeeded ""Friday Night with Jonathan Ross"" in BBC One's prestigious late-Friday-evening slot in 2010. He also presents on BBC Radio 2 and is the BBC television commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest, which"
"was renewed for a second series in June 2018. Later in the year Williams and Josie Long co-wrote and co-starred in the BBC Radio 4 comedy ""Perimeter"", part of the ""Dangerous Visions"" season on the station. Williams also appeared on the final episode of series 2 of ""Live from the BBC"", performing a 30-minute set. The Netflix version of the series features his full one-hour set, made available on the streaming service in July 2018. Liam Williams (comedian) Liam Williams (born March 1988 in Garforth, Leeds) is an English comedian, actor and writer, known for his wry poetic presentation style."
"Phill Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on BBC Two's popular music quiz ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"" from its inception in 1996 until its end in 2015, and also appears regularly as a guest on several other panel shows, including ""QI"" and BBC Radio 4's ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"". Born Phillip Swan in Newport on the Isle of Wight, he took his stepfather Alexander's surname, Jupitus (a corruption of the Lithuanian name Šeputis) when he was 16."
"Miles Jupp Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English comedian and actor. Beginning his career as a stand-up comedian, he first became well known on British television for playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series ""Balamory"". His profile rose in Britain after appearances on comedy panel shows, and roles as John Duggan in ""The Thick of It"" and Nigel in the sitcom ""Rev"". In September 2015, Jupp replaced Sandi Toksvig as the host of ""The News Quiz"" on BBC Radio 4. Jupp was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and spent most"
"""a source of light as well as heat"" becoming an opportunity to ""explore and illuminate the dilemmas politicians face, to recognise that government is not a choice between good and bad policies but most often a search for the least worst option."" On 31 October 2017, it was announced that Katz is leaving the BBC, and his role as ""Newsnight"" editor for Channel 4 where he will become director of programmes. He assumed his new post in January 2018. Katz is married to Justine Roberts, the chief executive of the Mumsnet website. Ian Katz Ian Alexander Katz (born 9 February"
"Ross Noble Ross Markham Noble (born 5 June 1976) is an English stand-up comedian and actor. Noble rose to mainstream popularity through making appearances on British television, particularly interviews and on panel shows such as ""Have I Got News for You"". He has also released DVDs of several of his tours. In 2007 he was voted the 10th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 11th greatest stand-up comic. In 2012, Noble made his movie debut in the fantasy comedy horror movie ""Stitches"". In 2015 he made his musical"
"in 2015 that his ex-boyfriends often resented the role they had to play in the public eye as his partner. Graham Norton Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), known professionally as Graham Norton, is an Irish television and radio presenter, comedian, actor, and author based in the United Kingdom. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy chat show ""The Graham Norton Show"" and an eight-time award winner, overall. Originally shown on BBC Two before moving to other slots on BBC One, it succeeded ""Friday Night with Jonathan Ross"" in BBC One's prestigious late-Friday-evening slot in"
"James Naughtie Alexander James ""Jim"" Naughtie FRSE (surname pronounced ; born 9 August 1951) is a British radio and news presenter for the BBC. From 1994 until 2015 he was one of the main presenters of Radio 4's ""Today"" programme. In July 2015 he announced, via the BBC, that in early 2016 he would retire from regular presenting duties on the programme and would, instead, be its 'Special Correspondent' with 'responsibility for charting the course of the constitutional changes at the heart of the UK political debate', as well as the BBC News's Books Editor, contributing a book review to"
"Julian Worricker Julian Gordon Worricker (born 6 January 1963 in Woking, Surrey) is an English journalist, currently working as a presenter of ""Any Answers"" on BBC Radio 4 and a relief presenter on BBC News, the corporation's 24-hour rolling news channel. He also presented ""You and Yours"" on BBC Radio 4 until leaving in October 2013. Worricker was educated at Epsom College; he went on to study English literature at the University of Leicester. He is an only child. He suffers from psoriatic arthritis. He joined the BBC in 1985 as a staff reporter for BBC Radio Leicester before moving"
"those who have only appeared once. The News Quiz also features considerable comedic input from regular BBC newsreaders (or ""hacks-neutral"", as Alan Coren referred to them). The current regulars are: And former regulars include: Corrie Corfield appeared as a panellist once when Sandi Toksvig was unable to attend. As a current BBC newsreader she was bound by the BBC's code of practice for newsreaders, which prevented her from making any opinionated comments on-air (When asked, ""What do you think of Bush, Corrie?"", she responded, ""He's an American."") Peter Donaldson also appeared as a guest, in an episode broadcast in September"
"showed over three-quarters of respondents wanting Deayton to stay on as the programme's host. In April 2003, Stephen Fry supported Deayton, by refusing to appear on the show again. Angus Deayton Gordon Angus Deayton (; born 6 January 1956) is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian, and broadcaster. He was the original presenter of the satirical panel game ""Have I Got News for You"", a job from which he was dismissed in October 2002 after a second round of tabloid allegations about his personal life. He was also the host of British panel show ""Would I Lie To You?"" from"
"Jeremy Vine Jeremy Guy Vine (born 17 May 1965) is a British presenter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known as the host of his own BBC Radio 2 programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guests and popular music. He is known for his direct interview style, and exclusive reporting from war-torn areas throughout Africa. Vine is also the host of the BBC long-running quiz show ""Eggheads"", taking over from former host Dermot Murnaghan full-time in 2014. Since September 2018 he has presented his own Channel 5 daily current affairs show called ""Jeremy Vine"". In 2015 he was"
"show and Ross' Sit Down Tour. Ross Noble Ross Markham Noble (born 5 June 1976) is an English stand-up comedian and actor. Noble rose to mainstream popularity through making appearances on British television, particularly interviews and on panel shows such as ""Have I Got News for You"". He has also released DVDs of several of his tours. In 2007 he was voted the 10th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 11th greatest stand-up comic. In 2012, Noble made his movie debut in the fantasy comedy horror movie ""Stitches""."
"Got News For You"" as an on-screen guest. In 2009, he hosted a panel game on BBC Radio 4 entitled ""I Guess That's Why They Call It The News"". In 2001 he was elected the Rector of the University of Dundee and was formally installed in office on 3 May 2001. In 2007, he competed in ""Comic Relief Does Fame Academy"" and was the seventh to be eliminated. Fred MacAulay Frederick MacAulay (born 29 December 1956) is a Scottish comedian. For 18 years, until March 2015, he presented a daily BBC Scotland radio programme ""MacAulay and Co"". He has appeared"
"with the comment, ""Frankly I wasn't sent to this world to present game shows."" Stephen Merchant was the third host, appearing in a one-off edition for ""Stand Up to Cancer"" in 2016. His style of presentation involved quirky jokes about real-life events and a cheerful demeanor with the contestants. Richard Ayoade is the show's fourth host, who was chosen to present the programme by Channel 4 after they decided to revive ""The Crystal Maze"" in November 2016; their decision to hire him for the revival was announced in January 2017, after Merchant declined to take on the role following the"
"their own devices, the producers of these shows are clearly failing massively when it comes to putting together line-ups that aren't just endless parades of the same old white men,"" and noted that this could motivate the producers to uncover some new talent. In 2017, creator of ""QI"" John Lloyd commented on BBC's decision, telling the ""Cheltenham Literature Festival"" that ""arguing a BBC quota for women panellists risked being mere tokenism"", while his wife Sarah Wallace—director of ""QI Limited""—stated that female comedians are hesitant to appear on the show. In April 2014, Sandi Toksvig, who was hosting ""The News Quiz"""
"outrage is shared by all right-thinking people. I would really like to see much more of the counterpoint from a theological perspective, with scholars taking to social media to refute the awful arguments we see put forward in those videos."" Mishal Husain Mishal Husain () [məˈʃaːʕɪl ħʊˈseɪn], (sometimes spelt ""Mishal Hussein"") (born 11 February 1973) is a British news presenter for BBC Television and BBC Radio. She is a host on ""Today"", BBC World News and ""BBC Weekend News"". She has hosted ""HARDtalk"" and ""BBC Breakfast"". Husain is also a relief presenter of the ""BBC News at Six"" and ""BBC"
"after he liked a tweet by Kathy Burke, which called both Boris Johnson and Toby Young ""a cunt"". In September 2003 he married Leila Amanpour, a British-Iranian photojournalist. They have three children. Ben de Pear Benjamin de Pear (born 5 December 1970) is the Editor of ""Channel 4 News"", a post he has held since 2012. De Pear was born on 5 December 1970 in Hammersmith to John Andrew de Pear and Susan Elizabeth Kerr de Pear. He grew up in Staines and several places around the world including Iran and went to middle school in Barbados. He has an"
"drama, along with his achievements in international charity work. Articles Lenny Henry Sir Lenworth George Henry (born 29 August 1958) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer, and television presenter, known for co-founding the charity Comic Relief, and presenting various television programmes, including the comedy ""Chef!"" and ""The Magicians"" for BBC One. He is currently the Chancellor of Birmingham City University. Lenny Henry was born at Burton Road Hospital in Dudley, on 29 August 1958, the son of Jamaican immigrants to Great Britain. One of seven children, he was the first to be born in the United Kingdom. He"
"The Now Show The Now Show is a British radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, which satirises the week's news. The show is a mixture of stand-up, sketches and songs hosted by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. The show used to feature regular appearances by Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin (earlier series had Emma Kennedy, or occasionally Sue Perkins, for the female voices), a monologue by Marcus Brigstocke, and music by Mitch Benn, Pippa Evans or Adam Kay, but now features a much wider range of contributors. Most episodes will feature a special guest. Past guests include Robin Ince, Rory"
"Dermot Murnaghan Dermot John Murnaghan (born 26 December 1957) is a British broadcaster. A presenter for Sky News, he was a news presenter at CNBC Europe, Independent Television News and BBC News. He has presented news programmes in a variety of time slots since joining Sky News in 2007. He also presented the BBC quiz show ""Eggheads"" between 2003 and 2014 before Jeremy Vine took over full-time. Murnaghan was born in Barnstaple, Devon in South West England. He and his family later moved to Northern Ireland – first to Armagh City, then to Newry, County Down, and then to Holywood."
"recently finished filming a 2nd series of Health:Truth or Scare for BBC1 and is currently filming a BBC1 daytime series celebrating the great work Charities are doing but also exposing the Charity villain's out there to be shown June 2018 He is also a regular reporter for BBC's ""The One Show"" and has also guest presented the show. Kevin Duala Kevin Duala (born 23 May 1964) is a British actor & presenter. He is a trained teacher in all aspects of Dance, Drama and Physical Education and is fluent in Spanish. He is perhaps best known for hosting United Kingdom's"
"James Corden James Kimberley Corden (born 22 August 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and television host. He hosts ""The Late Late Show with James Corden"", a late-night television talk show on CBS. Along with Welsh actress Ruth Jones, Corden co-created, co-wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed BBC sitcom ""Gavin & Stacey"" (2007–2010) for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Performance. He was featured on the UK No.1 single ""Shout"", along with grime artist Dizzee Rascal, an unofficial anthem of the England football team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and duetted"
"lives near Norwich with his wife, Sarah, and their three children. Adam Buxton Adam Offord Buxton (born 7 June 1969) is an English comedian, writer and actor. He forms one half of the duo Adam and Joe, with filmmaker Joe Cornish. The pair presented ""Adam and Joe"" on BBC Radio 6 Music, whilst Buxton also presented his own show on 6 Music on Sundays, called ""Adam Buxton's Big Mix Tape"". In 2012–2013 Buxton presented another radio show for BBC 6 Music, co-hosting with Edith Bowman. When not presenting on radio and television or recording podcasts, Buxton hosts ""Bug"", a humorous"
"Josh Widdicombe Joshua Michael Widdicombe (; born 8 April 1983) is an English comedian and radio and television presenter, best known for his appearances on ""The Last Leg"" (2012–present), ""Fighting Talk"" (2014–2016), ""Insert Name Here"" (2016–present), ""Have I Got News for You"" (2014–present) and his BBC Three sitcom ""Josh"" (2015–present). Widdicombe was born in Hammersmith, London and grew up in Haytor Vale near Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Devon. He then attended South Dartmoor Community College and later studied sociology and linguistics at the University of Manchester. Before becoming a comedian, Widdicombe worked as a sports journalist, writing for ""The Guardian"". He supports"
"The Fake News Show The Fake News Show is a British television comedy panel game show that has aired on Channel 4 as a pilot since 6 February 2017 and as a full series from 15 May 2017. It is hosted by Stephen Mangan with Katherine Ryan and Richard Osman as the panellists. The series is produced by Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4. The goal is for the two sort out various news stories and work out if they are true or not. The show's title is a reference to the concept of 'fake news', a term popularised by"
"and Sufi teacher, Idries Shah. John Lloyd (producer) John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd (born 30 September 1951) is an English television producer and writer best known for his work on such comedy television programmes as ""Not the Nine O'Clock News"", ""Spitting Image"", ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"", ""Blackadder"" and ""QI"". He is currently the presenter of BBC Radio 4's ""The Museum of Curiosity"", a spin-off of ""QI"". Lloyd was born in Dover, England. His father, H. L. 'Harpy' Lloyd, was an Anglo-Irish captain with the Royal Navy. As a child Lloyd lived in several different places, owing to his father's"