"Perfection (game show) Perfection is a BBC quiz show which was hosted by Nick Knowles. It was first shown on BBC Two from 17 January 2011 to 10 February 2012, then shown on BBC One from 2 January 2013 to 31 October 2014 and then back on BBC Two from 2 to 30 March 2015. Two complete games are played per episode. Each game begins with four participants (referred to by the host as ""the usual suspects"") who are sequestered in a soundproof booth backstage. One of the four is chosen at random to play the game onstage as a"
"Richard Osman Richard Thomas Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, comedian and director, best known for being the creator and co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show ""Pointless"". He also presents the BBC Two quiz shows ""Two Tribes"" and ""Richard Osman's House of Games,"" and is a team captain on the comedy panel shows ""Insert Name Here"" and ""The Fake News Show"". Osman has gained recognition for his appearances on a wide variety of British panel shows. Osman worked at Hat Trick Productions before becoming creative director of the television production company Endemol UK,"
"Nicholas Parsons Christopher Nicholas Parsons (born 10 October 1923) is an English radio and television presenter and actor. Still active in his 90s, Parsons' long career in television, radio and theatre has made him a household name and he has been described as ""the ultimate quiz show host"" because of his ""geniality, clarity of diction and the speed with which he rattled through questions"". Best known today for his long-standing position as host of the comedy radio game show ""Just a Minute"" in six different decades, Parsons is also famous as the long-term host of ""Sale of the Century"", a"
"Michael McIntyre Michael Hazen James McIntyre (born 21 February 1976) is an English comedian, actor, and TV presenter. In 2012, he was reported to be the highest-grossing comedian in the world. In addition to stand-up, McIntyre has hosted his own BBC One comedy programme ""Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow"", has featured in three episodes of ""Live at the Apollo"" and, in 2011, was a judge on ""Britain's Got Talent"". He currently presents his own Saturday night series ""Michael McIntyre's Big Show"" on BBC One. McIntyre resides in Hampstead, London with his aromatherapist wife, Kitty, who is a daughter of the late"
"Louise Roe Louise Roe (born 3 December 1981) is an English television presenter, model, and fashion journalist. She is notable for hosting BBC's ""The Clothes Show"", E!'s ""Fashion Police"", E!'s ""Perfect Catch"", the MTV Europe Music Awards' Red Carpet Show, and The CW's TV show ""Plain Jane"". She currently hosts STAR World's reality TV show ""Fit for Fashion"". After studying at Guildford High School, an independent girls' school in Surrey, she graduated from Durham University with a First Class Honors degree in English literature. Her first job was interning at ""Elle"". In 2007, one of the editors asked her to"
"answering a question, and are provided with a safety net that grants them a guaranteed cash prize if they give an incorrect answer, provided they reach a specific milestone in the quiz. The original series aired for 30 series and a total of 592 episodes, from 4 September 1998 to 11 February 2014, and was presented by Chris Tarrant. Over the course of its run, the original series had around five contestants walk away with the top cash prize of £1 million, and faced a number of controversies during its run, including an attempt to defraud the show of its"
"Richard Hammond Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English presenter, writer, and journalist, best known for co-hosting the BBC Two car programme ""Top Gear"" from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May. He has also presented """" (2003–2008), ""Total Wipeout"" (2009–2012) and ""Planet Earth Live"" (2012). In 2016, Hammond began presenting ""The Grand Tour"" television series, produced by W. Chump & Sons. The show is co-presented with his former ""Top Gear"" co-hosts, Clarkson and May, as an exclusive distributed via Amazon Video to Amazon Prime customers. In November 2016 Hammond, alongside the co-presenters of ""The"
"Trevor Montague Trevor Howard Montague (born 20 May 1954) is a British author who compiles books of facts. Best known for ""A to Z of Almost Everything"", he has since compiled ""A to Z of Sport"", ""A to Z of Britain And Ireland"" and ""A to Z of British (and Irish) Popular Culture"". He is also a prolific game show contestant, with victories in ""Today's the Day"" and ""Fifteen to One"", although the latter victory resulted in legal action as Montague was ineligible to win. Montague founded the British Quiz Association in 2001. Trevor Montague first appeared on ""Fifteen to"
"Perfect World (TV series) Perfect World is a British comedy television series that was first shown on BBC Two in the UK from 25 February 2000 to 25 June 2001. It is set around the life of Bob Slay, an obnoxious, lazy and amoral phony marketing executive for a leading toiletries company. Yet Bob has a swish office, an attractive girlfriend and is well regarded by his manager. The television series was written by Mark Grant (who would later go on to write ""Star"") and Mark Chapman who was a co-writer for the second series and provided additional material for"
"CBBC show. The teams compete in various different scientific challenges and quizzes. The winning team take home the Ultimate Brain trophy. Ultimate Brain Ultimate Brain is a British game show on CBBC about science. It is hosted by Duncan Wisbey as Dr. Brain, a monkey scientist and stars Imran Yusuf as Guinea Pig (also known as GP). Series 1 began on 26 June 2014, series 2 began on 15 August 2015 with a new set and series 3 began on 23 July 2016. It is Zig Zag Productions' first children's series. Three teams compete in each episode. Two teams (green"
"Bill Turnbull William Robert Jolyon Turnbull (born 25 January 1956) is an English journalist and presenter, who currently works as a presenter for the radio station Classic FM, following many years as a presenter with the BBC. He was the main male presenter of ""BBC Breakfast"" from 2001 until 2016, and currently presents the religious series ""Songs of Praise"" and game show ""Think Tank"". Turnbull was born in Surrey, South East England, to an English father of Scottish ancestry and an English mother. He was educated at Eton College in Berkshire, followed by the University of Edinburgh, where he edited"
"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."
"comedy book about the ups and downs of beekeeping. In March 2018, Turnbull revealed he had been diagnosed the previous November with incurable prostate cancer. Bill Turnbull William Robert Jolyon Turnbull (born 25 January 1956) is an English journalist and presenter, who currently works as a presenter for the radio station Classic FM, following many years as a presenter with the BBC. He was the main male presenter of ""BBC Breakfast"" from 2001 until 2016, and currently presents the religious series ""Songs of Praise"" and game show ""Think Tank"". Turnbull was born in Surrey, South East England, to an English"
"Ultimate Brain Ultimate Brain is a British game show on CBBC about science. It is hosted by Duncan Wisbey as Dr. Brain, a monkey scientist and stars Imran Yusuf as Guinea Pig (also known as GP). Series 1 began on 26 June 2014, series 2 began on 15 August 2015 with a new set and series 3 began on 23 July 2016. It is Zig Zag Productions' first children's series. Three teams compete in each episode. Two teams (green and yellow) are made up of 10–12 year old children. One team (blue) is made up of 'celebrities', often from another"
"Fi Glover Fiona Susannah Grace ""Fi"" Glover (born February 1969) is a British BBC journalist and presenter who currently presents ""The Listening Project"" for BBC Radio 4, ""Shared Experience"" for BBC Radio 4 and ""My Perfect Country"" for the BBC World Service. Until March 2011, she was the host of BBC Radio 4's ""Saturday Live"", and before that presented BBC Radio 4's ""Broadcasting House"". She previously worked at BBC Radio 5 Live for 7 years. In 2014 she was the host of BBC One's reality history show, ""24 Hours in the Past"". In 1993, Glover started her BBC career as"
"The Big Quiz (TV series) The Big Quiz is a British entertainment quiz show hosted by Stephen Mulhern. It started as an annual quiz between soap operas ""Coronation Street"" and ""Emmerdale"". The first episode aired on 16 December 2011 with the teams consisting of the cast of ""Coronation Street"": Jennie McAlpine, Malcolm Hebden, Patti Clare and Jack P. Shepherd and ""Emmerdale"": Mark Charnock, Natalie Anderson, Danny Miller and Meg Johnson. The second episode aired on 15 April 2012 with the teams consisting of the cast of the hit comedy ""Benidorm"": Jake Canuso, Crissy Rock, Janine Duvitski and Shelley Longworth and"
"Never Mind the Full Stops Never Mind the Full Stops is a British television panel game based on the English language, its idiosyncrasies, and its misuse. It is hosted by the British actor, author and Oscar-winning screenwriter, Julian Fellowes. Each episode lasts 30 minutes. The series was filmed in March 2006 at Channel 4's studios in Horseferry Road, Westminster. It was originally broadcast on BBC Four, and aired on BBC Two from 9 October 2006. Two teams of two people are faced with various questions and challenges concerning English grammar, spelling and usage. The show is divided into rounds, with"
"station voice. Leona Graham Leona Graham (born 18 January 1971) is a British radio broadcaster and voiceover artist. She is currently a presenter of Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio), a position she has held since 2000. She can also be heard on the digital stations Absolute 80s and Absolute Classic Rock. In addition Leona Graham has recorded voiceovers for numerous national and local TV and radio stations and commercials. Leona Graham was a judge at the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2011. Leona Graham was educated at Berkhamsted School for Girls in Berkhamsted. She then studied at the University of Warwick"
"The Big Questions The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC One between 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing ""The Heaven and Earth Show"" as the BBC's religious discussion programme. The format is loosely based on BBC One's political discussion show, ""Question Time"", though it also contains elements that are more familiar to daytime chat shows. In the first four series, each show featured four panellists from a range of different religious and ethical perspectives, as well as a number of contributors from the live studio audience."
"in June 1997. She is a regular contributor to many charities, including supporting research into ovarian cancer and bushfire preparedness. Nicky Buckley Nicole Maree Louise Buckley-Bingham (born 25 November 1965) is an Australian television presenter and model. She became known in the early 1990s as co-host to Greg Evans on The Australian dating show Perfect Match. Buckley became co-host of the iconic television programme ""Sale of the Century"" with Glenn Ridge in the mid to late 1990s. In 1997 there were both complaints and support from viewers when Buckley wore an evening dress while heavily pregnant. She was also a"
"has completed the London Marathon. Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes Elizabeth Greenwood-Hughes (née Greenwood) is an English television presenter working for the BBC. As of 2012 she is a regular presenter of Sports News on the BBC News Channel and the ""BBC Weekend News"". She studied film and photography at Salisbury College of Art, which became Wiltshire College. After working on ""BBC South Today"" she presented ""Newsround"", the children's current affairs show on BBC One between 2001 and 2005. She co-presented the show's 30th Anniversary edition with original presenter John Craven. She then went on to present ""Sportsround"" on BBC Two from 2005,"
"Frank Skinner Frank Skinner (born Christopher Graham Collins; 28 January 1957) is an English writer, comedian, TV and radio presenter, and actor. At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he was awarded the Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. He presented ""Fantasy Football League"", from 1994–2004, ""The Frank Skinner Show"" from 1995–2005, ""Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned"" from 2000–2005 and ""Room 101"" from 2012–2018. Since 2009 he has hosted ""The Frank Skinner Show"" on Absolute Radio, which is broadcast live on Saturdays and later released as a podcast. Along with David Baddiel, he provided vocals and wrote the lyrics for Three Lions, the official"
"the Westminster Arctic Challenge. This charity event raised awareness and money for several causes. The participants included several members of parliament, representatives of the charities, and a journalist. The participants went on a challenging sponsored trek to the Arctic on husky-powered sledges. Merrilees Parker Merrilees Claire Parker (born 11 August 1971 in Westminster, London) is a British celebrity chef and television presenter. She is mainly known for presenting television programmes combining food and travel (""Planet Food"" and ""Full on Food"") as well as various more traditional cookery programmes. Parker is also renowned for the menu she presented working for the"
"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"
"top prize by a contestant. The original format of the programme was tweaked in later years, changing the number of questions from fifteen to twelve and altering the payout structure as a result, and later incorporating a time limit. Four years after the original series ended, ITV announced that the series would be revived, this time produced by Stellify Media, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the programme. The revived format was based upon the original design. It was hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, filmed at dock10 studios and aired every evening between 6 May and 11 May 2018. On 14"
"He is a stand-up comedian and film buff. Emma Jones was the newsreader on the show in September 2017. Richie Firth (born 1977) was Christian's co-host. He began working at Absolute Radio when several other members of the breakfast show left for different positions elsewhere in Absolute Radio and on other stations. Richie previously worked with O’Connell at a Bournemouth radio station. Firth also broadcasts on the station’s 1980s themed show between 10:00 and 13:00 every weekday. Maggie from Wexford, Ireland was the sport and travel presenter on the show before moving to BBC Radio Kent. Currently she works for"
"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."
"Child Genius (UK TV series) Child Genius is British reality competition series produced by Wall to Wall Media, broadcast on Channel 4. There have been five series, one broadcast each year since 2013. The show involves a group of child prodigies competing a series of tasks to gain the title of ""child genius"". Simon Blair acted as quizmaster for the first three series and since 2016, the role has been taken by Richard Osman, who also acts as presenter. Alongside the quizmaster, Olivia van der Werff acts as independent adjudicator and they are joined by an expert in the round's"
"Leona Graham Leona Graham (born 18 January 1971) is a British radio broadcaster and voiceover artist. She is currently a presenter of Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio), a position she has held since 2000. She can also be heard on the digital stations Absolute 80s and Absolute Classic Rock. In addition Leona Graham has recorded voiceovers for numerous national and local TV and radio stations and commercials. Leona Graham was a judge at the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2011. Leona Graham was educated at Berkhamsted School for Girls in Berkhamsted. She then studied at the University of Warwick from 1989"
"Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is a British broadcaster, journalist, author, and the quizmaster of ""University Challenge"", having succeeded Bamber Gascoigne at the time the programme was revived in 1994. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate newspaper ""Varsity"". At Cambridge, he was a member of a Labour Party club and described himself as a socialist, although in later life described himself as a one-nation conservative. He joined the BBC in 1972, initially at BBC Radio Brighton, although relocated to London in 1977. In"
"of directors of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He is a patron of the Museum of Richmond. Gascoigne and his wife, Christina (née Ditchburn), whom he met at Cambridge, have lived in Richmond, London, since the late 1960s. In 2014 Gascoigne inherited West Horsley Place from his aunt and godmother Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe. Bamber Gascoigne Arthur Bamber Gascoigne (born 24 January 1935) is a British television presenter and author, best known for being the original quizmaster on ""University Challenge"", which ran from 1962 to 1987. Gascoigne is the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne"
"have a slot for a celebrity interview in which a famous person talks about their life and their moral, ethical and religious beliefs and interests. Such celebrities have included Richard Dawkins, Annie Lennox, John Barrowman, Benjamin Zephaniah, John Simpson and Jamelia. In the second series this section was dropped, and the whole programme instead concentrates on the three discussions. The programme is currently in its eleventh series, which began in January 2018 and celebrated its 250th episode 3 June. Nicky Campbell has presented the show since it began in 2007. Campbell was initially joined by Sonia Deol during the first"
"Ahmed, Sian Williams, Naga Munchetty and Emma Barnett). ""The Big Questions"" still runs January – July, ""Sunday Morning Live"" runs July – November. The Big Questions The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC One between 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing ""The Heaven and Earth Show"" as the BBC's religious discussion programme. The format is loosely based on BBC One's political discussion show, ""Question Time"", though it also contains elements that are more familiar to daytime chat shows. In the first four series, each show featured"