Schedule Saturday 7th September 2002

The News Quiz

Series 49, Special - 25 Years of the News Quiz

A special show to celebrate twenty-five years of The News Quiz. Chaired by Simon Hoggart it follows the regular format, but with three members in each team - Alan Coren, Francis Wheen and Jeremy Hardy versus Andy Hamilton, John Sergeant and Linda Smith - and four readers: Brian Perkins, Charlotte Green, Corrie Corfield and Peter Donaldson.

Headlines, Deadlines And Punchlines - The News Quiz Archive

Matthew Parris tracks the evolution of this comedy classic, which is part satire and part sitcom, from its early days when it played out a friendly rivalry between Punch and Private Eye, to the present day, as the template for a succession of panel shows.