Quizzes
Intelligent and challenging quiz games on BBC Radio 4. Featuring Round Britain Quiz, Counterpoint and Brain of Britain with Quizmasters including Paul Gambaccini, Kirsty Lang and Russell Davies.
Episodes
Around the World in 80 Ways: 1. Europe
Hosted by Simon Reeve, Around the World in 80 Ways is a geography quiz where two teams race across the world, travelling from country to country with knowledge as their passport.Host: Simon Reeve
Questions by Paddy Duffy
Sound by Jerry Peal
Programme Coordinator: Jodie Charman
Producer: Carl CooperBBC Studios production for Radio 4.
Your Number's Up: 2. How many satanists in Bungay, Suffolk?
A brand-new, number-crunching comedy quiz for Radio 4 hosted by comedian and YouTuber Max Fosh. In the Every Answer Counts round, players must solve general knowledge equations such as multiplying the pH of pure water by the number of PHs in Philadelphia. In Bestimate Guesstimate, quizzers must calculate the value of a solid gold Max Fosh and how long it would take for Dolly Parton to sing Islands
Your Number's Up. 1. How many Yorkshire puddings in Yorkshire?
A brand-new, number-crunching comedy quiz for Radio 4 hosted by presenter, comedian and YouTuber Max Fosh. In the Every Answer Counts round, players must solve general knowledge equations such as adding the number of US Supreme Court justices to the number of Strictly Come Dancing judges. In Bestimate Guesstimate, players must calculate how many eggs Nigella Lawson would need to make a Yorkshire p
Bookmarks Ep2. Science Fiction & Literary Love Triangles
A brand-new quiz about books hosted by Clare Balding. In this episode, teams are tested in a game of nerves in the Long List round to name as many Charles Dickens novels as possible. In Plot Points – where the answers to five literary questions are all clues to a different well-known book – players must work out which 19th-century classic links a Margaret Atwood post-apocalyptic novel with the Lem
Bookmarks Ep1. Murder Mysteries & Regency Romances
A brand-new quiz about books hosted by Clare Balding. In this episode, teams are tested in a game of nerves in the Long List round as they try and name as many of the 60+ Stephen King novels as possible. In Plot Points – where the answers to five literary questions are all clues to a different well-known book – players must work out which 1960s classic links a Daphne Du Maurier novel with a Booker
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 12
Kirsty Lang referees the final contest of the series between Scotland vs Wales.
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 11
Kirsty Lang referees a contest between The North of England and Northern Ireland.
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 10
Kirsty Lang referees a contest between The South of England vs Scotland#.
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 9
Kirsty Lang referees a contest between The Midlands and The North of England.
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 8
Kirsty Lang referees the second contest between Wales and The South of England.
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 7
Kirsty Lang referees a contest between Northern Ireland and The Midlands.
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 6
Kirsty Lang referees a contest between Wales and Scotland.
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 5
Kirsty Lang referees a contest between Northern Ireland and The North of England.
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 4
Kirsty Lang referees a contest between Scotland and The South of England.
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 3
Kirsty Lang referees a contest between The North of England and The Midlands.
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 2
Kirsty Lang referees a contest between The South of England and Wales.
Round Britain Quiz: Episode 1
Kirsty Lang begins the new series with a contest between the Midlands & Northern Ireland
Brain of Britain 2024 Final
Russell Davies chairs the thrilling Final of the prestigious general knowledge quiz.
Brain of Britain 2024 Semi Four
Russell Davies welcomes competitors to compete for the title Brain of Britain 2024
Brain of Britain 2024 Semi Three
Russell Davies chairs the classic general knowledge quiz.
Brain of Britain Semi 2
Russell Davies chairs the classic general knowledge quiz.
Brain 0f Britain Ep 13
Russell Davies chairs the classic general knowledge quiz
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 12
Russell Davies chairs the classic general knowledge quiz
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 11
Russell Davies welcomes more competitors to the prestigious Brain of Britain quiz
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 10
Russell Davies welcomes more competitors to the prestigious Brain of Britain quiz
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 9
Russell Davies welcomes competitors for the prestigious title Brain of Britain 2024.
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 8
Russell Davies welcomes competitors for the prestigious title Brain of Britain 2024.
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 7
Russell Davies hosts the prestigious general knowledge quiz.
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 6
Russell Davies hosts the prestigious general knowledge quiz.
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 5
Russell Davies hosts the prestigious general knowledge quiz.
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 4
Russell Davies is in the question master's chair for the classic general knowledge quiz.
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 3
Russell Davies welcomes competitors to compete for the prestigious quiz title.
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 2
Russell Davies welcomes competitors from around the UK to compete for the title.
Brain of Britain 2024 Heat 1
Russell Davies welcomes competitors to compete for the title Brain of Britain 2024
Round Britain Quiz
The last contest of the current series with the North of England and Scotland.
Round Britain Quiz
Kirsty Lang's penultimate 2024 contest, featuring the Midlands and the South of England.
Round Britain Quiz
Kirsty Lang with teams from Wales and Northern Ireland in their last match of the series.
Round Britain Quiz
Kirsty Lang is in the chair as the Midlands take on the North of England.
Round Britain Quiz
Kirsty Lang chairs another contest of wordplay with Scotland taking on Northern Ireland.
Round Britain Quiz
Kirsty Lang chairs the cryptic contest with the South of England against Wales.
Round Britain Quiz
Kirsty Lang puts the cryptic connections to teams from Scotland and the North of England.
Round Britain Quiz
Kirsty Lang with the cryptic contest featuring the South of England against the Midlands
Round Britain Quiz
Kirsty Lang referees a contest between Northern Ireland and Wales in the cryptic quiz
Round Britain Quiz
The cryptic contest with Kirsty Lang. The North of England take on the Midlands.
Round Britain Quiz
Kirsty Lang puts cryptic questions to the teams from Northern Ireland and Scotland
Round Britain Quiz
Kirsty Lang kicks off the series with a contest between Wales and the South of England.
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