Louisa Mellor Aug 4, 2016
Daphne Fowler left Eggheads a few years ago after a long, successful quizzing career. Here’s why she’s an inspiration…
In April 2002, Daphne Fowler and Chris Hughes formed part of a quizzing supergroup assembled by The Guardian. For a bit of fun, the newspaper set some of the country’s top trivia buffs loose on the greater London pub quiz circuit to see what havoc they could wreak.
The “dream team” cut a swathe from Clerkenwell to Hampstead, only coming unstuck on a foray to the King’s Head in Rochester where they lost the win by a single point. Having failed to recognise the theme tune to Beverley Hills 90210, they filed onto the minibus home and drove away from the week’s lone defeat. Somewhere along the A2, a dejected then-out-of-work Hughes told his teammates “I just wish I could turn all this garbage in...
Daphne Fowler left Eggheads a few years ago after a long, successful quizzing career. Here’s why she’s an inspiration…
In April 2002, Daphne Fowler and Chris Hughes formed part of a quizzing supergroup assembled by The Guardian. For a bit of fun, the newspaper set some of the country’s top trivia buffs loose on the greater London pub quiz circuit to see what havoc they could wreak.
The “dream team” cut a swathe from Clerkenwell to Hampstead, only coming unstuck on a foray to the King’s Head in Rochester where they lost the win by a single point. Having failed to recognise the theme tune to Beverley Hills 90210, they filed onto the minibus home and drove away from the week’s lone defeat. Somewhere along the A2, a dejected then-out-of-work Hughes told his teammates “I just wish I could turn all this garbage in...
- 8/3/2016
- Den of Geek
We chat to Mackenzie Crook about new comedy The Detectorists, Game Of Thrones, Pirates 5, and why he'd never do an Office reunion…
“I hate the word gentle” Mackenzie Crook tells us, “it just sounds like unfunny.” Reviews of The Detectorists, a new BBC Four comedy about a pair of metal-detecting enthusiasts written and directed by Crook, have relied heavily on the g-word.
It’s understandable in many ways. Crook’s series is difficult to pigeonhole. It rolls along the English countryside telling a low-key story about Andy and Lance’s preoccupation with searching for ancient objects - a search more likely to bring up 1980s ring-pulls than a hoard of Saxon gold. It’s no gag-fest, but it’s certainly not unfunny. The Detectorists’ sense of humour is wry, bathetic, and steeped in very British references. Where else would you find a hymn to William G. Stewart’s tenure...
“I hate the word gentle” Mackenzie Crook tells us, “it just sounds like unfunny.” Reviews of The Detectorists, a new BBC Four comedy about a pair of metal-detecting enthusiasts written and directed by Crook, have relied heavily on the g-word.
It’s understandable in many ways. Crook’s series is difficult to pigeonhole. It rolls along the English countryside telling a low-key story about Andy and Lance’s preoccupation with searching for ancient objects - a search more likely to bring up 1980s ring-pulls than a hoard of Saxon gold. It’s no gag-fest, but it’s certainly not unfunny. The Detectorists’ sense of humour is wry, bathetic, and steeped in very British references. Where else would you find a hymn to William G. Stewart’s tenure...
- 11/6/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Channel 4 has confirmed that Fifteen to One will return for a full series next year.
Adam Hills will host four celebrity editions of the classic TV quiz, while Sandi Toksvig will front a normal series of 20 episodes in the daytime.
A one-off celebrity special was hosted by Hills for Channel 4's 1980s night in September.
William G Stewart presented the original series, which ran from January 1988 to December 2003.
Fifteen to One features 15 contestants attempting to answer questions correctly, while also nominating others to face the next question. The contestants are then whittled down to three finalists, before crowning an eventual winner.
Hills said: "I am thrilled to be part of the ongoing institution that is Fifteen To One. The celebrity specials combine two of my favourite things – general knowledge questions, and the chance to watch well-known people try not to make dicks of themselves in public."
Toksvig added:...
Adam Hills will host four celebrity editions of the classic TV quiz, while Sandi Toksvig will front a normal series of 20 episodes in the daytime.
A one-off celebrity special was hosted by Hills for Channel 4's 1980s night in September.
William G Stewart presented the original series, which ran from January 1988 to December 2003.
Fifteen to One features 15 contestants attempting to answer questions correctly, while also nominating others to face the next question. The contestants are then whittled down to three finalists, before crowning an eventual winner.
Hills said: "I am thrilled to be part of the ongoing institution that is Fifteen To One. The celebrity specials combine two of my favourite things – general knowledge questions, and the chance to watch well-known people try not to make dicks of themselves in public."
Toksvig added:...
- 12/9/2013
- Digital Spy
Quiz shows are a piece of cake these days. On Deal Or No Deal, for instance, the only real challenge is being able to put up with listening to Noel Edmonds's mumbo jumbo for an hour. Similarly, Davina McCall's Million Pound Drop appeared to be based on the idea that we love watching idiots throwing away cash on questions that 99% of viewers at home know the answers to. There was a time when quiz shows were fronted by distinguished men with class and an air of sophistication. Sadly, those days passed when William G. Stewart called it a day on the toughest quiz of them all - Fifteen To One - back in 2003. Stewart was a director, producer and host without compare during his 15-year stint (more)...
- 7/23/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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