The Book Quiz

The Book Quiz is a BBC Four quiz programme. The first series, first broadcast in 2007, was hosted by David Baddiel with a second 2008 series hosted by Kirsty Wark.

Critical reception

Rupert Christiansen, writing for The Daily Telegraph, offered The Book Quiz as an example of the BBC's "dumbed-down arts coverage", calling it "breezy drivel" that does "little more than twitter."^[1] Alex Larman's review on guardian.co.uk said it was "hard to think of a more misconceived programme", "a very poor thing indeed" that seems to be "designed for, and by, people who don't read books."^[2]

Guest appearances

Series number (Year)	Episode number	Airdate	Guests
Series 1 (2007)	1	17 July	Joan Bakewell - Richard Herring - India Knight - John Simpson
	2	24 July	Stella Duffy - Daisy Goodwin - Michael Gove - Simon Hoggart
	3	31 July	Natalie Haynes - Jon Ronson - Lionel Shriver - Mark Thomas
	4	7 August	Kate Adie - Gyles Brandreth - Germaine Greer - Anthony Horowitz
	5	14 August	Val McDermid - Julie Myerson - Brian Sewell - Toby Young
Series 2 (2008)	1	24 March	Giles Coren - Wendy Holden - Anthony Horowitz - Miranda Sawyer
	2	31 March	David Aaronovitch - Daisy Goodwin - Simon Hoggart - A.L. Kennedy
	3	7 April	Margaret Jay - Anne McElvoy - David Nicholls - Tim Yeo
	4	14 April	James Delingpole - India Knight - Rod Liddle - Kate Mosse
	5	21 April	Giles Coren - Wendy Holden - Margaret Jay - David Nicholls
	6	28 April	David Aaronovitch - James Delingpole - Daisy Goodwin - India Knight
	7	5 May	David Aaronovitch - Giles Coren - Daisy Goodwin - Wendy Holden

References

1. Rupert Christiansen (27 March 2009). "Arts coverage on the Beeb is breezy drivel". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
2. Alex Larman (2 May 2008). "Why does BBC4's Book Quiz have none of the right stuff?". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2010.

External links

• The Book Quiz at BBC Programmes
• The Book Quiz at UKGameshows.com
• The Book Quiz at the Internet Movie Database