By @astronomyblog & @LoveGraphs. Stats last updated 28 December 2017.
It seems there may have been at least 893 shows and 4257 listed appearances. With 5 people per show, Comedy.co.uk and iPlayer and BBC Genome Project are missing at least 5% of appearances (and probably a similar percent of people). The host/captains/regulars have included Alan Coren (Regular × 566), Jeremy Hardy (Guest Host × 1, Regular × 351), Barry Took (Host × 302), Simon Hoggart (Host × 276, Panellist × 21), Sandi Toksvig (Host × 213, Panellist × 28), Miles Jupp (Host × 54, Panellist × 17), Susan Calman (Guest Host × 2, Panellist × 66), Barry Norman (Host × 28), Stan McMurtry (Host × 1, Panellist × 24), David Taylor (Host × 2, Panellist × 17).
Total appearances:
Guest appearances i.e. ignoring the host/captains/regulars:
All people:
Guests i.e. ignoring the host/captains/regulars:
The News Quiz has been running since 1977 but we our data is incomplete between series 1-27 (1977-1992). If you have data (air-dates & participants) on any old episodes, please get in touch.
Last updated: 2017/12/28