Some were more clued up on what they were watching Oblivious viewers were left shocked last week when a contestant’s head exploded on what at first glance seemed like a new quiz show hosted by Lee Mack. On Thursday night, viewers tuning into BBC Two were met with an episode a ‘quiz show’ hosted by […]

3 years ago

A local quiz for local people Twenty years ago, a strange little sketch show called The League of Gentlemen debuted on BBC2. It was an adaptation of a cult radio show, written by and starring Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith (with the fourth writer, Jeremy Dyson, rarely appearing on-screen). It broke the sketch show formula by, instead […]

7 years ago