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." 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."
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 YoungSeries 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
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