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Who is the greatest tv quiz show host ever?

(40 Posts)
CrazyUSA Thu 30-Jul-26 18:12:28

Richard Osman

Charleygirl5 Fri 31-Jul-26 11:15:18

None, stop sending these stupid questions. Hopefully you have none left

fancythat Fri 31-Jul-26 11:31:05

You object to the Games threads as well?

MawsRosie Fri 31-Jul-26 12:16:40

JenniRen

Probably the best, but certainly the longest serving quiz show host, was Nicholas Parsons. He hosted Just a Minute on radio and then on TV for 52 years, until he died at age 96.

A Game Show is not a Quiz Show and to my knowledge Just a Minute is the former.

Bukkie Fri 31-Jul-26 12:36:39

Terry Wogan on Blankety Blank. Les Dawson, Lily Savage and Bradley Walsh have also been good hosts who put their own mark on it. Bruce Forsythe was made for the Generation Game.

nanna8 Fri 31-Jul-26 13:05:30

Charleygirl5

None, stop sending these stupid questions. Hopefully you have none left

Just skip the topic if you find it boring. That’s what most of us do if we don’t want to contribute. I have an idea - why don’t you start a topic of interest yourself ?

MawsRosie Fri 31-Jul-26 13:43:56

Bukkie

Terry Wogan on Blankety Blank. Les Dawson, Lily Savage and Bradley Walsh have also been good hosts who put their own mark on it. Bruce Forsythe was made for the Generation Game.

None of these are QUIZ shows

ginny Fri 31-Jul-26 13:44:56

Charleygirl5

None, stop sending these stupid questions. Hopefully you have none left.

Just stop reading them and responding.
Plenty of threads that I ignore because they are’ not my thing’.
If all the threads that rile someone or other the site might as well close down.

MollyNew Fri 31-Jul-26 13:47:06

Bob Holness from Blockbusters. Anyone remember "can I have a P please Bob?" grin

ginny Fri 31-Jul-26 13:47:29

Missed out ‘were cut out’ before the site might as well close down.

Casdon Fri 31-Jul-26 13:52:05

I used to like Nicholas Parsons on Just A Minute

JenniRen Fri 31-Jul-26 15:30:10

Casdon

I used to like Nicholas Parsons on Just A Minute

Yes, me too but it has been queried if Just a Minute is a game show? Not sure.

In fact, after checking, it's neither but 'a comedy panel game focusing on wit, wordplay and performance'.

What's my Line was a similar format with Eamonn Andrews.
Who remembers the saggar maker's bottom knocker?

Who knew!

Barbadosbelle Fri 31-Jul-26 15:48:33

Allsorts

University Challenge, Magnus Magnusson, for light entertainment I think Terry Wogan.

Allsorts

Wrong programme. Wrong presenter.

(But it did, just for a moment, make you appear rather intellectual!!)

MawsRosie Fri 31-Jul-26 17:01:03

MawsRosie

Allsorts

University Challenge, Magnus Magnusson, for light entertainment I think Terry Wogan.

I don’t think Magnus Magnusson ever chaired University Challenge. It was Mastermind.
The original UC question master was Bamber Gascoigne.

As I said grin

Casdon Fri 31-Jul-26 19:19:27

Two of the best quiz show hosts were on A Question of Sport, which was always a favourite in our house - both David Coleman and Sue Barker were terrific at the job. I still miss it.