Category: Radio 4
Date: 31.03.2006
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Writer and broadcaster Sandi
Toksvig has signed up to chair the next series of Â鶹Éç
Radio 4's News Quiz, starting in September.
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A News Quiz regular herself, Sandi takes over the chair from Simon
Hoggart, who leaves the show after an impressive ten years in the hot seat.
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Commenting on her new challenge, Sandi Toksvig says: "Following in Simon's footsteps
is daunting. He has been a wonderful chair and a pleasure to work with.
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"I
shall do my best to keep the rabble in order and elicit some sense from
them."
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Sandi becomes the fourth in an illustrious line of News Quiz chairmen since the show began in 1977.
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Its first chairman was co-creator Barry Norman followed
by Barry Took. Barry went on to co-chair with Simon Hoggart in
the Eighties until Simon took on the chairman mantel full time in
1996.
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The new series of the News Quiz returns to Radio 4 on Friday 8 September 2006.
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