The Book Quiz

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.

The Book Quiz
Genre	Game show
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original release
Release	2007 (2007) – 2008 (2008)

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."^[1] 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."^[2]

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 Young
Series 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