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One-off arts-based panel quiz. Rounds included a poetry-based version of [[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]' "Next lines", a "what happens next" round involving opera plots, an "identify the arts story of 2010" round using vaguely cryptic sound montages, "odd one out" with four pieces of classical music, and an almost quickfire final buzzer round. A christmas theme ran through most of the rounds, and also through the deliberately incomprehensible scoring system (which resulted in one team winning by a margin of six brussels sprouts, two christmas cakes, nine chocolate coins and a satsuma... or something like that, anyway). | One-off arts-based panel quiz. Rounds included a poetry-based version of [[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]' "Next lines", a "what happens next" round involving opera plots, an "identify the arts story of 2010" round using vaguely cryptic sound montages, "odd one out" with four pieces of classical music, and an almost quickfire final buzzer round. A christmas theme ran through most of the rounds, and also through the deliberately incomprehensible scoring system (which resulted in one team winning by a margin of six brussels sprouts, two christmas cakes, nine chocolate coins and a satsuma... or something like that, anyway). | ||
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It's possible that this was intended as a pilot, though maybe the whole notion of a knockabout quiz is so un-Radio 3 that there's just no room for it in the schedules outside of a one-off special on Christmas Day. As far as this show goes, it's no great loss. Although there's plenty of potential mileage in an arts quiz, for us the mix of highbrow subject matter and lowbrow presentation just didn't gel, and ultimately the show didn't really have any fresh ideas of its own, it just took the usual tried-and-tested old ideas and applied them to Radio 3-friendly subject matter. | It's possible that this was intended as a pilot, though maybe the whole notion of a knockabout quiz is so un-Radio 3 that there's just no room for it in the schedules outside of a one-off special on Christmas Day. As far as this show goes, it's no great loss. Although there's plenty of potential mileage in an arts quiz, for us the mix of highbrow subject matter and lowbrow presentation just didn't gel, and ultimately the show didn't really have any fresh ideas of its own, it just took the usual tried-and-tested old ideas and applied them to Radio 3-friendly subject matter. | ||
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All in all, it's nice to see Radio 3 letting its elegantly-coiffured hair down and trying something new, but this format at least is probably best left as a one-off. | All in all, it's nice to see Radio 3 letting its elegantly-coiffured hair down and trying something new, but this format at least is probably best left as a one-off. | ||
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The panellists were [[Steve Punt]], Katy Brand, Rainer Hersch and Tim Key. | The panellists were [[Steve Punt]], Katy Brand, Rainer Hersch and Tim Key. | ||
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| + | [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wlg7w Official site] | ||
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| + | [http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/right_notes_in_the_wrong_order/ British Comedy Guide entry] | ||
[[Category:Panel Game|Right Notes in the Wrong Order, The]] | [[Category:Panel Game|Right Notes in the Wrong Order, The]] | ||
[[Category:Music||Right Notes in the Wrong Order, The]] | [[Category:Music||Right Notes in the Wrong Order, The]] | ||
[[Category:Radio|Right Notes in the Wrong Order, The]] | [[Category:Radio|Right Notes in the Wrong Order, The]] | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 20 February 2012
Synopsis
One-off arts-based panel quiz. Rounds included a poetry-based version of Never Mind the Buzzcocks' "Next lines", a "what happens next" round involving opera plots, an "identify the arts story of 2010" round using vaguely cryptic sound montages, "odd one out" with four pieces of classical music, and an almost quickfire final buzzer round. A christmas theme ran through most of the rounds, and also through the deliberately incomprehensible scoring system (which resulted in one team winning by a margin of six brussels sprouts, two christmas cakes, nine chocolate coins and a satsuma... or something like that, anyway).
It's possible that this was intended as a pilot, though maybe the whole notion of a knockabout quiz is so un-Radio 3 that there's just no room for it in the schedules outside of a one-off special on Christmas Day. As far as this show goes, it's no great loss. Although there's plenty of potential mileage in an arts quiz, for us the mix of highbrow subject matter and lowbrow presentation just didn't gel, and ultimately the show didn't really have any fresh ideas of its own, it just took the usual tried-and-tested old ideas and applied them to Radio 3-friendly subject matter.
All in all, it's nice to see Radio 3 letting its elegantly-coiffured hair down and trying something new, but this format at least is probably best left as a one-off.
Trivia
The panellists were Steve Punt, Katy Brand, Rainer Hersch and Tim Key.
