The Personality Test

Revision as of 17:00, 20 February 2012

Host

Changes each week

Co-hosts

Regular panellists: Sue Perkins, Robin Ince. Guests include: Alan Carr, Lucy Porter, Caroline Quinlan, Nick Doody and Will Smith (the other one)

Broadcast

BBC Radio 4, 12 July 2006 to 9 August 2007 (16 episodes in 3 series)

Synopsis

Surprisingly freeform panel game where the game is based around the celebrity host, who changes each week - in a neat reversal, it's the panel of comedians that remains the same. Said comics have a week to mug up on the biography of said celeb and try to answer the questions, often revolving around choice anecdotes from their autobiography.

The warm-up round involves the comics providing a satirical shortened version of the host's life. The middle bit is varied, and there's the obligatory buzzer round at the end. Quite silly and quite funny.

Hosts

The hosts and subjects for the programme were:

Summer 2006 series

12 July - John Sergeant
19 July - Greg Dyke
26 July - Gyles Brandreth
2 August - Jennie Bond

2006-7 series

7 Dec - Roy Hattersley
14 Dec - Rick Wakeman
21 Dec - Adam Hart-Davis
28 Dec - Antony Worral-Thompson
4 Jan 2007 - Claire Rayner
11 Jan - Esther Rantzen

Summer 2007

5 July - Janet Street-Porter
12 July - Lorraine Kelly
19 July - Andrew Neil
26 July - Edwina Currie
2 August - Toyah Willcox
9 August - Eve Pollard

Inventor

Aled Evans

Web links

Official site

Wikipedia entry

British Comedy Guide entry

Feedback

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