📻 Listeners accused Radio 2 of launching a “carbon copy” of Ken Bruce’s hit Popmaster quiz in the morning slot vacated by the Scottish DJ
PopMaster was conceived by Bruce, quiz expert Phil Swern and Vanessa Brady, a doctor of design, over a lunch. First aired in 1998, it became an instant hit with listeners, helping Bruce’s Radio 2 show become the most popular in Britain.
is a perfectly serviceable quiz. I like that there's a bit of jeopardy with the scoring system and when to play the joker. Will need to hear a few more with listeners playing to assess it properlyWith the BBC having no legal claim to PopMaster, it urgently needed to bed in a new quiz before Bruce welcomes listeners to GHR, insiders said.
“PopMaster is a weapon GHR has to steal Ken’s audience. The BBC has a month to establish a new quiz and they clearly want to reassure listeners missing Ken with a familiar format.” Anyway, it's pretty good, a breath of fresh air really. Popmaster will sound pretty creaky after a couple of weeks of this
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