Pop Quiz
| Pop Quiz | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Quiz show |
| Presented by | Mike Read (1981–84, 1994, 2008, 2011, 2016–17) Chris Tarrant (1994) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 62 (inc. 9 specials) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (1981–84, 1994, 2016–17) 60 minutes (2008, 2011) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 (1981–84, 1994) Red TV (2008) Vintage TV (2011) BBC Four (2016–17) |
| Release | 4 July 1981 – 9 July 1994 |
Pop Quiz is a British television quiz programme that originally aired on BBC1 from 4 July 1981 to 28 December 1984 with a Top of the Pops special on 4 January 1994 hosted by Mike Read. It was then revived from 21 May to 9 July 1994 on the same channel but this time hosted by Chris Tarrant. It was revived again on Red TV from 14 June to 30 August 2008 with Mike Read returning as host; he also hosted two specials on BBC Four in December 2016 and January 2017.