The Great British Quiz

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The Great British Quiz
Genre Game show
Presented by Janice Long (1994)
Philip Hayton (1994-5)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes112
Production
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesAnalogue and BBC North
Release
Original network BBC1
Original release31 January 1994 (1994-01-31) 
24 October 1995 (1995-10-24)

The Great British Quiz is a British game show that aired on BBC1 from 31 January 1994 to 24 October 1995. It is hosted by Janice Long for the first series and then hosted by Philip Hayton for the second and third series.

Contents

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
131 January 1994 [1] 21 April 1994 [2] 43
217 October 1994 [3] 23 December 1994 [4] 39
311 September 1995 [5] 24 October 1995 [6] 30

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References

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