Broadcast Weekly Quiz #13 - the year so far
What was the name of the Kudos four-part drama series which aired on C4 in January?
Dead Fall
Deepwater
Deadwater Fell
Fallwater
In an interview with Broadcast in January, who said “What we’re looking at here, frankly, is some professional jealousy and some short-sighted fixation on overnights”?
Ben Frow
Ian Katz
Zai Bennett
Charlotte Moore
Which celebrity won The Masked Singer UK in February?
Jason Manford
Katherine Jenkins
Denise van Outen
Nicola Roberts
Which broadcaster was named Channel of the Year at the Broadcast Awards in February?
Sky Atlantic
Channel 4
ITV
Channel 5
How many teams COMPLETED Studio Lambert's Race Across The World?
2
3
4
5
Who replaced David Brindley as the head of the BBC’s popular factual and factual entertainment division?
Catherine Catton
Jack Bootle
Clare Sillery
Tom McDonald
What year did Major Charles Ingram appear on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, as dramatised on ITV in April?
2000
2001
2002
2003
What was Channel 5's most watched programme of the first quarter of 2020?
Warship: Life At Sea
Thomas Markle: My Story
Penance
Police Interceptors
In May, it was announced that the BBC’s factual supremo Alison Kirkham was joining which SVoD?
Apple
Amazon
Netflix
Hulu
Tiger King's Joe Exotic is the eccentric owner of the G.W. Zoo in which US state?
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
According to overnights.tv, what has been the most watched TV event of the year on so far?
The Queen's address to the nation in April
Prime Minster Boris Johnson's address to the nation in May
The concluding episode of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway in March
The first episode of The Salisbury Poisonings in June
How many weeks did The Steph Show run for in the spring?
Five weeks
Six weeks
Seven weeks
Eight weeks
What year did incoming director general Tim Davie join the BBC?
2003
2004
2005
2006
Which indie produced BBC1 drama The Salisbury Poisonings?
Dancing Ledge Productions
Left Bank Pictures
Kudos
Sid Gentle Films
How much did Banijay paid for its acquisition of Endemol Shine Group?
£1.6bn
£1.7bn
£1.8bn
£1.9bn