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Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
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Presented byChris Moyles
StarringVarious Celebrity Guests
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series2
No. of episodes15 (as of 11 April 2010)
Production
Production locationLondon
Running time50 Minutes
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release22 March 2009-

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night is a television comedy game show in the United Kingdom, presented by Chris Moyles. It was first broadcast on 22 March 2009 and has broadcast 2 series to date.

The show was originally shown on the UK Channel, Channel 4, at 10 pm on Sundays and repeated on Mondays at 11pm. It included 3 rounds in which he took on 3 celebrity contestants in a quiz where the prize was an item from his own home. As he was also competing (in order to keep the prize) the questions were asked by a celebrity quizmaster. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Moyles%27_Quiz_Night&action=edit For the second series, the show was broadcast at 10pm on Friday nights, except the series finale which reverted back to the original Sunday time slot.

The series has an all female house band present in the studio who played the title music which was an adaption of the theme music used in the 2005 year of his Radio 1 Breakfast show which can be found at music4.com

After the first series aired Chris confirmed on his Twitter page that the show is was to return to screens in February 2010. He confirmed on Thursday 3rd June's The 5 O'Clock Show that the show will return for a third series in the Autumn of 2010.

Series 1

Episode Number Air Date Celebrity Contestants Additional Guests
1 22 March 2009 Mark Ronson, Louis Walsh and Barbara Windsor Sharon Osbourne (quizmaster), Jeff Stelling, Rachel Riley, James Corden, Kezia Obama and Germaine Greer
2 29 March 2009 Ruth Jones, Ronan Keating and David Walliams Jack Dee (quizmaster), Andy Akinwolere, Helen Skelton, Chris de Burgh, Anna Wing, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lionel Richie
3 5 April 2009 Alan Carr, Davina McCall and Jerry Springer Melanie Brown (quizmaster), Ben Shephard and cast members of Heartbeat
4 12 April 2009 Gary Barlow, Stephen Fry and Denise van Outen Heston Blumenthal (quizmaster), Keane, Pippa Black, Scott Major and Leonard Fenton
5 19 April 2009 John Barrowman, Keith Allen and Patsy Palmer Seth Rogen (quizmaster), Ken Livingstone, Sir Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott
6 26 April 2009 Philip Glenister, Ulrika Jonsson and Justin Lee Collins Jimmy Carr (quizmaster), Duncan Bannatyne, Tony Robinson and Phil Harding
7 3 May 2009 Carol Vorderman, Marco Pierre White and Claudia Winkleman Michael McIntyre (quizmaster), John Craven and Peter Jones
8 10 May 2009 Patsy Kensit, Ben Miller and Abbey Clancy Johnny Vegas (quizmaster), Ironik, Martin Kemp, Denise van Outen and the panelists of Loose Women

Series 2

The show returned on 26 February 2010 for a 7-episode run. There are no more guest quizmasters, however there are regular appearances every episode by certain celebrity quizzers such as Ozzy Osbourne and Peter Crouch.


Episode Number Air Date Celebrity Contestants Additional Guests
1 26 February 2010 Peter Andre, Christine Bleakley and David Walliams Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Crouch, The Hoosiers
2 5 March 2010 James Corden, Melanie Brown and Vic Reeves Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Crouch, Newton Faulkner
3 12 March 2010 Dale Winton, Billie Piper and David Haye Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Crouch, The Saturdays
4 19 March 2010 Jimmy Carr, Fearne Cotton and James Nesbitt Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Crouch, The Automatic
5 26 March 2010 Sharon Osbourne, Johnny Vegas and Alesha Dixon Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Crouch, Gabriella Cilmi
6 2 April 2010 Rob Brydon, Katie Price and Dominic Cooper Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Crouch, JLS
7 11 April 2010 Peter Andre, Dale Winton, James Corden Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Crouch, Alphabeat, Abby Clancy

James Corden was crowned series champion after beating Dale Winton, Peter Andre and host Chris Moyles.