Awful quiz show answer of the day 21-11-2019

On today's edition of The Switch a contestant was asked which novel featured Heathcliff as a main character. The answer given was Pride and Prejudice. The correct answer is of course Wuthering Heights.

2 birds for sale

2 famous puppets have gone up for auction. Emu and Orville the Duck. Emu was an aggressive Ostrich who in partnership with Rod Hull left a mark on those who speared on shows with the pair. One person who escaped unharmed was Billy Connolly who threaten to break Emu's beak should he come close. On the opposite side of the coin from Emu is Orville the Duck who with Keith Harris was a regular fixture on TV in the 1980s. The pair even had a hit single with I Wish I Could Fly. Rod Hull died in 1998 after falling from the roof of his home whilst trying to fix a TV areil. Keith Harris died in 2015 from Cancer.

Return time

Further to the announcement of both Stephen Fry and Lenny Henry as guest stars on the next series of Doctor Who, however this has previous experience on the show. Robert Glenister first appeared on the 1984 story The Caves of Androzani which not only was the last regular appearance for Peter Davisons's 5th Doctor but is also regraded as one of the best in the shows long history. Robert's is now best known for his role in con artist drama Hustle

Who guests

2 of the guest stars for the next series of have been announced, Stephen Fry and Lenny Henry will making appearances on  a show the both some history with. At one point Fry was asked by Rusesell T Davies to write a story but prior commients stooped that. On his 1980s sketch show Henry played The Doctor taking on the Cybermen led by a Cyber version of Margaret Thatcer! The new series is due to air early next year

Fantasy rules

3 fantasy TV series have been recommissioned for second seasons with one still airing it's first. another about to air it's first the final one still yet to omplete production on it's debut season. Sill airing on both  sides of the Atlantic His Dark Materials has been given another season. Soon to make it's debut on Nerflix. Perhaps the most impressive recommission is for the Lord of the Rings on Amazon Prime. Only 2 episodes of the first season have been made but a second season has been ordered. A sign of great confidence in the production.

Awful quiz show answers of the day 19-11-2019

On today's final round of Tenable the team were asked to name the 10 most popular woodwind instruments. Answers given included triangle, double bass and violin. Naturally the team did not win the cash prize.

TV ratings 17-11-2019

This year's IAC launched to a figure of 10 million viewers. Impressive but it's worst launch figure for 4 years. Up against on BBC 1 was the first episode of War of the Worlds was seem by 4.4m viewers while earlier His Dark Materials was seen by a steady 5.7m viewers.