Never Mind the Buzzcocks

The basics: Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a light-hearted music based panel show which has been running since 1996. The show was originally hosted by Mark Lamarr but he quit after series 18 to work on other projects and is now currently hosted by Simon Amstell. The host is positioned in the middle, with team captains Phil Jupitus and Bill Bailey positioned either side with their two respective guests each. The two teams then compete for points by answering questions, completing challenges... you know the drill. Okay that out of the way, I find Simon Amstell whose very appearence causes me to giggle, devastatingly hilarious. For me, with him in the ...

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a music based quiz that first aired in 1996 and has now been going for 22 series with over 199 episodes aired during these series. Series 23 is due to be aired in September 2009. FORMAT: The show is at present hosted by the fantastically hilarious Simon Amstell with two teams of three people either side of him competing to win the music based quiz. One team captain is Phill Jupitus and at present there are guest captains on the other team as previous captain Bill Bailey left the show after series 21 to pursue other interests. Each week the captains are joined by two celebs generally involved in the music industry in some way ...

This show just reminds me I am getting older! I remember a time when I used to follow contemporary pop and rock pretty closely. This I no longer do. Looking back, as a youngster, it seemed that there was an urgent necessity to keep in touch with the latest sounds, rather than an actual want. I also remember a time when i could walk into a pub quiz and really tilt the balance for my team, when it came to the music round. Nowadays I know this would not be the case - not because I go to lots of pub quizzes and have seen myself fail, but because I am finding the questions on Buzzcocks increasingly harder. A simple analysis is that the ...