A question of Pop (Question of Pop, A)

Member Name: polydeuces

Product:	Question of Pop, A
Date:	10/08/08 (0 review reads)
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When the BBC decided to produce a pop version of their long established A Question Of Sport programme they obviously did not spend a lot of time changing the format. Starting with a picture board where the contestants have to say who the person in the picture is, a mystery guest back to the picture board and a quick fire last round it has a huge sense of déjà vu. Even the point scoring is the same - 2 for correct, 1 point deducted for an for incorrect one. The sports quiz home and away is replaced by A side or B side but the principle is the same with the B sides like the away questions supposed to be harder.

It does all seem a bit of a light excuse to show odd clips of different bands and answering some feeble questions. It is, thankfully, nothing like Never Mind The Buzzcocks which merely seems to want to knock and carp about different people in the music industry. It is all early Saturday evening gentle fare and will be quite inoffensive to Granny. They even have that nice smiley Jamie Theakston on who, despite never having mastered the concept of combing his hair, seems to be on telly an awful lot. Theakston is typical of the modern TV star, moderately intelligent - not too clever , not too dim, - hes articulate and I suppose if you like your men non-threatening hes good looking.
The team captains are Suggs who seems to revel in this sort of quiz and Noddy Holder who still mines his persona of loud Brummie some 20 years after he last had a record out. There is an inevitable reliance on current pop artists. This must give some difficulty for the BBC as, with the current pop idol having the popularity lifespan of a gnat, they probably have to show it very quickly whilst people can remember who the guests are. Indeed with some of the guests even after Theakston has explained who they are and shown the obligatory clip of them performing I still feel none the wiser.

A Question Of Pop is one of those programmes that is just there. I am sure no-one would ever miss it if it were never shown again. It is like candy floss, spun apparently from nothing and about as substantial. Sweet but likely to make the teeth ache if you have too much. Its not really a quiz, not really a pop programme. Its disposable television.

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