Round Britain Quiz

Round Britain Quiz
a quiz programme on BBC Radio 4, in which two teams from different parts of the country are asked difficult questions to test their knowledge. It was first broadcast in 1947. In 1997 the BBC decided to end the programme but so many people protested that the decision was changed.

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