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I’d be hopeless at answering the questions,” Bruce suggested. “You need to bring the information to the front of your mind at the right moment and I couldn’t do it.” What is the PopMaster TV prize? The veteran Scottish radio presenter, who signed off from his final Radio 2 show on Friday, is moving to Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio in April to present a new mid-morning show, taking with him the PopMaster game. Ken announced on 17 January 2023 that he was leaving BBC Radio 2 at the end of March. His new show on Greatest Hits Radio began at the start of April, and Popmaster went with him. The same week that the quiz made its GHR debut, 12Yard announced it was making a television version for More4, which duly appeared for what might be characterised as a pilot series less than thee months later. Gold Badge Awards 2010". Goldbadgeawards.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012 . Retrieved 30 June 2012. This is the official board game version by Ginger Fox, for ages 14 and onwards and for two players or more. If you have more than four players, you can play as teams instead. This is a great family game for older children to adults. Even though Mr K is 14 years old, he does not have a great knowledge of music so finds many of the questions quite difficult.
The format of PopMaster is similar to that of David Hamilton's Music Game which ran on his Radio 2 show in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. In the late 1980s, the station largely moved away from pop music so there was no such quiz on the station for some time. How good are you at music? You may know what kind of music you like to listen to but are you able to guess music questions correctly to be named PopMaster Champion! This game is based on Ken Bruce’s popular BBC Radio 2 show since February 1998. Darvill, Josh (20 June 2023). "Ken Bruce to bring PopMaster TV series to More4". TellyMix . Retrieved 28 June 2023.
Dowell, Ben (22 November 2007). "BBC phone-in contests return - with new rules". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Long-running Ken Bruce pop music quiz on Radio 2, and easily the best thing on in daytime on that station.
Put your chart music knowledge to the ultimate test with the official Popmaster Board Game. Based on the iconic Popmaster quiz – the cornerstone of the Ken Bruce national radio show for over two decades!Despite never having been implicated, PopMaster was suspended for one day on 19 July 2007 in line with the BBC's blanket ban on television and radio competitions following several phone-in scandals. [2] The following day, PopMaster returned without prizes or public entry, with the contestants consisting of celebrities and BBC staff. Between 20 July 2007 and 18 January 2008, when the quiz was played with celebrity contestants, no prizes were awarded and Three-in-Ten was not held. The winning contestant then goes on to play "Three-in-Ten". In this part of the quiz they have ten seconds to name three UK Singles Chart hits for a particular artist or group named by Bruce. If they successfully manage this they win a smart speaker; if they fail, they win some Bluetooth headphones. However, if a contestant scores 39 points in the main quiz, they automatically win a smart speaker, and the losing contestant plays the Three-in-Ten instead. Should both contestants score the same number of points (and the score is less than the maximum), a tie-break is used to decide who will play Three-in-Ten. Each player is dealt 2 bonus question cards and asks the player to their left to choose which of the two categories they want as their bonus round questions. Wilkes, Emma (2 April 2023). "Ken Bruce to reportedly turn PopMaster into a TV show". NME . Retrieved 3 April 2023.
When Bruce was on holiday, PopMaster continued with stand-in presenters; these have included Alex Lester, Stuart Maconie, Michael Ball, Claudia Winkleman, Simon Mayo, Richard Allinson, Aled Jones, Zoe Ball, Fearne Cotton, Sara Cox, Trevor Nelson, Gary Davies, Jo Whiley, Scott Mills and DJ Spoony. The quiz will see each player asked 10 questions about pop music, with the first question worth one point, the second question worth two points, all the way up to 10. All players answer standard questions and move up the board one space for every correct answer given. Answer incorrectly, and you must stay where you are! During a period from July 2007 to January 2008 when all BBC phone-in quizzes were suspended due to mismanagement and defrauding the public, Popmaster was played using celebrity contestants. The first (and indeed, only) celeb to score maximum points was Richard Drummie from the aforementioned Go West - and what made this particularly impressive is that he did it without the outrageous giveaway clues Ken usually dished out to the celebrity players. For some obscure reason, people on the BBC staff were not allowed to appear but those who worked for the corporation as freelancers could - so Charles Nove was roped in as a contestant, but fellow R2 newsreader Fran Godfrey was barred.Players will take turns to choose on row and POP as many bubbles as they want (in that row only). You can pop a bubble by using a mouse or touchscreen. Singh, Anita (26 June 2023). "PopMaster TV, More4, review: Ken Bruce has milked it for the screen, but it's still worth a listen". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 28 June 2023. The incredibly cheesy jingle that for a while was played when players successfully completed Three In Ten. We miss that. A "One Year Out" T-shirt is given to the losing contestant, so named because when answering "Name the Year" type questions, contestants are very often just one year out, causing Bruce to exclaim "One year out!". "One Year Out" T-shirts are often heard to be accepted by contestants as a desirable consolation.
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