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Paul Gambaccini presents radio's widest-ranging music quiz.

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Counterpoint: Series 30

Counterpoint: Series 30: Episode 8: Heat 8, 2016

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Episode 8: Heat 8, 2016

Series 30

Heat 8, 2016

BBC Radio 4 - Counterpoint, Series 30, Heat 8, 2016

The wide ranging music quiz, chaired by Paul Gambaccini.

Paul Gambaccini welcomes competitors from London and Derbyshire in Heat 8 of the eclectic music quiz.

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Which vocal ensemble was founded by the English bass singer Matthew Best when he was just sixteen? And which performers have sung the opening line in the four different versions of the Band Aid song 'Do They Know It's Christmas'? These are just two of the diverse questions Paul Gambaccini puts to the competitors in the eighth heat of 'Counterpoint'.

As always, the three contenders will have to choose a special musical topic on which they'll get their own individual questions - but with no warning of the categories, they'll be thrown in at the deep end.

The winner goes through to the semi-finals and stands a chance of competing in the 30th anniversary Counterpoint Final at the BBC Proms.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Paul Gambaccini hosts the general knowledge music quiz.

Paul Gambaccini hosts the general knowledge music quiz, with contestants from all over the UK competing to become Radio 4's musical mastermind for 2016.

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