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Celebrity panel game about quotations featuring questions posed by listeners

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Nigel Rees

Dave Gorman

Philip Hensher

Libby Purves

Michael Rosen

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Carl Cooper

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With Philip Hensher, Dave Gorman, Libby Purves and Michael Rosen. Nigel Rees hosts.

Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Philip Hensher, Dave Gorman, Libby Purves and Michael Rosen. From August 2014.

Quote ... Unquote, the popular quotations quiz, returns for its 50th series.

In almost forty years, Nigel Rees has been joined by writers, actors, musicians, scientists and various comedy types. Kenneth Williams, Judi Dench, PD James, Larry Adler, Ian KcKellen, Peter Cook, Kingsley Amis, Peter Ustinov... have all graced the Quote Unquote stage.

Join Nigel as he quizzes a host of celebrity guests on the origins of sayings and well-known quotes, and gets the famous panel to share their favourite anecdotes.

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Comedian and writer Dave Gorman
Novelist and journalist Philip Hensher
Presenter, critic and author Libby Purves
Writer, poet and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen

Presenter ... Nigel Rees
Producer ... Carl Cooper.

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