Radio show
The 99p Challenge panel game originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 . The show is presented by Sue Perkins and features a selection of regular panelists such as Armando Iannucci and regular writers Kevin Cecil , Andy Riley , Jon Holmes and Tony Roche . Panelists are given silly tasks by Perkins (in a manner not dissimilar to those given on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Humphrey Lyttelton ) and are awarded pence for being funny. The player with the most money at the end of the show is given the chance to win 99p . It has been shown in some episodes that the gamble is compulsory, even if the winner has amassed a fortune of more than 99p in the game.
This is the second version of the panel game that was previously transmitted by BBC Radio 4 in 1998 as King Stupid . It was then hosted by William Vandyck and featured much the same line-up of comedians and satirists. The contestants were awarded points instead of pence.
Transmission dates and cast list
Episode
Broadcast
Guests
1st Series 1998 King Stupid
1. 1-1
1998-09-22
Peter Baynham , Simon Pegg , Sue Perkins , Dave Green
2. 1-2
1998-09-29
Peter Baynham, Simon Pegg, Sue Perkins, Dave Green
3. 1-3
1998-10-06
Peter Baynham, Morwenna Banks , Tom Binns , Dave Green
4. 1-4
1998-10-13
Peter Baynham, Simon Pegg, Sue Perkins, Dave Green
5. 1-5
1998-10-20
Peter Baynham, Morwenna Banks, Dave Green, Tom Binns
6. 1-6
1998-10-27
Peter Baynham, Sue Perkins, Simon Pegg, Dave Green
2nd Series 2000 The 99p Challenge
7. 2-1
2000-06-22
Simon Pegg, Peter Baynham, Armando Iannucci , Jack Docherty
8. 2-2
2000-06-29
Simon Pegg, Peter Baynham, Richard Herring , David Quantick
9. 2-3
2000-07-06
Simon Pegg, Peter Baynham, Tom Binns, David Schneider
10. 2-4
2000-07-13
Simon Pegg, Peter Baynham, Richard Herring, Mel Giedroyc
11. 2-5
2000-07-20
Simon Pegg, Peter Baynham, Tom Binns, David Schneider
12. 2-6
2000-07-27
Simon Pegg, Peter Baynham, Armando Iannucci, Jack Docherty
3rd Series 2001
13. 3-1
2001-07-19
Armando Iannucci, Simon Pegg, Bill Bailey , Peter Serafinowicz
14. 3-2
2001-07-26
Armando Iannucci, Simon Pegg, Peter Baynham, David Quantick
15. 3-3
2001-08-02
Armando Iannucci, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost , Ben Moor
16. 3-4
2001-08-09
Peter Serafinowicz, Tom Binns, Nick Frost, Marcus Brigstocke
17. 3-5
2001-08-16
Armando Iannucci, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Peter Baynham
18. 3-6
2001-08-23
Peter Serafinowicz, Tom Binns, Nick Frost, Ben Moor
4th Series 2003
19. 4-1
2003-02-04
Armando Iannucci, Simon Pegg, David Quantick, Bill Bailey
20. 4-2
2003-02-11
Armando Iannucci, Simon Pegg, Peter Serafinowicz, Marcus Brigstocke
21. 4-3
2003-02-18
Armando Iannucci, Simon Pegg, Peter Serafinowicz, Jon Holmes
22. 4-4
2003-02-25
Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham, Marcus Brigstocke, Nick Frost
23. 4-5
2003-03-04
Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham, Jack Docherty, Sean Lock
24. 4-6
2003-03-11
Armando Iannucci, Simon Pegg, Marcus Brigstocke, Jon Holmes
5th Series 2004
25. 5-1
2004-08-25
Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham, Simon Pegg, Jon Holmes
26. 5-2
2004-09-01
Armando Iannucci, Peter Serafinowicz, Miranda Hart , Rob Rouse
27. 5-3
2004-09-08
Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham, Simon Pegg, Dan Antopolski
28. 5-4
2004-09-15
Armando Iannucci, Rob Rouse, Jon Holmes, Marcus Brigstocke
29. 5-5
2004-09-22
Armando Iannucci, Nick Frost, Marcus Brigstocke, Miranda Hart
30. 5-6
2004-09-29
Armando Iannucci, Nick Frost, Rob Rouse, Peter Serafinowicz
Series of the show continue to be repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra .
Theme tune
The show's theme is an excerpt from Alexander Borodin 's opera Prince Igor Nena 's "99 Luftballons ". After the panellists are introduced, a brief snippet of Carl Orff 's O Fortuna Carmina Burana
External links
TV series created Radio Films written Books by Riley
