The Big Quiz: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Big Quiz is an entertainment quiz show hosted by Stephen Mulhern. The first episode aired on Friday 16 December 2011 with the teams consisting of the cast of Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine, Malcolm Hebden, Patti Clare and Jack P Shepherd and Emmerdale's Mark Charnock, Natalie Anderson, Danny Miller and Meg Johnson. The second episode aired at 8.00pm on Sunday 15 April 2012 on ITV1, with the teams consisting of the cast of the hit comedy Benidorm: Jake Canuso, Crissy Rock, Janine Duvitski and Shelley Longworth take on reality show The Only Way is Essex consisting of Joey Essex, Lauren Goodger, James Argent and Gemma Collins. The contestants face questions on memorable moments from both programmesThe third show will be titled as 'The Big Sports Quiz' which will also be hosted by Stephen Mulhern, seeing boys and girls battle for who's best at sport.

Series details

• Title: The Big Quiz
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2011-12-16
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4817

Cast and credited roles

• Stephen Mulhern — Host
• Sally Lindsay — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2011: premiered 2011-12-16; final listed air date 2011-12-16; episode order: 1.
• Season 2012: premiered 2012-04-15; final listed air date 2012-07-26; episode order: 2.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-01-01; final listed air date 2016-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-01-06; final listed air date 2017-01-06; episode order: 1.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-01-05; final listed air date 2018-12-21; episode order: 2.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-12-19; final listed air date 2019-12-19; episode order: 1.
• Season 2020: premiered 2020-12-21; final listed air date 2020-12-21; episode order: 1.
• Season 2021: premiered 2021-12-20; final listed air date 2021-12-20; episode order: 1.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-12-09; final listed air date 2022-12-09; episode order: 1.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-12-28; final listed air date 2023-12-28; episode order: 1.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-12-23; final listed air date 2024-12-23; episode order: 1.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-12-15; final listed air date 2025-12-15; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

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