Bookmarks

A quiz on books.

First round is an intriguing start: our players are asked five questions from across the world of books. Right answers earn a point; wrong answers earn nothing. After all five questions, the correct answers will provide a series of hints towards a mystery book; name that book for three extra marks. Nice and easy if you've got all of the answers, quite taxing if you've only got a couple right. And, to make it more difficult, Clare won't give the correct answers till the end of the round.

A pair of specialist rounds next, one for a player from each team. Each contestant has nominated a book (or short series) and tries to get five questions right. One mark for a correct answer on your own question, two if the other team can pick up an error and prove they know more about your specialist subject than you do!

Next is a round to name as many correct answers as you can in a category. Stephen King wrote 93 novels, but how many can the team name? Each team bids their best effort back and forth; whoever ends up bidding the highest tries to complete the list. Bonus marks are available if the playing teams match one of the entries from a clue.

Another pair of specialist rounds, and then it's the quickfire buzzer round - anagrams on a particular subject. Anagrams on radio don't always work, but these were on the more entertaining side of things.

The Radio Times preview said, "There are no celebrity panels here, just well-read competing duos, which means less larking, anxious conferring and space for Clare to throw in the odd bookish aside."

Made by the production company founded by elves from QI.

One of four quiz shows given two-episode pilot runs during summer 2026: the others were Déjà News, Your Number's Up, and Around the World in 80 Ways. Weaver's Week reviewed them all.