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Confidential Quiz

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Host

One show each, in order: Nancy Spain, Marjorie Proops, Basil "J.B." Boothroyd, Joy Matthews, George Schwartz

Co-hosts

Scorer: Robert Beatty

Broadcast

BBC-tv, 1 September to 22 December 1959 (5 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

A playalong quiz somewhat along the lines of So You Think... but testing personality traits rather than knowledge, and "confidential" because the traits being tested weren't revealed until the end of the show. Three celebrities played in the studio; across the series these included the likes of Tommy Trinder, Barbara Cartland, Anona Winn, Joan Gilbert, Barbara Kelly and Kenneth Horne.

Inventor

Brenda Horsfield, who was also the director.