Slightly Foxed
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Host
Libby Purves (first two editions)
Gill Pyrah (1991-7)
Broadcast
BBC Radio 4, 30 December 1989 to 12 June 1997
Synopsis
Literary quiz.
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Inventor
Devised by the producer, David Benedictus.
Trivia
The title is a pun on "foxing", the mildew spots that appear on the outer pages of old books. A book suffering from damp would therefore be called "slightly foxed" in the second-hand book trade.