Fingers On Buzzers

Lucy and Jenny are back again and with them is a lady who can certainly preach the virtues of quiz, it's none other than the Rev Kate Bottley, who met our trusty hosts on the high seas, where they enjoyed a quiz based cruise (true story)! Rev Kate recounts some of her TV quiz adventures which include looking like a floating head on Celebrity Mastermind and the excitement of winning big on Richard...

Jenny and Lucy are here again and as always, are joined by a wonderful guest, geared up to tell us all about their life in quiz and this week is no different as we welcome Arabella Weir to Fingers On Buzzers! Arabella has a healthy attitude to quiz, which could benefit the overzealous among us, which stood her in good stead for her appearances on Celebrity Mastermind! Plus, the team...

The day has finally arrived, after much negotiation and chat between our lawyers, Lucy and Jenny finally welcome the fabulous comedian and host of 'Lightning', it's Zoe Lyons! I'm of course joking about the need of lawyers, but it should be illegal to be as funny as Zoe and she also turns out to have a huge talent as a quiz show host, but you may be surprised to hear where she...

It's the moment you've been waiting for! Yes, Lucy and Jenny have been released into the wild! Yes, FOB went live at this year's London Podcast Festival and was delighted to be joined by a fabulous gaggle of listeners for fun, frolics, quizzes, and prizes galore, as well as a very special guest in the form of the amazing Tom Price!  Tom takes us on a journey through his timeline of quiz show...

Team FOB is delighted to welcome journalist, columnist, podcaster & star of bluegrass band Police Dog Hogan, Tim Dowling! Tim chats to Lucy and Jenny about his over-enthusiastic pub quiz style, as well as which quiz shows from his native USA have made it across the pond and how the glitzy formats were given a more 'UK' feel.  We also hear about his knowledge of the banjo, what his Masterm...

If you could ask comedian, actor, and author Isy Suttie ANYTHING, what would it be? Probably a load of questions about famous Janes and Croydon right? Well, it's your lucky day, because that's exactly what Lucy and Jenny did, so you don't have to! To find out about Isy's level of knowledge on these subjects AND which TV quiz show she wants to revive, you'll have to listen - and you'll also hear al...

Yes that's right THIS IS NOT A DRILL, as Lucy and Jenny welcome none other than the woman who strikes fear into the heart of all naughty parish councilors, it's Jackie Weaver! Jackie teases us with some titbits behind the scenes of her recent record of Celebrity Mastermind, she also reveals which quiz show (apart from The Chase) she has a burning desire to try her luck at AND she presents her very...

This week Lucy and Jenny dive into the rich world of board games and all they have to offer and giving their expert opinion on these important matters is Andy Bush and Brian Murphy from top board gaming podcast, Bush's Board Game Thing. In this meeting of minds, the players dissect the TV quiz shows which have crossed over to board game territory, both successfully and otherwise. We also find out...

This week Lucy and Jenny welcome podcaster and comedian, Poppy Hillstead to the show, and whilst she's here, Poppy gets an education into her own name and what constitutes a quiz! We also explore which quiz show hosts would be the flatmate from HELL and find out why our guest's internet search history isn't for the faint-hearted. Joins Lucy and Jenny live at the London Podcast Festival 2021! They...

The queens of quiz are here again and this week Jenny goes through her epic performance on Popmaster, which not only had Lucy in awe but also green with envy! The green theme extends to this week's guest segment as we cross to the emerald isle to hear from political correspondent and king of the Rubix Cube Gavan Reilly! Joins Lucy and Jenny live at the London Podcast Festival 2021! They will be ta...

Lucy and Jenny are here again and as we were away for SO long, there was ample chance to clock up some pretty impressive quizzing achievements, and today, we get to hear our hosts blow their own (and each other's) trumpets.  Another recent addition to quiz is the wonderful Darragh Ennis, otherwise known as The Menace and newest member of The Chasers, who joins us to say how app...

Hello! Welcome back to this brand new series of Fingers On Buzzers, which sees a mixture of remote and face-to-face records, and even some done in front of an audience. In this episode, we get to catch up with our wonderful hosts and find out all the quizzing news in their lives - including some stunning TV quiz show performances from our Lucy. The ladies also too FOB on the road with a special ni...

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without one of Lucy & Jenny's legendary Quizmas open-house parties ... luckily the FOB team live in a large duplex, so the party could commence in socially distanced style as a host of celebrities from quizzing past drop-in to pose a festive conundrum of their own for us to solve. We also eaves-drop on some pre-party chat as Lucy and Jenny scour the radio times...

Christmas 2020 is coming (well, at the time of record anyway) and the goose may well be getting fat, but as long as it's in a socially distanced bubble - that's FINE! The festive season may well be a quieter affair for many of us, but that's no reason not to have the annual argument over a yuletide board game. Lucy and Jenny decide to experiment with 2 games - one from Christmas past, the other fr...

In this episode of Fingers On Buzzers, Jenny and Lucy welcome, comedian, actor & quiz addict, Justin Moorhouse to the show! Justin relates some past TV quiz show appearances, which clearly keep him awake at night, as well as giving us the insight on what it's like to be someone's phone a friend on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' - an honour held by the very few. Plus, he tells us perhaps the B...

In this week's show, Lucy and Jenny welcome a man who made the nation gasp in reverence when he appeared on University Challenge, Mr Bobby Seagull! Bobby talks about his time being quizzed by Paxman and we also get a hint at an up-coming TV quiz which also features our very own Lucy! But can Bobby change Jenny and Lucy's attitudes to maths based questions? The listener quiz this week is provided b...

Lucy and Jenny are back continue to bring an international feel to proceedings when they are joined by another listener based outside of the UK - Patrick from Australia - whose identity is kept firmly under lock and key, to find out why, you'll have to listen. Our hosts also serve-up the absolute treat for the ears that is comedian and SERIOUS quizzer, Bethany Black! Bethany shares some amazing qu...

Welcome to a brand new episode of Fingers On Buzzers, which is released as Lucy approaches the end of a a tense week of puzzling on Richard Osman's House of Games! As we find out, most of the contestants were very much in it to win it and this week's podcast guest Neil Delamere was no exception to that. He and Lucy relive their bitter rivalry for the entertainment of us and Jenny, but then leave u...

Jenny and Lucy are back and this week they take a side-step into the world of game show, with the KING of gameshow hosts, Les Dennis! Les was of course one of the hosts of long-running, ever popular 'Family Fortunes'. As well as talking about some of the stranger answers Les remembers from the contestants, we also finally learn just who those 100 people surveyed were, and of course it wouldn't be...

Jenny and Lucy are back, with another dose of quizzing fun and joining them this week is actor, singer and quiz obsessive, Shaun Williamson! Shaun has literally written the book on quiz, as he tells our hosts all about 'A Matter of Facts: One Man's Journey into the Nation's Quiz Obsession' - an essential read for anyone with even a passing interest in quiz - or EastEnders for that matter! Shaun ta...

Lucy and Jenny are back to lavish you with another fun-filled episode of quiz. chat and frolics. Joining our trusty hosts today is comedian and musician Vikki Stone who pops-in to chat about being part of the ensemble of Richard Osman's House of Games, which also happens to be her very first TV quiz show and to be quizzed on her classical music knowledge. Also in this episode, we hear from listene...

Welcome to this latest episode of Fingers on Buzzers and today Lucy and Jenny welcome comedian, James Acaster to the show! James is no stranger to a TV quiz, having appeared on the re-booted Blockbusters, deciding to leave learning the rules until he actually played the game, as you'll hear for yourself. We also go through James' appearance on Pointless Celebrities alongside fellow comic, Joel Dom...

Hello and welcome to today's episode of Fingers On Buzzers, which brings a wealth of animal knowledge, along with some 'killer' questions and that just goes to show that even quiz can be gruesome, so best keep this listen to adults only. The inspiration for the true crime theme is this week's star guest, comedian and podcaster Kiri Pritchard-McLean, who also managed to get some adult content into...

This week's episode of is a riot of quiz, chat and a story which will turn the blood cold of anyone who has hosted an online quiz over lockdown. The former comes courtesy of listener Alex, who through sheer love of quiz has managed to get to work on some of TV's BIGGEST shows and the latter is provided by this week's celebrity guest; actor, comedian & presenter, Tom Price. Tom tells Lucy and J...

AND THEY'RE BACK! Yes, Lucy and Jenny return with series 4 of Fingers on Buzzers and what a bag of treats they have in store. This week alone we are treated to a chat with host of Radio 4's The News Quiz and Jenny Ryan doppelganger, Angela Barnes, who pits her wits against Jenny and Lucy in a news-based quiz set by friend of the show, Steve N Allen. And the episode is book-ended sublimely by liste...