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Season 28, Episode 28

Alexander Armstrong hosts the quiz in which contestants try to record the fewest points possible by giving the least obvious correct answers to questions. Lauren Laverne reveals the correct answers and comments on the players' scores


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Quiz Show Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Lauren Laverne (Contributor)
Laura Turner (Series producer)
Tamara Gilder (Executive producer)
Stephen Lovelock (Executive producer)

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Alexander Armstrong (Host)
Born: August 14, 1970 in Rothbury, Northumberland
Best Known For: The Armstrong and Miller Show.
Early-life: Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong was born in Northumberland on March 2, 1970. His father is a distant relative of Ralph Richardson, and an appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? showed him to be a direct descendent of William the Conqueror. Alexander was a gifted pianist as a child but was nervous about featuring in concerts. At Cambridge University, he performed with the Footlights entertainment troupe, where he was the comedy partner of Spooks creator David Wolstencroft.
Career: Armstrong made his film and TV debuts in 1994 in There's No Business and A Breed of Heroes. He was introduced to Ben Miller in 1996 and their subsequent success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe led to their first sketch series in 1997; they've worked together a number of times since on various projects. Armstrong played the lead in short-lived sitcom Beast. He has also appeared in Birthday Girl (2001), I Saw You, TLC, Saxondale, Life Begins, The Trial of Tony Blair, Mutual Friends, Woody Allen's Match Point (2005) and Scoop (2006). Armstrong was the voice of supercomputer Mr Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures, appeared in the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special and has presented the BBC game show Pointless since 2009. In recent years, he has also voiced Danger Mouse in the revival of the animated series and presented Rome's Invisible City, Land of the Midnight Sun and Don't Ask Me Ask Britain.
Quote: "Offers come up all the time, and I'm getting better at saying no to things, and just picking the things that amuse me."
Trivia: In 2010, he won a Bafta TV Award for The Armstrong and Miller Show.
Lauren Laverne (Contributor)
Born: April 28, 1978 in Sunderland
Best Known For: The Culture Show and 10 O'Clock Live.
Early-life: Born Lauren Cecilia Gofton on April 28, 1978, in Sunderland, and grew up in a middle-class suburb. Both her parents worked in education, and she and brother Pete were encouraged to explore their creative talents. She was about to begin a degree course in medieval studies when her rock band Kenickie, named after one of the characters in Grease, found favour with John Peel. He played their songs on his radio show, they won a record contract and achieved four Top 40 hits and a successful album.
Career: Since Kenickie's demise in 1998, Laverne has worked on solo material and as a TV presenter. She's appeared on programmes such as Never Mind The Buzzcocks, the BBC's coverage of Glastonbury, Channel 4's RI:SE and the MTV show Videoclash, and worked with the Divine Comedy on their 2004 single Come Home Billy Bird. She has presented shows on Radio 1, Xfm London, Radio 6 Music and Radio 2, and co-hosted BBC Two's The Culture Show since 2006. She was one of the hosts of 10 O'Clock Live on Channel 4 between 2011 and 2013.
Quote: "Being on the telly and the radio is a lot easier than going round the country playing gigs."
Trivia: She played a zombie in cult 2004 movie Shaun of the Dead.
Richard van't Riet (Director)
Laura Turner (Series producer)
Tamara Gilder (Executive producer)
Stephen Lovelock (Executive producer)

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