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Ian McMillan chairs the literary quiz with Dillie Keane, Mark Radcliffe, Sophie Hannah and Simon Armitage. From December 1998.
Ian McMillian asks his contestants to put their thumbs into the rich and sticky pudding of literature.
Then they must pull out the plums and play the tastiest writing game of the party season.
Poised ready for battle are:
Dillie Keane
Mark Radcliffe
Sophie Hannah
Simon Armitage
Producer: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in December 1998.
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