Radio star Ken Bruce's iconic PopMaster quiz will become a television programme on Channel 4, it has been confirmed.
The 72-year-old presenter hosted the quiz while working at the BBC for four decades.
He departed from Radio 2 last month after decades at the station and swiftly started his new job at Greatest Hits Radio.
And now, the quiz segment is being adapted into a six-part series for More4.
The show will have two contestants be asked 10 questions based on popular music from the 1950s to the present day.
Questions will be about a number of genres and will include naming musicians based on the song titles identifying the year songs were hits.
Every episode will have one winner who will move on to the grand final where only one person can be crowned the champion.
Speaking of the new show, Ken said: “After all these years we are finally bringing PopMaster to the telly where we’ll be challenging music lovers from around the country to not only recall a range of facts and stats about chart toppers and beyond over the decades but to do so under the glare of studio lights and with the added pressure of television cameras.
“I can’t wait to get started – and find out whether I might have a face for TV after all.”
As Ken took PopMaster with him to Greatest Hits Radio, the Beeb aired a similar music quiz called Ten To The Top.
However, it was dismissed as a ‘Poundland PopMaster’ by fans who have spotted the similarities between the two quizzes, notably because two contestants are asked 10 questions about popular music.
In a new interview this week, Ken insisted that he wasn’t given the credit he deserved at the BBC as he expressed his disappointment with the way he was treated.
“There were times when I felt I wasn’t really noticed by either the BBC itself or some listeners. So I thought, ‘I’m going to make these people appreciate me," he told Radio Times.
“I thought that, after 45 years, I could be trusted to do the right thing for the next few weeks. But obviously, it’s up to them. It’s their choice.”
Ken previously shared his disappointment at how he was forced to leave his job at Radio 2 three weeks before he was expected to say his final goodbye to his loyal listeners.
"It’s entirely within the BBC’s right to ask me to step away a little early. But for the sake of 17 days, which was all that was remaining (on my contract), it seems a shame," he told Radio 4’s Today programme.
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