Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Introduction: Game On 1
6. 1 Genre and the Quiz Show 11
7. 2 Quiz Show Histories 32
8. 3 Quiz Show Theory: Approaching the Programme Text 58
9. 4 Knowledge in the Quiz Show 86
10. 5 The Quiz Show and ‘Ordinary’ People as Television Performers 118
11. 6 ‘Asking the Audience’: Quiz Shows and Their Viewers 140
12. Conclusion: ‘Not the Final Answer . . .’ 162
13. Bibliography 166
14. Index 175