BBC Radio 2 launches new quiz after Ken Bruce takes Popmaster to new job
dailyrecord.co.ukBBC Radio 2 has revealed that they are launching a brand new weekday music quiz as Ken Bruce leaves the station and takes the Popmaster quiz with him to his new job.The 72-year-old has left the BBC after working there for 45 years to move over to present Greatest Hits Radio.Ken will be replaced by Vernon Kay but he won't start officially until May, however Gary Davies is filling in in the meantime, and the station has announced Gary will debut a new music quiz, writes The Mirror.The segment, called Ten to the Top, is an accumulator quiz, where each player will be asked ten questions about pop music, with the value of points increasing - it will be on the station at 10.30am.
Ken was supposed to present his last show at the end of March, however he announced last month that the Beeb had decided he should leave earlier.
Ken spoke to the Today programme, and admitted that he was “a little surprised and disappointed” to discover he was being removed from the show early.He said: “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 added: “My belief is that, when I’m given a contract, I work to it and complete it.
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