Which Bbc Quiz Show, First Shown In 1972 And Initially Hosted By Magnus Magnusson (A Man Of Icelandic Heritage), Traditionally Consisting Of Four Contestants Facing Two Minutes On A Specialist Subject Followed By Two Minutes On General Knowledge But Sometimes, Particularly At Semi-Final Stage, One And A Half Minutes On Their Specialist Subject And Two And A Half Minutes On General Knowledge, Is Currently Broadcasting Its 47th Series Hosted By Welsh Former Newsreader And Radio 4 Presenter John Humphreys, Who Will Himself Be Standing Down At The End Of The Current Series, Has Increasingly Drawn Criticism From The Quizzing Community Over Recent Years For The Degree Of Superfluous Information That Has Resulted In Excessively Long Questions?

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1. Which Bbc Quiz Show, First Shown In 1972 And Initially Hosted By Magnus Magnusson (A Man Of Icelandic Heritage), Traditionally Consisting Of Four Contestants Facing Two Minutes On A Specialist Subject Followed By Two Minutes On General Knowledge But Sometimes, Particularly At Semi-Final Stage, One And A Half Minutes On Their Specialist Subject And Two And A Half Minutes On General Knowledge, Is Currently Broadcasting Its 47th Series Hosted By Welsh Former Newsreader And Radio 4 Presenter John Humphreys, Who Will Himself Be Standing Down At The End Of The Current Series, Has Increasingly Drawn Criticism From The Quizzing Community Over Recent Years For The Degree Of Superfluous Information That Has Resulted In Excessively Long Questions?