DAVID ST JOHN-TV QUIZZER

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Please note that all images contained within this webpage may be subject to copyright, as they are taken from my collection of TV recordings and only intended to be shared on this non commercial outlet. If anybody wishes to use any of the same, then please get in touch as well as possibly giving credit where due as well as setting up reciprocal links if relevant to the actual content on any webpage. Please note that I am able to monitor any image-copying and if published on other websites. I would appreciate any contact to report broken/outdated links and any corrections to the text that accompanies any images herein. Thank you and enjoy!

Welcome to this latest webpage, which links to my main page that charts my history as 'Britain's Most Prolific TV Quiz Show contestant! If you have not yet seen it:

I never gave my quizzing background much thought until local press asked for odd interviews in recent years, so I had some interviews and articles printed in the Midlands and hometown of Southampton. You may be aware of my status and main profile as a professional comedy entertainer across the decades as well as previous years when singing with pop groups and much more. Just go to the Home Page to note the massive amount of webpages dedicated to the Sixties music scene along with other tangents of an interesting life! When my local press printed a report of my most recent TV quiz show back in February 2013, it was picked up by press agencies then fed to the national media that saw my story featured in the Daily Mail, Sun, Express, Telegraph and many more. I was quite surprised and flattered by the attention as well as being interviewed on BBC Midlands Radio, BBC Wales and BBC 4 plus a few more- even a couple of Spanish stations that broadcast to expats. This has also been followed by other TV and radio researchers contacting me and I am currently sorting out my extensive records of some 30 TV quiz shows since 1982, as I need to have information to hand. Luckily, I managed to record most of my shows and transferred them onto DVDs - the early ones copied from VHS tapes with recent ones on better quality as recorded onto hard drive TV recorder etc. My main page as per the above link has grown too big for one page as I have more or less added bits over recent times, so am now in the process of tidying it all up for better reading. I intend to split my featured quiz shows over the last four decades, from the Eighties on, so please check back in the near future as well as noting more additions and extra information. In addition, I hope to upload edited shows onto You Tube but it all takes so much time, but you can always check my channel (David St John) I have outlined my appearances below but missing a few recordings as I did not have access to other TV regions or cable channels etc, so have made a note of these and maybe someone who reads this has access to any of the shows? ITV kindly tracked down one of my early shows and sent a copy so great fun to watch as I never saw it first time round! You will note a couple of You Tube links with the shows mentioned below with more to come.

On some shows, the production staff kindly took photos of the players on the set, or allowed us to take own pictures but this is rare these days as studio time is so tight (and expensive) with many shows recorded back to back during a whole day. You will note a few images on my main TV quiz show page, but I took some time to sit down and wade through my DVD recordings and took photos on pause - more or less screen grabs! Not the greatest quality but better than nothing and I can now share them on this new page as well as incorporating them on my future pages but split into manageable reading for public browsing. I have also had many suggestions to write a book on my profile as a keen quizzer and perhaps the time is right by now? People do like to read 'insiders' accounts of what it's like to apply for any show and then lucky enough to make it to the studio to participate in a show watched by millions! One can win money or risk humiliation by stumbling over 'easy' questions that may not be difficult when sitting at home on the sofa, but it's a different situation when faced with the pressure of a studio and being tested on one's general knowledge. A lot of luck is involved as we all have our own favourite subjects that may pop up on a show- or we can face tough questions or get voted off by rival players but it's all luck and part of the fun. TV quiz shows are generally labelled as light entertainment and not far removed from what I do in the real world, so its been great fun so far. Take a look at the following list of my appearances and I will add details on each show with the images below , as well as anyone checking out the first main page via the link at the top of this page. I still apply for more shows and have had successful auditions but feel that perhaps my high profile as 'Britains Most Prolific TV Quiz Show Contestant' may prejudice my chances of being selected to appear on a new show? Researchers do ask for full details of past appearances and often gobsmacked to learn about my 30 odd year success rate if not previously aware-maybe a victim of my own success? Who knows..... If you feel tempted to have a go, then please do so- it's great fun and a nice day out even if you come away with nothing or get booted off by another player because of your job, colour of shirt or much more. Its all part of Andy Warhol's '15 minutes of fame' and the viewing public do get fed up with seeing people with no discernible talent getting onscreen- however if you have a reasonable general knowledge and the guts to do it then why not? I am not in the upper echelons of serious quizzers and generally do not revise or pore over lists that often provide answers to standard quiz questions- however I am blessed with a good memory and instant recall so this helps. I am also quite relaxed in any TV studio, having been in the spotlight for most of my life and like to have some fun on the way. It may be a cliche, but it's taking part in a quiz show that provides the buzz and even better if lucky enough to win a few quid as well!

By the way-I am now listed in the Guinness Book of World Records ('Most TV Quiz Show Appearances') and you can read this on: www.davidstjohn.co.uk/blog2014.html

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Despite a couple of good auditions for new shows, I've had no no new appearances as yet! However- just read my Blogs 2013/2014 for news on my participation on this 2014 primetime ITV show:

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