ALISON CROOSE Guildhall of St George, King's Lynn (King's Lynn Festival)

ALISON CROOSE

Guildhall of St George, King's Lynn (King's Lynn Festival)

BBC Radio Norfolk staged their light-hearted panel game at Lynn for the first time and endeavoured to introduce some “culture” to a show which thrives on the vagaries of its panellists.

Chairman Tony Mallion posed questions, optimistically hoping for responses befitting a festival of music and the arts, but he had an uphill task in trying to raise the team's artistic aspirations.

Nevertheless, the sell-out audience were well-entertained by Keith Skipper, Sid Kipper, Roy Waller and Stephen Bumfrey, whose cultural activities proved fairly limited - even though they tried hard to give the show an arty feel!

After being “warmed up” by Maggie Secker - Radio Norfolk's answer to Pam Ayres - and Sid Kipper - Norfolk's Jethro - the audience was game for plenty of laughs.

The team's surreal sense of the ridiculous knew no bounds when they were asked what they would do to improve West Norfolk. Popular responses related to Hardwick roundabout - and Keith Skipper's suggested renaming of Lynn football ground at The Walks.

To conclude the evening they identified the hobby of the mystery guest - Mark Worrall, the squire of King's Morris.