Each team was asked first how many they thought they could name – essentially placing a bid – before going through the list to achieve their target. Jon and Morgan emerged the winners with 12 novels named, and Morgan later took to Instagram to explain what happened behind the scenes of the quiz show.

He saiid: “Hello! I was on this episode: we were specifically told novels only, no short story collections (like Different Seasons, which contains The Body and The Shawkshank Redemption) and no novellas or serial novels (like The Green Mile).

“It was called Bookmarks and is available to listen to on BBC Sounds! Clare Balding was lovely.”

Other members of the public have recalled meeting Clare in the past too, with one Reddit user explaining they bumped into her at Royal Ascot.

They posted: “I was working in Wine Rack during Royal Ascot week about a decade ago. She got a few bottles of rose. Nice lady, seemed like any other person, thought nothing of it. About 10 seconds later my manager gave me the old ‘you know who that was, right?’”

Someone else, who owned a shop, said: “I met David Bowie and Brian Eno while babysitting for Brian's brother, both utterly charming and very kind, l was a tongue-tied embarrassment.

“Sue Perkins and Jenny Eclair I served at a private dinner, they were very, very polite, Jenny offered to help us in the kitchen, loved them both. Lenny Henry, Clare Balding, Dawn French and Greg Davies have all been in my shop and all were very nice."