"by Barry Simmons and lasted between 20 October to 2 December 2008 while the second series was won by Pat Gibson and lasted between 12 October to 23 November 2009. On 24 February 2014, a new spin-off series of ""Eggheads"" was launched called ""Revenge of the Egghead"". It was presented by Jeremy Vine and saw the return of CJ de Mooi, who left ""Eggheads"" in 2012. In each episode, de Mooi faced a team of five contestants hoping to win thousands of pounds. The series ran for a 6-week period, between 24 February and 4 April 2014. Lisa Thiel appeared"
"the ""Eggheads"" team began. These auditions developed into a spin-off show, hosted by original Eggheads presenter Dermot Murnaghan. During the first series, from 20 October to 2 December 2008, the show aired at 4:30pm, weekdays on BBC Two. Series 2 also aired at 4:30pm on BBC Two and began on 12 October 2009. The auditions whittled the competition down to 32 contestants, who then played against each other in a straight knockout format to decide who would become the sixth Egghead. There were 16 first round matches, 8 in the second round, 4 quarterfinal matches and two semi finals and"
"Are You an Egghead? Are You an Egghead? is a BBC quiz show that was presented by Dermot Murnaghan. It is a spin-off from the quiz show ""Eggheads"", with its goal to find a further Egghead to complement the existing team. The first series was aired weekdays from 20 October to 2 December 2008 and was won by Barry Simmons. The second and final series was aired from 12 October to 23 November 2009 and was won by Pat Gibson. A similar show, ""Make Me an Egghead"", aired in 2016. In May 2008, auditions for a sixth person to join"
"over from Terry Wogan. On 6 October 2008, he started hosting the BBC Two quiz show ""Eggheads"" while the spin-off show, ""Are You an Egghead?"", was presented by the regular host, Dermot Murnaghan. Once the spin-off show had finished, Vine continued to host the second half of each series, with Murnaghan hosting the first half. In Series 16, it was announced that Vine had become the sole presenter. As of 2014, Vine also hosted the spin-off series ""Revenge of the Egghead"". The series ran for a 6-week period, between 24 February and 4 April 2014. From 2016–17, Vine co-presented ""Crimewatch"""
"of an earlier format on Channel 4 Television. He co-presented BBC Breakfast from Monday to Thursday as well as regularly fronting national BBC news bulletins until December 2007. In October 2007, it was announced that Murnaghan would be leaving the BBC for Sky News. Murnaghan became the second news presenter to depart the corporation in the same month – Natasha Kaplinsky also left to join Five News, produced by Sky. His last time presenting Breakfast was 20 December 2007. Murnaghan presented the BBC Two daytime show ""Eggheads"" from 2003 until 2008, as well as its short-lived spin-off series ""Are You"
"he had left ""Eggheads"" permanently to pursue an acting career. He appeared in broadcast episodes until August 2012 and was replaced on the show by Dave Rainford. However, he returned to a new, short-lived format of ""Eggheads"" in 2014 called ""Revenge of the Egghead"". He stated he returned because of his 'love of the show'. He then returned to the main version of ""Eggheads"" replacing Daphne Fowler. In 2016, Mooi was accused of sexual assault but was subsequently cleared. In an interview with the ""Daily Mirror"" de Mooi also mentioned that he had been axed from ""Eggheads"" and had re-located"
"2016, two brand-new Eggheads (one male and one female) joined the panel after a spin-off series entitled ""Make Me an Egghead"". This chart displays when each presenter and Egghead was active. The black bars denote the start of each series. The highest amount any team has won to beat the Eggheads is £75,000 in 2007 (Series 8, Episode 14) by a team of Oxford Brookes University students, ""Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow"". The first series of ""Celebrity Eggheads"" was 5 editions that ran from 15 to 19 December 2008, and was presented by Dermot Murnaghan. On 7 December 2009, 10 more"
"Make Me an Egghead Make Me an Egghead is a BBC Two quiz show presented by Jeremy Vine. It was a spin-off from ""Eggheads"" with the goal to find two further Eggheads, one male and one female, to complement the existing team of seven. It ran from 22 August to 23 September 2016 and was won by Steve Cooke and Beth Webster. A similar show, ""Are You an Egghead?"", aired in 2008 and 2009. After CJ de Mooi left ""Eggheads"" for an acting career in Cape Town, South Africa, the BBC announced that it would be airing a televised search"
"""Eggheads"", teamed up with other quiz champions, in which members of the public pit their wits against them in order to win a cash prize. Alongside his Egghead team mates he also took part in the spin-off show ""Are You an Egghead?"", a competition to find further members of the Egghead team resulting in the addition of Barry Simmons in 2008 and Pat Gibson in the second series in 2009. For ten years Ashman had never incorrectly answered a history category question. This happened for the first time on 6 January 2014. Currently ranked World/European number 1, Ashman has 17"
"be turned down by his former collaborator. Eventually, he pitched it to Jane Root, then controller of BBC Two, who agreed to develop it. When it was decided that the show would air on television, Michael Palin was offered the job of chairman with Fry and Davies as captains of the ""cleverclogs"" and ""dunderheads"" teams, respectively. However, when Palin decided not to take the job, the producers opted to change the format; Fry became the host, with Davies as the only regular panellist. Root commissioned a pilot and a further 16 episodes after that, although budget limitations reduced the first"
"to beat. The team can confer on every question. Every wrong answer means that the team loses one of their lives and if they lose all of their lives, they leave with nothing but if they beat the target, they win an equal share of the prize fund. A 25-part spin-off series ran from 22 August to 23 September 2016, with the search for two new members for the Eggheads line-up: one male, one female. The series was won by Steve Cooke and Beth Webster. Eggheads (TV series) Eggheads is a British quiz show that airs on weekdays. It was"
"Barry Simmons Barry Simmons (born 24 November 1948) is a Scottish-born quiz show contestant and was the winner of the BBC Two show ""Are You an Egghead?"" and as a result became the sixth ""Egghead"", joining Kevin Ashman, CJ de Mooi, Daphne Fowler, Christopher Hughes and Judith Keppel on the regular show on 2 December 2008. Simmons told ""The Jewish Chronicle"" newspaper, ""It’s the best job in British quizzing and to get paid for doing something you love is just the icing on the cake. But I have to admit I hate losing."" Simmons was born in Edinburgh and lives"
"CJ de Mooi CJ de Mooi (, also known as Connagh Joseph De Mooi, born 5 November 1969) is a British professional quizzer, best known for his time as a panellist on the BBC Television show ""Eggheads"". He adopted the name de Mooi when he began working as a model; he translates it as Dutch for ""handsome"", though the actual translation would be ""the pretty"". De Mooi appeared on a number of television quiz shows before ""Eggheads"" (first aired in 2003), where he was one of five original members of the show's eponymous team. In December 2011, de Mooi announced"
"final of the ""Brain of Britain"" and won the competition. Before the final, some controversy was caused as he was thought of as ""a professional quizzer"". As reported by the BBC website, ""There is no rule banning Eggheads from appearing on ""Brain of Britain"" – the only rule is that former champions are not allowed to return."" In 2013 he was ranked number three quizzer in the world. Simmons is Jewish and is a member of the Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue. Barry Simmons Barry Simmons (born 24 November 1948) is a Scottish-born quiz show contestant and was the winner of"
"Arrest Warrant issued in the Netherlands. A judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court declined the extradition request on technical grounds, on 24 October 2016, saying that no UK arrest warrant had been issued. In October 2018, de Mooi was declared bankrupt following lengthy legal proceedings in connection with the arrest. CJ de Mooi CJ de Mooi (, also known as Connagh Joseph De Mooi, born 5 November 1969) is a British professional quizzer, best known for his time as a panellist on the BBC Television show ""Eggheads"". He adopted the name de Mooi when he began working as a model; he"
"holds a record for the most appearances by a woman on the BBC's ""Mastermind"". She is active on the Quizzing Grand Prix Circuit in the United Kingdom, and in The Quiz League of London. She and the Women's runner-up, Julia Hobbs, were both ranked as ""Sages"" in the 2012 Order of Merit listings of the British Quiz Association. Make Me an Egghead Make Me an Egghead is a BBC Two quiz show presented by Jeremy Vine. It was a spin-off from ""Eggheads"" with the goal to find two further Eggheads, one male and one female, to complement the existing team"
"season, with Dermot Whelan taking over as host, began in October 2010. The second season continued in March 2011 and concluded in the spring of that year. RTÉ's political correspondent David McCullagh made a formal complaint to RTÉ after the programme caused rumours to spread of a government minister's resignation, an event that would have reduced the coalition's majority to two. The third season began on 17 October 2011, with an episode featuring Georgia Salpa, Damo and Ivor, Dead Cat Bounce and Darby the Leprechaun. The season continued until 24 April 2012. The fourth series of the installment began broadcasting"
"Evan Davis Evan Harold Davis (born 8 April 1962) is an English economist, journalist, and presenter for the BBC. Since autumn 2018, he has been the lead presenter of ""PM"" on BBC Radio 4. In October 2001, Davis took over from Peter Jay as the BBC's economics editor. He left this post in April 2008 to become a presenter on BBC Radio 4's ""Today"" programme. In September 2014, he left ""Today"" to become the main presenter of ""Newsnight"", replacing Jeremy Paxman, a position he held for four years. Davis is also the presenter for the BBC Two venture-capital programme ""Dragons'"
"Thing""’ provided the basis for the TV documentary ‘""Attenborough’s Eggs""’ introduced by David Attenborough (2018). Birkhead has been honorary curator of the Alfred Denny Museum in the University of Sheffield between 1980-2018. He has given numerous public lectures, including at Café Scientique, the Cheltenham Science Festival and numerous literary festivals including Ways with Words (Sheffield) and Hay on Wye. His a TED (conference) lecture on the history of ornithology has been viewed over 100,000 times. Over the course of his career, Birkhead has received a number of awards: Tim Birkhead Timothy Robert Birkhead (born 1950) is a renowned ornithologist. He"
"with a cake in the shape of a ""10"", to mark his ten years of presenting. The Edge of U2 also gave Kenny glasses and a guitar. After two months of speculation, Ryan Tubridy emerged as Kenny's successor. Original host Gay Byrne gave Tubridy his blessing: ""He has all the qualities required, the light deft touch together with a serious mind. I think it's a great adventure that he's setting off on"". Other personalities tipped for the role had included Gerry Ryan and Miriam O'Callaghan. O'Callaghan, whom some media commentators considered favourite for the job, claimed she had turned down"
"for two replacement Eggheads, one male, one female. The show aired adjacently to ""Debatable"": the former at 6 pm, ""Make Me an Egghead"" at 6:30 pm. Both were commissioned for twenty half-hour episodes and five 45-minute episodes, and both were broadcast for the first time on the same day, 22 August 2016. The heats were played in five rounds. The first three rounds focused on one of nine subject categories (out of Politics, Arts & Books, Food & Drink, History, Geography, Science, Music, Film & Television and Sport). Both players were asked in turn three triple-choice questions, and the player"
"presenter of the programme. When she went on maternity leave, Kate Silverton presented a few editions before she in turn was replaced, with Louise Minchin, Declan Curry or James Dagwell being the new regular presenters. Towards the end there was no regular presenter with a guest presenter being used for the programme, including Maryam Moshiri, Paddy O'Connell, Matt Barbet, Rory Cellan Jones, Alex Stanger, Rachel Horne, Nicola Pearson and Evan Davis. It was available as a video podcast and on the BBC News website, as well as being shown on BBC News 24 (Fridays at 19.50, Saturdays at 13.50 amongst"
"from 3 March. This coincided with a return to some regional programming, and the departure of Simon Bates, Lynn Parsons, Carlos and David Prever. New names joining the network included ex-GM-TV presenter Andrew Castle, who would host the breakfast show in London, replacing Bates. Other changes included Kate Garraway taking over Parsons' mid-morning show, Paul Phear joining the network as an afternoon presenter and Heart Cambridge presenter Chris Skinner replacing Carlos in the evenings. Myleene Klass of Classic FM was also given a Saturday morning show on Smooth, replacing David Prever. Global announced that regional breakfast and drivetime shows would"
"opposite the show's star, David Hasselhoff. On 29 December 2015, he came second in ""Celebrity Mastermind"" with his specialist subject being Reeves & Mortimer. His reportedly unusual speech patterns have gathered some criticism. He has no connection to the Warburtons bread company. Chris Warburton Christopher Ernest John ""Chris"" Warburton is a British radio presenter, currently working for BBC Radio 5 Live. He presented the news and technology programme ""Saturday Edition"" on the network until October 2014, and since then has presented Saturday Breakfast alongside Eleanor Oldroyd and Sunday Breakfast alongside Sam Walker from 6am to 9am on both days. In"
"in April 2017 Vinay Joshi, who had been alternating production duties with Dave, took over as lead producer. The show opens with John introducing Elis with a dubious fact based on his Welsh heritage, for example: John usually leads the main links during the show with Elis co-hosting. The show is mainly conversational and comedic with anecdotes based around John's obsessions (Frank Zappa, the rock band Queen, farthing collecting, bushcraft, session ales, pubs, Bristol) and Elis's obsessions (the Wales football team, Swansea City, the past, Welsh Socialism, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Super Furry Animals) forming a backbone of material. Producer Vinay"
"Egghead (Marvel Comics) Egghead is the name of two fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original version (Elihas Starr) first appeared in ""Tales to Astonish"" #38 (December 1962), and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Larry Lieber. The second version first appeared in ""Dark Reign: Young Avengers"" #1 (July 2009), and was created by Paul Cornell and Mark Brooks. Elihas Starr was born in Queens, New York. A gifted government research atomic scientist with an egg-shaped head, Starr was dismissed for espionage and resolved to use his intellect as a criminal mastermind."
"in Vexed (2010–12) and BBC One's ""Lenny Henry In Pieces"" in 2003. He rejoined the cast of ""EastEnders"" in 2018 as Mitch Baker, the father of Keegan Baker. Griffiths has also had minor film roles (such as ""Batman Begins"" and ""Buffalo Soldiers""), and a minor role in a ""Doctor Who"" episode. Roger Griffiths Roger Griffiths is an English actor who has had several roles in television. He first rose to prominence opposite Lenny Henry as Gareth Blackstock's foil Everton Stonehead in BBC One 1990s sitcom ""Chef!"". Before starring in ""Chef"", Griffiths played a minor role as a news reporter in"
"Egghead (DC Comics) Egghead is a fictional character created for the 1960s ""Batman"" television series. Played by horror film mainstay Vincent Price, the character was identifiable by his pale bald head and white and yellow suit. He believes himself to be ""the world's smartest criminal,"" and his crimes usually have an egg motif to them; he also includes egg-related puns in his speech (""egg-zactly"", ""egg-cellent"", etc.). Additionally, he would use a wide assortment of egg-shaped weapons, such as laughing gas eggs and tear gas eggs (laid by chickens on a diet of onions). Like many other villains, Egghead was created"
"be the Caped Crusader (one has a French accent, which Batman does not have, and the other is left-handed, whereas Batman is right-handed), he concluded that the last, Bruce Wayne, must be Batman. Egghead (DC Comics) Egghead is a fictional character created for the 1960s ""Batman"" television series. Played by horror film mainstay Vincent Price, the character was identifiable by his pale bald head and white and yellow suit. He believes himself to be ""the world's smartest criminal,"" and his crimes usually have an egg motif to them; he also includes egg-related puns in his speech (""egg-zactly"", ""egg-cellent"", etc.). Additionally,"
"a successor through a series of auditions and try-outs. These auditions resulted in Harlequin's return to take up her regular role as the show's main host. As of 15 April 2010, Esmeralda replaced Lesley as a host on the show, bringing a youthful/re-energizing kick to the show's growing success. She helped integrate more hardcore gaming to the show as well as more PS3 news; something the show lacked before. Harlequin stepped down from the show yet again on 16 April 2011, this time permanently. She remained the show's executive producer while Quinstar took up her new role as an SG"
"Stock Exchange, Canary Wharf and outside the offices of HBOS and Lehman Brothers in London. Jack replaced Declan Curry as business presenter for ""BBC Breakfast"" in October 2008. In April 2010, he presented ""BBC Breakfast"" alongside Sian Williams while regular presenter Bill Turnbull followed the 2010 general election campaign trail. In September 2011, he left the BBC Breakfast team to join BBC Radio 4's ""Today."" On 13 April 2015, Jack appeared in a BBC ""Panorama"" series relating to the survivors of suicide which investigated why more middle-aged men kill themselves than any other group. On 5 February 2016, Jack was"
"of audience. The programme was originally chaired by journalist John Sergeant whose post-journalistic career at the time the series began was on the rise due in part to his appearance on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. He was joined by team captains Marcus Brigstocke, the host of ""The Late Edition"", and comedian Rufus Hound. Each team captain was accompanied by a guest panellist who have included Jimmy Carr, Sue Perkins, Reginald D. Hunter, Phill Jupitus, Charlie Higson, Johnny Vegas, Lucy Porter, Dara Ó Briain, Sean Lock and Frankie Boyle. From the 2011 series, Sean Lock replaced John Sergeant as presenter,"
"its inception. Moore presented every monthly episode except for one in July 2004 when he suffered a near-fatal bout of food poisoning caused by eating a contaminated goose egg and was replaced for that episode by Chris Lintott. Moore appears in the ""Guinness World Records"" book as the world's longest-serving TV presenter having presented the programme since 1957. From 2004 to 2012, the programme was broadcast from Moore's home, when arthritis prevented him from travelling to the studios. Over the years he received many lucrative offers to take his programme onto other networks, but rejected them because he held a"