Who is the current question master on Radio 4's 'Brain of Britain?
"a book token if the contestants are unable to answer at least one question. The submitter is ""awarded"" with the consolation prize of a round of applause from the audience if both questions are answered correctly. At one point, the prize was a ""Brain of Britain"" quiz book, but was replaced by the book token when the book was out of print. ""Brain of Britain"" was hosted by Robert Robinson for most of its life, although during his illness the 2004 series was hosted by Russell Davies. Peter Snow took over the role in 2007, also due to the illness"
"Brain of Britain Brain of Britain is a BBC radio general knowledge quiz, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It began as a slot in ""What Do You Know?"" in 1953. The main part of the show was the ""Brain of Britain"" quiz itself, originally called ""Ask Me Another"". There were also several other quizzes on the show, most of which were eventually sidelined to allow ""Brain of Britain"" a longer running time, though the popular write-in competition ""Beat the Brains"" is still played as part of ""Brain of Britain"" today. It became a programme in its own right in 1967."
"Beynon. Every nine years, the three most recent ""Brain of Brains"" winners compete for the ""Top Brain"" title; Mark Grant is the most recent winner in 2018. The record individual score on a programme is 38 by Kevin Ashman (who went on to become six times World Quizzing Champion, also holds the record for the highest ever score on Mastermind, became Brain of Britain question setter and one of the Eggheads) in 1996. The record individual score in a final is 35, achieved by Peter Barlow (1981), Peter Bates (1984) and Kevin Ashman (1996). ""Brain of Britain"" was also broadcast"
"turned question author for the show that he previously won, ""Brain of Britain"". He chaired a single edition of that show in 1972 after the original host, Franklin Engelmann, died mid-series. Ian Gillies Ian Malcolm Gillies (7 December 1927 – 13 April 2002), known to many simply as Mycroft from BBC Radio 4's ""Brain of Britain"", was an accomplished quiz player and question setter in the United Kingdom. His character name was taken from Arthur Conan Doyle's Mycroft Holmes, the smarter older brother of Sherlock Holmes. He won the ""Brain of Britain"" final in 1964 and later the three-year competition"
"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"
"the mind rather than crush the spirit still exist."" On 13 September 2016, ""The Museum of Curiosity"" won the Rose d'Or in the radio talk show category. The Museum of Curiosity The Museum of Curiosity, formerly titled The Professor of Curiosity, is a comedy panel game on BBC Radio 4 that was first broadcast on 20 February 2008. It is hosted by John Lloyd (Professor of Ignorance at the University of Buckingham, and later at Southampton Solent University). He acts as the head of the (fictional) titular museum, while a panel of three guests – typically a comedian, an author"
"of the Channel 4 quiz ""Fifteen to One"", winning the first show he featured in and qualifying for the grand final, in which he became the series runner up to Dave McBryan. David Stainer David Stainer (born 4 May 1978) is an English quizzer. He was born in Exeter and studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oriel College, Oxford. He works as a solicitor in the City of London. In 1999 he reached the final of the ""University Challenge"" as Oriel captain but was beaten there. He won the BBC Radio 4 series of ""Masterteam"" in 2001 with Ian Bayley"
"in the series, to compete against other winners from the current series. The series is completed in 13 weeks, the last show being the final, at the end of which the series' winner is decided. The show has been broadcast in BBC Radio 4's Monday afternoon quiz slot since 1998 with a repeat on the following Saturday evening. Three main question-setters have been used by the programme: Ian Gillies, often referred to as Mycroft by Robert Robinson in ""Brain of Britain"" (1986–2000); David Kenrick, the 1993 champion (1993 – )referred to as ' Clever Mr Kochel ' by Ned Sherrin"
"John Humphrys Desmond John Humphrys (born 17 August 1943) is a Welsh broadcaster. From 1981 to 1987 he was the main presenter for the ""Nine O'Clock News"", the flagship BBC news television programme, and since 1987 he has been a presenter on the BBC Radio 4 programme ""Today"". He presents the programme with Justin Webb, Nick Robinson and Mishal Husain. Since 2003 he has been the host of the BBC Two television quiz show ""Mastermind"". Humphrys has a reputation as a tenacious and forthright interviewer; occasionally politicians have been very critical of his style after being subjected to a tough"
"Ian Gillies Ian Malcolm Gillies (7 December 1927 – 13 April 2002), known to many simply as Mycroft from BBC Radio 4's ""Brain of Britain"", was an accomplished quiz player and question setter in the United Kingdom. His character name was taken from Arthur Conan Doyle's Mycroft Holmes, the smarter older brother of Sherlock Holmes. He won the ""Brain of Britain"" final in 1964 and later the three-year competition ""Brain of Brains"" and the nine-year-final ""Top Brain"". Educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester and Jesus College, Oxford, he joined the Royal Air Force before retiring on medical grounds. He"
"David Stainer David Stainer (born 4 May 1978) is an English quizzer. He was born in Exeter and studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oriel College, Oxford. He works as a solicitor in the City of London. In 1999 he reached the final of the ""University Challenge"" as Oriel captain but was beaten there. He won the BBC Radio 4 series of ""Masterteam"" in 2001 with Ian Bayley and David Brewis. Bayley was also one of his teammates in the QLL club ""Broken Hearts"", they have won three European Quizzing Championships in a row (2007–2009), the other two are former"
"Radio 4 programme ""I'm Suzy, and I'm a Phobic"", which was broadcast in January 2013. Phill Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on BBC Two's popular music quiz ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"" from its inception in 1996 until its end in 2015, and also appears regularly as a guest on several other panel shows, including ""QI"" and BBC Radio 4's ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"". Born Phillip Swan in Newport on the Isle of Wight, he took his"
"Christopher Hughes (quiz contestant) Christopher John ""Chris"" Hughes (born 14 August 1947) is an English television personality and one of Britain's leading quizzers. Hughes was born in Enfield, Middlesex, and educated at Enfield Grammar School. He worked as a train driver and railway worker. He has been a winner of ""Mastermind"" (1983), ""International Mastermind"" (1983) and ""Brain of Britain"", 2005. He is one of only five people ever to have won both ""Mastermind"" and ""Brain of Britain"". He also appeared on ""The Weakest Link"" on 24 September 2001, and was voted out in the final elimination round without answering a"
"Cheshire. Christopher Hughes (quiz contestant) Christopher John ""Chris"" Hughes (born 14 August 1947) is an English television personality and one of Britain's leading quizzers. Hughes was born in Enfield, Middlesex, and educated at Enfield Grammar School. He worked as a train driver and railway worker. He has been a winner of ""Mastermind"" (1983), ""International Mastermind"" (1983) and ""Brain of Britain"", 2005. He is one of only five people ever to have won both ""Mastermind"" and ""Brain of Britain"". He also appeared on ""The Weakest Link"" on 24 September 2001, and was voted out in the final elimination round without answering"
"Radio 4 quiz show ""Brain of Britain"", becoming only the fourth person after Roger Pritchard, Kevin Ashman and Chris Hughes to win both that and ""Mastermind"". In 2008 he finished third in BBC Radio 4's Brain of Brains, behind Egghead Chris Hughes and the eventual winner, 2008 World Quizzing Champion Mark Bytheway. Gibson competed in both the first and second series of ""Are You an Egghead?"", a series seeking a new panellist to join the resident team on the BBC Two / 12 Yard quiz show ""Eggheads"". In the first series, he was beaten in the quarter-finals by Mark Kerr."
"Mark Bytheway Trophy - aka the 'M*BY'. A 2008 interview, after winning the World title, is available on the Norwegian Quiz Association website. Mark Bytheway Mark Bytheway (22 July 1963 – 9 July 2010) was an England International Quiz player best known for becoming Quizzing World Champion in 2008 and winning the ""Top Brain"" competition of Brain of Britain. In 2007 he won Brain of Britain and in 2008 won the 3-year competition ""Brain of Brains"" beating TV's Egghead Chris Hughes and rival Pat Gibson and 9-year competition ""Top Brain"" titles, succeeding Kevin Ashman as holder. In 2008 he won"
"a pseudonym, to adjudicate when an answer was imprecise. For many years Ian Gillies fulfilled the role, taking the name ""Mycroft"" (from Mycroft Holmes, older and wiser brother of Sherlock). After his death in April 2002, the new question setter was Kevin Ashman, who has the distinction of winning both ""Brain of Britain"" and ""Mastermind"". He chose to be known as ""Jorkins"", a character in Dickens' ""David Copperfield"". From the 2007 series a team of setters was engaged, as is the practice in most other quiz shows. For much of its life the theme music of ""Brain of Britain"" was"
"which a panel of experts and key figures debate current geopolitical events happening around the world. Paddy O'Connell Paddy O'Connell (born Guy Patrick O'Connell, 11 March 1966 in Guildford, Surrey) is a British television and radio presenter, working mainly for the BBC. He presents BBC Radio 4's ""Broadcasting House"" programme each Sunday morning. He is also an occasional presenter of Radio 4's ""PM"" programme. O'Connell is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Paddy O'Connell, who is of Irish descent, was educated at Gresham's School and the University of Aberdeen. He began his broadcasting career in 1989 on the"
"Sandi Toksvig Sandra Birgitte Toksvig, (, ; born 3 May 1958) is a British-Danish comedian, writer, actor, presenter and producer on British radio and television, and political activist. On 21 October 2016, Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC television quiz show ""QI"". She was the host of ""The News Quiz"" on BBC Radio 4 from 2006 until June 2015. She also presented the quiz show ""1001 Things You Should Know"" on Channel 4 television in 2012–13, and began hosting a revived series of the same channel's game show ""Fifteen to One"" on 5 April 2014."
"Great Britain Award and was made a Distinguished Supporter of Humanists UK. Jon Holmes Jon Holmes (born 24 April 1969) is a British comedian, writer, presenter and broadcaster known for his work on such programmes as ""The Now Show"", ""Listen Against"" (for BBC Radio 4), along with both music and speech radio. He has appeared on numerous television programmes. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Holmes was raised in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Holmes was adopted when he was aged one month. He attended Canterbury Christ Church College, where he graduated with a joint degree in English with Radio, Film and Television. While at university"
"They live in Bristol. 1996 Sony Radio Award for BBC Radio 4's Any Questions programme Jonathan Dimbleby Jonathan Dimbleby (born 31 July 1944) is a British presenter of current affairs and political radio and television programmes, an author and historian. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and younger brother of British TV presenter David Dimbleby. Dimbleby was educated at Charterhouse School, a boys' independent school in Surrey. Later, he studied Farm Management at the Royal Agricultural College and graduated in 1965. He studied philosophy at University College London and graduated in 1970. He was later elected an Honorary Fellow"
"Alex Horne Alexander James Jeffrey Horne (born 10 September 1978 in Petworth, West Sussex) is a British comedian. Horne is the creator of ""Taskmaster"", a comedy panel show in which he is the assistant to ""Taskmaster"" Greg Davies, who judges comedians on various absurd tasks they are asked to perform. He is also the host of ""The Horne Section"", a live music variety show which has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and Dave. He was a contestant on the numbers and letters show ""Countdown"" in 2008 for Channel 4, and has been a dictionary corner guest many times on"
"a very good job of keeping the game going; he would quickly jump in if one of the celebrity panelists was tardy in posing their question, so as not to penalise the contestant. The highest overall ""Mastermind"" score is 41 points, set by Kevin Ashman in 1995, his specialist subject being ""The Life of Martin Luther King"". Ashman would go on to become six times IQA world champion. In addition he holds the record for the highest ever score on ""Brain of Britain"" and has been a member of the ""Eggheads"" since that series debut. In August 2010 during an"
"on BBC World Service for many years; in fact, talk show host David Letterman was a fan of the show, and invited 1993 winner Geoffrey Colton to appear on his talk show. However, some World Service broadcasts had cuts in them to fit the show as well as a news bulletin into the time slot, resulting in some apparent rules irregularities (for example, a contestant would be asked a question and give a correct answer, and then the next question would go to another contestant without it being the first contestant's fifth consecutive correct answer). Brain of Britain Brain of"
"the UK discussing the neurosciences in terms of the male and female brain, such as the ""Horizon"" programme, ""Is your Brain Male or Female?"" BBC Radio 4's ""Today"" programme alongside professor Robert Winston, and ""No More Boys And Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?"" for the BBC. Gina Rippon Gina Rippon (born 1950) is professor of cognitive neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre, Aston University, Birmingham. Rippon has also sat on the editorial board of the ""International Journal of Psychophysiology"" Rippon gained her PhD in 1982. Rippon's research involves the application of brain imaging techniques, particularly electroencephalography,(EEG) and magnetoencephalography"
"Child Genius (UK TV series) Child Genius is British reality competition series produced by Wall to Wall Media, broadcast on Channel 4. There have been five series, one broadcast each year since 2013. The show involves a group of child prodigies competing a series of tasks to gain the title of ""child genius"". Simon Blair acted as quizmaster for the first three series and since 2016, the role has been taken by Richard Osman, who also acts as presenter. Alongside the quizmaster, Olivia van der Werff acts as independent adjudicator and they are joined by an expert in the round's"
"and ""Brain of Britain"" (3rd). Sinha is currently ranked 7th in the National Quiz Rankings (as of 30 May 2017), and placed 11th in the 2018 World Quizzing Championships. Sinha also plays in the Quiz League of London for the Gray Monks. In 2011, Sinha joined the ITV quiz series ""The Chase"" as the fourth ""Chaser"", with the nicknames ""The Sinnerman"", ""The Smiling Assassin"" and ""Sarcasm in a Suit"". His first episode was broadcast in the fourth series on 8 September 2011. In a 2016 episode, he went through the whole show without getting a question wrong. He also appears"
"programmes but increasing Radio 4's coverage of science. Gwyneth Williams Gwyneth Williams (born 14 July 1953) is the controller of BBC Radio 4. She grew up in South Africa and attended St Hugh's College, Oxford. Williams joined the BBC World Service in 1976 as a trainee, having briefly worked as researcher at the Overseas Development Institute. In the 1980s she became producer and duty editor of BBC Radio 4's ""The World Tonight"", and then Deputy Editor, Special Current Affairs Programmes, responsible for broadcasting general elections and other major events. In 1994 as Editor, Policy and Social Programmes she launched current"
"riding a Yamaha R6 motorcycle in BBC Two's ""The City Uncovered"". Davis holds honorary degrees from the Open University; City, University of London; Cardiff University, Coventry University and Aston University. 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"
"Mark Bytheway Mark Bytheway (22 July 1963 – 9 July 2010) was an England International Quiz player best known for becoming Quizzing World Champion in 2008 and winning the ""Top Brain"" competition of Brain of Britain. In 2007 he won Brain of Britain and in 2008 won the 3-year competition ""Brain of Brains"" beating TV's Egghead Chris Hughes and rival Pat Gibson and 9-year competition ""Top Brain"" titles, succeeding Kevin Ashman as holder. In 2008 he won the prestigious title of Quizzing World Champion. He has been capped six times for the National team (with five wins) and has a"
"Alex Mahon Alexandra Rose Mahon (born October 1973) is a British businesswoman, the chief executive of Channel 4 since October 2017, succeeding David Abraham and the first female CEO of a major UK broadcaster. Alexandra Rose Mahon was born in October 1973 in London, or in Scotland. Aged five, she moved to Edinburgh, and grew up there with her mother and stepfather. She was educated at St Margaret's School, Edinburgh. She has a PhD in medical physics from Imperial College London. In 2005, when working for Talkback Thames, ""Management Today"" included Mahon in their top 35 women under 35 in"
"Sarah Montague Sarah Anne Louise Montague, Lady Brooke (born 8 February 1966), is a British journalist, best known as one of the regular presenters of the BBC Radio 4 early morning current affairs programme, ""Today"". After 18 years, she left the programme in April 2018 to take over the lead on the station's lunchtime news broadcast, ""The World at One"". Montague was born to John Montague, a Colonel in the British Army, and Mary (née O'Malley) on Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency and one of the Channel Islands. After attending Blanchelande College, a local independent school for girls, she read"
"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'"