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produced by
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. It was first broadcast in November 2003 chaired by
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. In 2008,
Jeremy Vine Jeremy Guy Vine (born 17 May 1965) is an English television and radio personality, presenter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known as the host of his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guest ...
became joint chair, and subsequently sole chair. The show has inspired three spinoff series: ''
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 f ...
'' (2008), ''
Revenge of the Egghead ''Eggheads'' is a British quiz show produced by 12 Yard. It was first broadcast in November 2003 chaired by Dermot Murnaghan. In 2008, Jeremy Vine became joint chair, and subsequently sole chair. The show has inspired three spinoff series: ''A ...
'' (2014) and ''
Make Me an Egghead ''Make Me an Egghead'' is a Television of the United Kingdom, British quiz show on BBC Two presented by Jeremy Vine. It was a spin-off from ''Eggheads (TV series), Eggheads'' with the goal to find two further Eggheads, one male and one female, t ...
'' (2016). There have also been episodes of the regular series featuring teams of celebrities in their own short series, with their own rolling prize fund.


History

The show began in 2003 with
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as the presenter. From 2008,
Jeremy Vine Jeremy Guy Vine (born 17 May 1965) is an English television and radio personality, presenter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known as the host of his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guest ...
presented when Murnaghan was hosting the spinoff series. After the spin-off show finished, Murnaghan and Vine continued to host the series on a rotational basis, with Murnaghan typically hosting the first half of each series and Vine taking over for the second half. From series 16 Vine became the sole presenter. The series originally broadcast on
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at lunchtime beginning in November 2003, and later moved to a primetime slot on
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from 2005 to 2020. On 31 December 2016 the quiz made a brief cameo in
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’s Peter Pan Goes Wrong TV special. On 12 March 2021, after a year's hiatus during the
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, it was announced on Jeremy Vine's titular Channel 5 programme that the quiz show would be moving to Channel 5 with Vine and the most recent Eggheads returning. The new season premiered on 4 October 2021, and alongside a studio change, only four Eggheads and four contestants now played at a time with a reduction to three one-on-one rounds to accommodate advert breaks (due to Channel 5's status as a commercial broadcaster). Due to
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restrictions, the desks were lengthened and perspex screens were added. The first challengers, playing for charity, were Jay's Virtual Quiz, who had become a fundraising hit on social media during the pandemic. An additional Egghead was featured on the opening credits and competed from week two.


Format

In each episode, a team of five quiz and game show champions (the ''Eggheads'') is challenged by a team of five contestants for prize money. If the challengers lose, then £1,000 is added to the prize money fund until the Eggheads are beaten, when the prize will revert to £1,000. The most prize money that has been won is £75,000, in 2007. Some teams have been reduced to one contestant for the final round, but have still beaten five Eggheads. Occasionally, one remaining Egghead will beat five challengers. Only once have the Eggheads lost four games in succession and only four times has a team of all five challengers won the final round. Since 2021, it has been four Eggheads against four challengers, instead of the previous five.


Rounds

The show is played in five rounds. The first four 'one-on-one' 'elimination' rounds each focus on one subject category (of nine) while the final 'conferring' round tests
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. In the first four rounds, the challengers choose a member of their own team to play, and an Egghead against whom they wish to compete. The players for that round then leave the studio to go into the "Question Room". The challenger is given the choice of going first or second. Both players are asked in turn three multiple-choice questions. If there is no winner, the round goes into sudden death with no choices given for answers. Since the show moved to Channel 5, there have only been four players per team, and thus only three 'one-on-one' rounds. The player who wins each round earns a place in the final round, while losing players are eliminated from the game. The final general knowledge round is then played between non-eliminated Eggheads and challengers with a similar question format to the previous rounds, with the exception that if more than one remains on a team they may confer. If the challengers win they take the prize money; if the Eggheads win, the prize money is increased by £1,000 for the next quiz.


Subjects

There are nine (formerly eight) possible subjects for the first rounds. They are: *
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s (2003–present) *
Entertainment Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousa ...
(2003–2008) *
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(2003–present) *
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(2008–present) *
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(2003–present) Music and Film & Television were introduced in Autumn 2008 through a split of the Entertainment category. Subjects can appear in any order, although at least one of Sport, Music or Film & Television will appear in every episode. Despite the splitting of the Entertainment category, Music and Film & Television can appear in the same episode, sometimes consecutively.


"Eggheads"

In the first eight series, the team consisted of only five Eggheads who each appeared in every episode and did not rotate. At the end of 2008, a sixth Egghead was added and appearances rotated. From series 15, five of eight possible Eggheads appear each episode, and later in 2016, two brand-new Eggheads (one male and one female) joined the panel after a spin-off series entitled ''Make Me an Egghead''. Currently, there are 8 Eggheads (6 male and 2 female): Kevin Ashman, Chris Hughes, Barry Simmons, Pat Gibson, Steve Cooke, Olav Bjortomt, Lisa Thiel and Beth Webster and they currently appear on Channel 5.


Current Eggheads

*
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(2003–present) is the eight-time winner of the
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, the winner of the third series of ''
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'' in 1989, the 1995 ''
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'' (including all-time record score), the 1996 ''
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'' (including all-time record score), its 3-yearly ''Brain of Brains'' and 9-yearly ''Top Brain'' in 1998, the ''Fifteen to One: Millenium Edition'' in 1999, the thirteen time Brain of London winner, the twice Gold Medallist for quizzing at the Mind Sports Olympiad, the two time Master Brain, and the winner of ''
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'', ''Quiz Night'', ''
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'' and ''The Great British Quiz''. Since joining Eggheads, he has won six
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and six
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as well as being the Captain of the England quiz team and being ranked the number one quizzer in the world. *
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(2003–present) won £100 on '' The Sky's the Limit'' in the 1970s, ''Top of the World'' in 1982, ''Mastermind'' and ''
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'' in 1983 and participated on ''
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'' in 2001 where despite answering every question correctly, was the last contestant voted off. Since joining Eggheads, he won ''Brain of Britain'' in 2005. * Barry Simmons (2008–present) won £64,000 on ''
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'' in 2005, a winning member of
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in 2006 and a semi-finalist on ''Mastermind''. He joined Eggheads in 2008 after winning the first series of ''
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 f ...
'' beating in the final
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, who would become one of two original chasers in '' The Chase''. Since joining Eggheads, he won ''Brain of Britain'' in 2013 which garnered controversy amongst listeners. He is currently a member of the Scotland Quiz Team. *
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(2009–present) was the fourth British winner of £1,000,000 on ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', and the fifth recorded contestant to do so, in 2004, ''Mastermind'' in 2005 and ''Brain of Britain'' in 2006. He is a four-time winner (2007, 2010, 2014, 2015) of the
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, and a four-time winner (2007, 2010, 2011, 2013) of the
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. He took part in ''
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'' twice, losing in the quarter-finals to Mark Kerr in the first series in 2008, but winning the second series in 2009 beating David Edwards in the final to join the Eggheads. He also won
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in 2010. He has amassed 21 international quizzing medals and was ranked the second strongest quizzer in the UK, behind Kevin Ashman. *Lisa Thiel (2014–present), a previous contestant on ''
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'' in 2001 where she made the final but lost, '' The Chase'' in 2012 and part of a winning team on the Egghead's spinoff ''Revenge of the Egghead'' in 2014. *Steve Cooke (2016–present), winner of the men's contest in ''
Make Me an Egghead ''Make Me an Egghead'' is a Television of the United Kingdom, British quiz show on BBC Two presented by Jeremy Vine. It was a spin-off from ''Eggheads (TV series), Eggheads'' with the goal to find two further Eggheads, one male and one female, t ...
''. He is a member of Mensa who previously won £12,900 on ''
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'' in 2001. *Beth Webster (2016–present), winner of the women's contest in ''
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''. She is active on the Quizzing Grand Prix Circuit in the United Kingdom, and in
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. She was ranked as a "Sage" in the 2012 Order of Merit listings of the
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. *
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(2021–present), the four-time winner of the
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, and a four-time European Quiz Champion. He is also a question setter for ''
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'' and '' The Chase'' and has previously been a contestant on ''
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''


Former Eggheads

* CJ de Mooi (2003–2012, Revenge of the Egghead (2014), 2014–2016) won the original ''
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'' Bad Loser Special in 2000,'' 100%'' in 2001, ''Beat the Nation'' in 2002 and Fifteen to One. He is also a Mensa chess champion. He took a break from the show from August 2012 until May 2014. His last appearance on his first run on the show was on 31 August 2012 during Series 13. He was the sole Egghead on ''
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'', which aired on BBC Two in 2014. In May 2016, he confirmed on Twitter that he was leaving the show again to pursue an acting career in
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. *
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(2003–2014) won ''
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'' in 1988, ''Brain of Britain'' in 1997 and two series of ''Fifteen to One'' in 2001 (including second highest score, for which she answered every question in the final round correctly). She has now retired from ''Eggheads'', with her last appearance being in May 2014. She was replaced in the team by returning Egghead CJ de Mooi. *Dave Rainford (2012–2018) appeared on ''
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'' in 1991 and won £250,000 on ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'' in 2005. He was a previous contestant on ''Are You An Egghead'' where he was a semi-finalist in the first series in 2008, losing to eventual winner Barry Simmons, and a quarter-finalist in the second series in 2009, losing to David Edwards. He replaced CJ de Mooi. He earned himself the nickname "Tremendous Knowledge Dave". On 7 March 2020, it was reported that Rainford had died, after illness had prevented him appearing on the show since 2018. *
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(2003–2022) was the first British winner of £1,000,000 on ''
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'' in 2000. On 10 October 2022, Judith announced her retirement from the show.


Graphical representation

This chart displays when each presenter and Egghead was active. The black bars denote the start of each series.


Teams who have defeated the Eggheads

The highest amount any team has won to beat the Eggheads is £75,000 in 2007 (Series 8, Episode 14) by a team of
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students, ''Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow''.


Transmissions


Regular editions


Celebrity editions


Spin-offs


''Are You an Egghead?''

On 20 October 2008, a spin-off called ''Are You an Egghead?'' debuted on BBC Two. The first series was won by Barry Simmons and ran from 20 October to 2 December 2008 while the second series was won by
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and ran from 12 October to 23 November 2009.


''Revenge of the Egghead''

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 on the show as part of a winning team before becoming an Egghead herself shortly afterwards.


Main game

Each contestant, in turn, is asked a general knowledge question. If their answer is right, £200 is added to the prize fund but if their answer is wrong and de Mooi knows their answer is wrong, he presses a red button in front of him to answer the same question. If he gets it wrong and the contestant gets it right, an additional £100 is added to the prize fund. If he gets it right, the contestant is asked a multiple-choice question by de Mooi. If they get it right, gameplay continues as normal but if they get it wrong, they lose one of their two lives. If a contestant loses both of their lives, they are out of the game. When time runs out, the surviving players move on to the final round, along with the total number of lives remaining for all players, for a chance to win an equal share of the prize fund.


Final round

The final round starts out with de Mooi answering ten general knowledge questions. The number of questions he gets right becomes the target that the team has 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.


''Make Me an Egghead''

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.


References


External links

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