Eggheads (game show)

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Eggheads
GenreQuiz show
Directed bySuzanne Pearse
Presented by
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series
  • 20 (regular)
  • 8 (celebrity)
No. of episodes
  • 1870 (regular)
  • 92 (celebrity)
Production
Executive producers
  • Andy Culpin
  • Rob Dean
Production locationRiverside Studios (2021—)[1]
Running time30 minutes
Production companies12 Yard
BBC Scotland (2010-2020)
Original release
Network
Release10 November 2003 (2003-11-10) –
present
Related

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: Are You an Egghead? (2008), Revenge of the Egghead (2014) and Make Me an Egghead (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 Dermot Murnaghan as the presenter. From 2008, Jeremy Vine 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 BBC One at lunchtime beginning in November 2003, and later moved to a primetime slot on BBC Two from 2005 to 2020.

On 31 December 2016 the quiz made a brief cameo in BBC One’s Peter Pan Goes Wrong TV special.

On 12 March 2021, after a year's hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, 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.[2] The new series 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 social distancing 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 general knowledge. 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:

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

Former Eggheads

  • CJ de Mooi (2003–2012, Revenge of the Egghead (2014), 2014–2016) won the original The Weakest Link Bad Loser Special in 2000,100% in 2001, Beat the Nation in 2002 and Fifteen to One. He is also a Mensa chess champion.[11] 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 Revenge of the Egghead, 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 South Africa.[citation needed]
  • Daphne Fowler (2003–2014) won Going for Gold 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 Remote Control 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".[12] On 7 March 2020, it was reported that Rainford had died, after illness had prevented him appearing on the show since 2018.[13]
  • Judith Keppel (2003–2022) was the first British winner of £1,000,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2000. On 10 October 2022, Judith announced her retirement from the show.[14] On 22 March 2023, she returned to celebrate the show's 2000th episode.[15]

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 Oxford Brookes University students, Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow.[16]

Team name Episode Prize money Cumulative
(at end of
each Series)
Notes
The Unicorn Series 1, Episode 13 £13,000
Follically Challenged Series 1, Episode 15 £2,000
Unlikely Lads Series 1, Episode 21 £6,000 £21,000
Streatham Massive Series 2, Episode 11 £20,000
Spaghetti Series 2, Episode 30 £19,000 £60,000
The Rotor Heads Series 3, Episode 21 £21,000 £81,000
Densa Series 4, Episode 11 £20,000
Wapping Black Sheep Series 4, Episode 14 £3,000 £104,000
Radio Ga Ga Series 5, Episode 6 £17,000 £121,000
Second Class Series 6, Episode 3 £37,000
Mancunian Candidates Series 6, Episode 10 £7,000
Russell's Raiders Series 6, Episode 14 £4,000 £169,000
West Yorkies Series 7, Episode 18 £29,000
Seville Servants Series 7, Episode 19 £1,000 £199,000 #1 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Beer today, Gone tomorrow Series 8, Episode 14 £75,000 Biggest win on the show so far
Preston Quizmasters Series 8, Episode 17 £3,000
Museum of London/Museum in Docklands Series 8, Episode 50 £33,000
Taxidermists Series 8, Episode 51 £1,000 #2 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Blue Vibe Series 8, Episode 63 £12,000
Beer and Skittles Series 8, Episode 68 £5,000 £328,000
Weakly Players Series 9, Episode 15 £27,000
Sean and the Sheep Series 9, Episode 35 £20,000
Tap Heads Series 9, Episode 48 £13,000
The Rat Pack Series 9, Episode 54 £5,000 Eggheads lose to a single opponent for the first time
Lads Wot Lunch Series 9, Episode 65 £12,000
South Wales Warriors Series 9, Episode 70 £5,000
Loser's Corner Series 9, Episode 76 £6,000
Meet your Waterloo Series 9, Episode 83 £7,000 #2 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Flexi Funksters Series 9, Episode 99 £16,000 #3 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Cubbington Players Series 9, Episode 112 £13,000
Act One Series 9, Episode 120 £8,000 Final team to play (and defeat) the original set of 5 Eggheads
Bere Heads Series 9, Episode 145 £25,000
The Abbey Revellers Series 9, Episode 146 £1,000 #3 Eggheads lose twice in a row
The Bald & The Beautiful Series 9, Episode 152 £6,000
Eclectic Mix Series 9, Episode 159 £7,000 £499,000
The Oxford Imps Series 10, Episode 2 £3,000 Contained a pre-fame appearance of Rachel Parris
Chummie Brummies Series 10, Episode 31 £29,000
One Sense Less Series 10, Episode 54 £23,000
The Midweek Marauders Series 10, Episode 64 £10,000
Beached Boys Series 10, Episode 66 £2,000
Sally Warboys Series 10, Episode 69 £3,000
The Hanging Gale Series 10, Episode 82 £13,000
The Cartoonists Series 10, Episode 91 £9,000 First full team of challengers to win the final round against single Egghead (Kevin)
Insight Radio Series 10, Episode 92 £1,000 #4 Eggheads lose twice in a row & #4 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Ocean's Five Series 10, Episode 93 £1,000 #1 Eggheads lose three times in a row
Bognor Regis + 2 Series 10, Episode 94 £1,000 #1 Eggheads lose four times in a row
The Eggitors Series 10, Episode 98 £4,000
Pembroke Globetrotters Series 10, Episode 115 £17,000
PRS Plus Series 10, Episode 121 £6,000 £621,000
The Wise Owls Series 11, Episode 3 £37,000
Work I.T. Out Series 11, Episode 5 £2,000
Shabba Series 11, Episode 35 £30,000 #5 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
The Black & White Stripes Series 11, Episode 52 £17,000
Loiners by Proxy Series 11, Episode 57 £5,000
The Middleton Moonrakers Series 11, Episode 58 £1,000 #7 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Scrum 5 Series 11, Episode 72 £14,000
Comedy of Errors Series 11, Episode 75 £3,000 #6 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Glamorgan Poppies Series 11, Episode 86 £11,000
The Apple Turnovers Series 11, Episode 93 £7,000
Get It With Letters Series 11, Episode 122 £29,000
Chessboxers Series 11, Episode 124 £2,000
The Flying Doctors Series 11, Episode 130 £6,000 #7 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Lancashire Hotpots Series 11, Episode 141 £11,000 #8 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Bar 5 Series 11, Episode 157 £16,000 £812,000
Living by Numbers Series 12, Episode 6 £9,000
Culture Vultures Series 12, Episode 24 £18,000
Who Cares Wins Series 12, Episode 38 £14,000
The Internal Marketeers Series 12, Episode 63 £25,000
Chad Acad Series 12, Episode 66 £3,000
Cornish Monkeys Series 12, Episode 72 £6,000
Millennium Marvels Series 12, Episode 84 £12,000
Loose Connection Series 12, Episode 85 £1,000 #8 Eggheads lose twice in a row
She Who Must Be Obeyed Series 12, Episode 91 £6,000
The Tramlines Series 12, Episode 96 £5,000
The Lions' Den Series 12, Episode 97 £1,000 #9 Eggheads lose twice in a row
5 A Day Series 12, Episode 124 £27,000
Blackpool Rockers Series 12, Episode 141 £17,000
The Five Marketeers Series 12, Episode 145 £4,000 #9 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
The Brocketeers Series 12, Episode 149 £4,000 £964,000
The Royal Harmonics Series 13, Episode 12 £23,000
Dobbin Series 13, Episode 19 £7,000
Shelford 5 Series 13, Episode 22 £3,000
The Wonderyears Series 13, Episode 30 £8,000 Over £1,000,000 has now been paid out in prize money since show first started.
Phoenix Nights Series 13, Episode 37 £7,000
The Bell Boys Series 13, Episode 38 £1,000 #10 Eggheads lose twice in a row
A Tale of Two Families Series 13, Episode 41 £3,000
Bucks Quiz Series 13, Episode 44 £3,000
The Melting Pot Series 13, Episode 47 £3,000
Lightning Can Strike Twice Series 13, Episode 53 £6,000 #10 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
The Family Connection Series 13, Episode 65 £12,000
Dad's Army Series 13, Episode 83 £18,000 #11 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
The Hole in the Wall Gang Series 13, Episode 85 £2,000
UNOS Series 13, Episode 89 £4,000
The Quad Runners Series 13, Episode 118 £29,000 #12 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Handel with Care Series 13, Episode 120 £2,000
Team Scotia Series 13, Episode 136 £16,000 £1,111,000
Two and a Half Tandems Series 14, Episode 22 £26,000
Bright Sparks Series 14, Episode 33 £11,000
Streetwise Series 14, Episode 49 £16,000
The Business Men Series 14, Episode 90 £41,000 2nd highest amount won by a challenging team. #13 Eggheads lose to a single opponent. 100th team to defeat the Eggheads.
The Crooked Spires Series 14, Episode 95 £5,000
The Clevelanders Series 14, Episode 106 £11,000
Beer Run Quizzers Series 14, Episode 108 £2,000
Doctors' Notes Series 14, Episode 113 £5,000
Business Belles Series 14, Episode 119 £6,000
No Direction Series 14, Episode 130 £11,000 #14 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Neither Big Nor Clever Series 14, Episode 134 £4,000
The Sensational Alex Fairley Band Series 14, Episode 136 £2,000 #2 Eggheads get first 2 questions wrong in the final round. Has happened once before in Series 11, Episode 154.
Rambling Badgers Series 14, Episode 139 £3,000 £1,254,000
Green Giants Series 15, Episode 12 £13,000 #2 Full team of challengers win the final round against a single Egghead (Judith)
The Amnesiacs Series 15, Episode 17 £5,000
The Hound Dogs Series 15, Episode 20 £3,000
Cardigan Carnage Series 15, Episode 22 £2,000
The Soroptimists Series 15, Episode 31 £9,000
Collegiate Quizzers Series 15, Episode 44 £13,000
Stumped Series 15, Episode 53 £9,000
Burns Baby Burns Series 15, Episode 55 £2,000
Meat Bingo Series 15, Episode 69 £14,000
Team 42 Series 15, Episode 70 £1,000 #11 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Cave Aged Series 15, Episode 77 £7,000
Shipmates Series 15, Episode 81 £4,000 £1,336,000
Quizzical Series 16, Episode 6 £25,000
The Courtiers Series 16, Episode 19 £13,000
Five Diamonds Series 16, Episode 30 £11,000
Capita Ovorum Series 16, Episode 31 £1,000 #12 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Golden Girls Series 16, Episode 36 £5,000
The Baked Bean Tin Series 16, Episode 46 £10,000
Washy Posse Series 16, Episode 49 £3,000
Ducking and Diving Series 16, Episode 57 £8,000
The Lumberjacks Series 16, Episode 59 £2,000
Words in Action Series 16, Episode 75 £16,000
Bob's Buddies Series 16, Episode 91 £16,000 £1,446,000
A Clearer Head Series 17, Episode 20 £29,000
The Westenders Series 17, Episode 29 £9,000
Hayling Hackers Series 17, Episode 34 £5,000 #15 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Ludophiles Series 17, Episode 37 £3,000
The Simms Roaders Series 17, Episode 48 £11,000
The Criminal Element Series 17, Episode 62 £14,000 Team consisting of crime writers Val McDermid, Mark Billingham, Chris Brookmyre, Martyn Waites & Doug Johnstone
We Quiz You Not Series 17, Episode 70 £8,000 #16 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Acorn Antiques Series 17, Episode 85 £15,000 #17 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
He is Heavy, He's my Father Series 17, Episode 95 £10,000 £1,550,000 #18 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Rambling Away Series 18, Episode 2 £7,000
Harwell and the Dekatrons Series 18, Episode 6 £4,000
Peter's Griffin Series 18, Episode 10 £4,000
Soft Boiled Series 18, Episode 15 £5,000 #19 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
2Morrows' People Series 18, Episode 33 £18,000
T'Villidge Fowk Series 18, Episode 39 £6,000
Abide With Us Series 18, Episode 40 £1,000 #13 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Top Spinners Series 18, Episode 43 £3,000 #20 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Queen Bee's Cs Series 18, Episode 61 £18,000 150th team to defeat the Eggheads
Cabbies Series 18, Episode 62 £1,000 £1,617,000 #14 Eggheads lose twice in a row & #3 Eggheads get first 2 questions wrong in the final round
Old Dorks Series 19, Episode 3 £26,000
Knights Templeman Series 19, Episode 8 £5,000
The Barrycudas Series 19, Episode 14 £6,000
All Saints Series 19, Episode 36 £22,000
Compulsory Mantis Shrimp Series 19, Episode 38 £2,000
Burnley is Babylon Series 19, Episode 42 £4,000
Tasselled Wobbegongs Series 19, Episode 52 £10,000
The Great Grandsons Series 19, Episode 69 £17,000
Gli Italiani Series 19, Episode 70 £1,000 #15 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Suspicious Looking Sausages Series 19, Episode 73 £3,000
Percies Series 19, Episode 86 £13,000 £1,726,000
Doing it for the Craic Series 20, Episode 13 £22,000
Give us a T! Series 20, Episode 20 £7,000 #21 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Pat's People Series 20, Episode 24 £4,000 #3 Full team of challengers win the final round against a single Egghead (Lisa)
Team 4x4 Series 20, Episode 50 £26,000
Eclection Series 20, Episode 58 £8,000 #22 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Always Game Series 20, Episode 70 £12,000
Shotley Open Spacers Series 20, Episode 81 £11,000 #4 Full team of challengers win the final round against a single Egghead (Lisa)
Grout Expectations Series 20, Episode 91 £10,000
The Stockport Hatters Series 20, Episode 95 £4,000 £1,830,000
Think Outside the Box Series 21, Episode 3 £3,000
Phil's Phab Phive Series 21, Episode 16 £13,000
The Gomersal Westenders Series 21, Episode 21 £5,000 £1,851,000 £19,000 went unclaimed at the end of the series 21, with the prize fund being reset back to £1,000 for the move to Channel 5.
Midlife Crisis Series 22, Episode 4 £4,000 1st team to defeat the Eggheads on Channel 5.
The Four Racketeers Series 22, Episode 32 £28,000
Chopsus Bebes Series 22, Episode 33 £1,000 £1,884,000 #16 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Barron Healy Quartet Series 23, Episode 2 £9,000
Rota Madmen Series 23, Episode 5 £3,000
Sandy Shores Series 23, Episode 8 £3,000 #23 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Scum of the Earth Series 23, Episode 19 £11,000
Barb On Tour Series 23, Episode 22 £3,000
Thorpe Thinkers Series 23, Episode 27 £5,000
Motley Crew Series 23, Episode 30 £3,000
Thrown Together Series 23, Episode 54 £24,000 £1,945,000
Couples' Therapy Series 24, Episode 32 £33,000 Largest win on Channel 5
Greek Geekers Series 24, Episode 45 £13,000 #5 Full team of challengers win the final round against a single Egghead (Pat)
Scramblers Series 24, Episode 51 £6,000 £1,997,000

Transmissions

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 Pat Gibson 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.

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