Talk:Eggheads (game show)

Intelligence
None of them is clever, least of all one who emerged triumphant in that excuse for a quiz game "who wants to be a millionaire?", where-by some halfhead makes 15 jammy guesses: the fact is, that these morons are little more than revision freaks, jacks of all trades and alans at none. They need testing, severe testing so that the nation sees that they are stupid: I mean, presented with questions deeply rooted within a topic to which many people will answer the questions, but these jerks will not. Celt 02 Jun 06

So being World Quiz Champion 3 years running, holding the highest ever score on Mastermind, and coming victorious in the millenium edition of Fifteen-to-one does not credit Ashman to be "clever"? The questions are simple on this show because it is lighthearted, family television. Because of this you rarely see them lose, its nothing to the standards of Brain of Britain, Mastermind, and other highly credited quiz shows, not forgetting the quiz organisations.

Also, they do seem to specialise, Ashman has a degree in history, and Daphne excels in the same category. Chris also is known for excelling in engineering of trains. Perhaps CJ and Judith are not worthy to be on the same team as the others, and make up the "jerks" you seem to be discussing. --Equiton 17:25, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Getting away from the pointless bitching about the panellists, is the article's claim that the first winners won the then highest amount ever on a BBC quiz show correct? The article doesn't mention how much they won, but it can't have been more than £31,000 (and was likely substantially less) since the article cites the current 32-game streak as the Eggheads' longest. And I'm sure programmes like In it to Win It and The Waiting Game and other such BBC1 Saturday-night fare have given away more. --Paul

Incorrectly stated Keppels £1,000,000 win on history page as that was on ITV however I know the quiz that goes along with the national lottery program has before given away near £75,000. There is no way that fact can be true. Perhaps it is the most for a daytime programme? -- Rc mayhem 18:35, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

It's not strictly related to the earlier discussion about the panellists, but recent watching of a couple of episodes has lead me to believe that there are certainly a large number of questions that go to the Eggheads and are far too easy for a quiz show such as this. Newton's Third Law of Motion came up recently with the other options being Louis Pasteur and Albert Einstein, whereas the opposite question for the challengers asked them which element gave emerald its green colouring. It's nothing more than speculation, of course, but the questions do seem likely to be "fixed" depending on the situation leading up to them (i.e. how many members of each team will be in the final round, what the scores are at that point in the current round and so on so forth).

Watched the episode where the team from the Western Isles beat the Eggheads - got a bit confused cos I'd been watching the week before (admttedly in Wales, so the transmission dates could have been different) and the prize money was only about £18,000 quid - so not sure how it jumped. Not that it matters, I suppose :) Also - they do show off a bit - but it's a bit harsh to say they're not clever - it's only a light-hearted gameshow, they're not proclaiming to be the be all and end all of knowledge, they're just good at quizzes. Milkybarnick 13:37, 28 September 2006 (UTC)milkybarnick


 * The above drunken rant should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.227.114.140 (talk) 21:25, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Changes

 * The BBC seems to have been playing around quite a bit with repeats and stuff. The first show this week was billed as a new series - and indeed, you may have noticed that the eggheads' introductions have changed a bit.
 * For that matter, have the eggheads changed at all since the show began? Apparently not since the article here had any real content.... -- Smjg 00:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Fixed
I dont want to be POV but i'm sure the shows fixed is there any proof online or could we put in a bit about contvercy seeing how when they say they have no idier what the answer is and just gess they get it right and daphney (the old woman) knew a green day answer... am I the only one who thinks its a bit werid? ♥Eternal Pink-ready for love and grace♥ 18:46, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

No, I'm sure it's not fixed. It's just that the Eggheads are quiz show professionals - even when they don't know, they know how to guess. Daphne's job is to know all sorts of esoteric stuff - Green Day included.--PaulTaylor 19:42, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Don't be naive! Everyone notices how fixed this show is. The BBC have had complaints about it. It's a REAL PROBLEM. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)


 * Of course it's not fixed. Daphne is a legend among the quizzers. She won Fifteen to One twice as well as Brain of Britain and Going for Gold. Do you really think that five professional quizzers of that stature would put their reputations at risk. I might echo your remark. "Don't be so naive". Jooler 17:31, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Having enjoyed watching the programme as an accompaniment to my dinner for quite some time now, I don't see any evidence of it being fixed. At a trivial £1000 increment per dispatched challenger team (trivial in comparison to the cost of producing a half-hour of TV - in the order of £10,000), there's no benefit to fixing it. I've done no small number of quizzes myself at the pub-quiz level and I see in the Eggheads the structure of an effective team (people with various but over-lapping strengths), and in their individual behaviour I see effective elimination strategies to simplify questions. It's all about playing the percentages - get 75% of the questions right and you're likely to get through the head to head.

Some of the challenger teams are surprisingly weak. Well, I'd be surprised if I came across them as serious competitors in a pub-quiz. But if they're out there to have a good time and their "fifteen minutes of fame", that's their choice. I can see I'll have to get some of 'the crew' together to see if we want to put in our 50-penny-worth. Or maybe more like 10 grand apiece. That'd be worthwhile for the transport and accommodation money.

There is a recurring canard in my local pub-quiz league that one of the Eggheads is also a question-setter for the programme. While none of the "old hands" have ever given credence to this claim, various sources for a misunderstanding have been proposed, such as one of the Eggheads owning a question-setting company (probably farmed-out to starving students) without being directly involved in setting the questions. However without naming names, Wikipedia provides the information that one of the Eggheads is a former question-setter for a different major quiz programme. That seems to provide sufficient grounds for a confusion leading to a false allegation. The programme-makers should take care to quash this misunderstanding.

The quiz-setting industry in Britain does seem to go through cycles of particular subjects being popular. When, for example, the Spartans-at-Thermopylae movie was being hyped, there was a distinct rash of questions about ancient Greece, Sparta, etc. Which is exactly the same pattern one sees with conscientious, competing quiz-masters in a medium-sized town. To a casual observer, this could appear like 'fixing', but in reality it's probably a common-source effect rather than causality. A Karley 22:51, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

I know some of the Eggheads pretty well - I'm Barry's pairs partner in the forthcoming European Quizzing Championships - and I assure you that Eggheads is most definitely not fixed. MarkRae (talk) 21:12, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

I don't think it is 'fixed' in any crude sense (as some game shows are), but it does seem loaded in favour of the challengers. Presumably the producers don't want the challengers to be ruthlessly eliminated in every episode. The challengers obviously have an advantage in being able to pick not only who on their own team will deal with each subject, but which of the Eggheads they go head-to-head with. They also have the choice whether to go first or second, and there is an advantage in going first because each round seems to start with relatively easy questions. The one possible area of concealed 'fixing' is that in the head-to-heads the Eggheads seem to get some really difficult questions, whereas the challengers hardly ever do. It would be easy to arrange this just by alternating easy and difficult questions, on the assumption that the challengers will choose to go first.109.150.72.18 (talk) 09:40, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Redirect
The term eggheads should either direct the user to the disambiguation page or to the meaning which covers the slang use of the term. The most common usage is definately not for some UK TV show. If anyone disagrees, please discuss it here. Otherwise, I am going to go ahead and perform the modifications in a day or so.

Regards, Wikidrone 07:29, 19 March 2007 (UTC)


 * No problem with this really, the same already happens with Butterflies and Bones (and I'm sure all other similar examples, these being the only two I could think of offhand) so it's hard to argue with. Could've altered the link on the disambig page while you were at it though!--PaulTaylor 20:55, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


 * It's generally understood here that if a plural points to a particular use of the word, then it is a use of the plural in particular. People looking for the common use of a countable noun are likely to look up the singular. -- Smjg 20:58, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Just wanna say... I hate that puffy one VMB123 13:39, 20 May 2007 (UTC) we watched the show tonight how many times did Dermot have to ask the question before the answer sunk in to the eggheads. the question should only be asked once as they were to the other side. it put me off watching tonight MR PATRICK EGAN -Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.14.193.116 (talk) 17:51, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


 * What an erudite, insightful, and above all educated comment.

Question room
Shouldn't there be something in the "format" section about the programme's use of the question room/isolation booth?--83.216.69.33 (talk) 18:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Changing the Eggheads
The losers get kicked out! This is because if each set of Eggheads loses a game, a new set waiting in the wings take over. Watch carefully and you'll know the truth. SCARFACE — 18:51 • 11 FEBRUARY • 2008


 * Are you actually saying that there's a different set of Eggheads, or even one change, from show to show? If so, you're totally wrong. They haven't changed in the entire run of the show Ged UK (talk) 19:11, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Scarface didn't know alright. No need to pressure him.--172.206.43.40 (talk) 20:09, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * What pressure? Ged UK (talk) 21:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * All he's saying is that I know now. SCARFACE — 13:17 • VALENTINE'S DAY • 2008

History section
Is this necessary at all? WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN it seems the winds have stopped...  18:02, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

List of winners
New Table of Winners is a bit clinical, and has (single-handedly) deleted 54 Wiki contributors' entries. And the Table creator didn't copy the information over correctly. Hey ho!Lloyd1717 (talk) 23:19, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

I've just updated the List of Winners for everyone today (4/11/2009) - but what do you "guys and gals" think about the fact that the Eggheads have now lost four (4) shows in a row!? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lloyd1717 (talk • contribs) 12:42, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

I've updated the list of Winners for you - I think the figures all check out (money-wise)! This month (July 2009) and perhaps next (Aug 2009), the BBC are currently repeating Series 7 - perhaps up to the episode when "Beer today, Gone tomorrow" win their £75,000. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.187.184 (talk) 13:29, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm fairly sure the list of winners is incomplete. I seem to recall one team winning just £1,000 pounds, when the Eggheads were unexpectedly defeated twice in a row. That doesn't appear in the list of winners in this article. (Incidentally, may I remind some people here that the purpose of an encyclopedia talk page is to improve the article, not whine about how much you hate the programme? Go and do that on a blog or a forum or something.) Aridd (talk) 12:37, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I have a feeling you're right, the trouble is managing to find an official list. Maybe you could contact 12yards? Ged UK (talk) 17:34, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Done. I sent them this:
 * Dear sir, dear madam,
 * I am an editor on Wikipedia, which has an encyclopedic article on "Eggheads". Editors have attempted to establish a list of teams which have defeated the Eggheads. The list established so far by Wikipedians appears to be incomplete, and we were wondering whether you would know of a complete list which may be available.
 * Many thanks in advance,
 * Sincerely,
 * [my real name]
 * Not that the "Eggheads" is my main project on Wikipedia. ;) I'll let you know if I hear back from 12yards. Aridd (talk) 08:19, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth if the show keeps going then eventually the list will become incomplete anyway, in an effort to prevent cruft. Mallocks (talk) 06:39, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

I think Table is flawed. Sphaghetti won £19,000 ...now whole table has to reedited. Stacie Croquet (talk) 18:12, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

New presenter and change of question topics
Yesterday my team was recorded for series 10 of Eggheads. I won't give away the result, but Jeremy Vine has taken over from Dermot Murnaghan (possibly temporarily while Dermot has other engagements). Also, the Entertainment topic has been replaced by two new topics: Music, and TV & Films. There doesn't seem to be any guarantee that any subject will come up now. David W Fowler (talk) 15:47, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I read in the Guardian that Murnaghan will still present but share his duties with Vine. Don't know if this means that they do alternative shows/weeks or whatever. (Atchy007 (talk) 19:35, 25 August 2008 (UTC))


 * Yes, that article (well a guardian article) is sourced, but we just don't know exactly how the sharing will work, so for now 'on a rotation basis' is sufficient I think. It may become clearer when the show re-airs. --Ged UK (talk) 07:32, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Re this. Four months down the line, and the following is still in the article:


 * For the 2008 series, Jeremy Vine was brought in to present on nights when Murnaghan was hosting the spinoff series, Are You an Egghead?.

Obviously the spin off series has now finished, and I haven't seen Derm present it at all in 2009. I think the sentence should be changed. --TimothyJacobson (talk) 12:22, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

My team recorded at the end of Jan 09. Jeremy Vine was the presenter. We were told by the researchers that he is still alternating with Dermot.
 * And refused to tell you at what frequency??? -- Smjg (talk) 12:24, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * They didn't specify the how often they were swapping if thats what you mean. We asked where they'd put Dermot and they said if we'd been filming a couple of weeks later then he would have been the presenter. The dates they offered us for filming went up to the end of March. As JV has been doing his Radio2 show for the past week or so I think Dermot must be back filming. Stulock holmes (talk) 15:44, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

30 October win
I think this is notable in a few ways: Would you agree? The victory certainly ought to be listed here IMO. I can't remember the name of the team at the moment, but I probably still have the video of it to check when I've a little more time. -- Smjg (talk) 13:15, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Eggheads defeated by a single remaining challlenger
 * One of the few all-female teams ever to win
 * One of the youngest teams (19-26) to win


 * It was certainly as notable as any of the other winners listed. I would have added it at the time but I couldn't remember the name of the team. I was amazed that they won considering their dreadful performances in the head to head rounds! I agree that they need a mention. Poltair (talk) 16:04, 1 November 2008 (UTC)


 * They were incredibly lucky with their final sudden death question. Theirs was "What was the name of William Shakespeare's wife?" (Anne Hathaway), something which any of the eggheads would surely have known. The eggheads' question was "Which TV quizmaster, according to an urban myth, played the saxophone on Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker Street'?" (Bob Holness), which surprisingly none of them knew! Lonegroover (talk) 16:37, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Thoughts
I know it is against wiki policy, but a lot of stuff on this talk page really belongs elsewhere. I doubt the Eggheads have killed anyone, it should be taken on good faith that the show is fair, and the fact that CJ has a double is less than trivia. On a lighter note, although I feel it is too far up on the main page (ie it is less important to the show as a whole than the "sixth Egghead" info) I am interested in the Celebrity game, and feel it should be mentioned if any celeb teams did beat the eggheads, and what charities were played for--TimothyJacobson (talk) 18:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Barry?
Noticed Barry hasn't been on the show for a while now, and doesn't appear on the title credits anymore. Does this mean he has left the team? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.149.250 (talk) 18:05, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * No, as recently (as you can also tell by there being "entertainment" questions, they have been showing repeats--TimothyJacobson (talk) 12:36, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * This should be disputed. Unless you can provide some information from the BBC specifically stating these are repeats. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.227.114.140 (talk • contribs)


 * Erm, they are billed as repeats - have a look at DigiGuide, for instance. The fact that the same teams are on again is a bit of a giveaway, though. Check out the next winner on the Wikipedia page? -- Ian Dalziel (talk) 21:46, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Pat Gibson
Why was my section about Pat becoming the seventh Egghead deleted? I worked on the that for an hour and you just delete it without even consulting me. I think i'm the only one that actually cares about making this a good article yet all the things I do to improve it get deleted by some boffin. "Oh we can't have that it's not been shown on TV yet" What does that matter? Pat wins Are You an Egghead, It's been confirmed in DigGuid and by CJ in a Chess tournament interview. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.104.129.78 (talk) 23:46, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I deleted it because it was, as yet, wrong - and a spoiler. Pat has not appeared on Eggheads yet. I shall, of course, consult you on all my future edits. Not. -- Ian Dalziel (talk) 23:10, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Did you submit? sometimes it happens that I forget to press submit. You can check by the history of the article. I'm looking at your contributions and can only see the contribution to this page? (maybe you were logged in at the time of submitting so that might be the reason the talk age submission is the only one visible for your IP address. Anyway i think the system used is that he's not an Egghead until he appears on an episode as an Egghead. Until then, it's premature. That's only my thoughts. people will disagree. Phil Nolte (talk) 20:43, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

He's won 'Are you an Egghead?' he's an Egghead so should be added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.104.137.199 (talk) 23:22, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Not until he appears. His win is covered in the 'Are You an Egghead' article. It does not make sense to list him as appearing in 'Eggheads' until he DOES appear in 'Eggheads'. The shows which he has recorded might never be broadcast, for all we know. No objection to mentioning his win now that it has been shown, though. -- Ian Dalziel (talk) 23:31, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Indeed, he still hasn't been installed (as far as shows so far broadcast go). Somebody jumped the gun by apparently assuming that Pat would be installed immediately as Barry was.  At the moment, does anybody here even know
 * whether Pat is just going to be another egg added into the title sequence, or the sequence has been redesigned altogether? (WP:CRYSTAL comes to mind....)
 * what the rotation pattern is going to be when he begins on the team? -- Smjg (talk) 09:39, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, are the current episodes this week repeats on BBC as in the opening sequence, Pat, the seventh egghead is not present although he was present on the celebrity eggheads Phil Nolte (talk) 19:27, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Not repeats, but recorded before the end of AYAE - as evidenced by the presence of Jeremy. -- Ian Dalziel (talk) 18:56, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Today, i did pay attention to the credits at the end and noticed that the copyright was 2009 at the end of it. Phil Nolte (talk) 19:04, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Transmissions?
They are split because there are 2 presenters. Jeremy Vine hosts when Dermot runs the "Are you an Egghead?" series on BBC2. I agree that Series 11 hasn't split yet - so should be documented as 11. I'll do that for you. Do you like the extra entry revealing Episode of last winners? Mind you, it is only available for one week on iPlayer Lloyd1717 (talk) 10:16, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Why are some of the series split up into, e.g. 10a, and 10b? Why not just put it as Series 10? E.g Series 11 has 100 episodes, so why put 11a with 44 episodes?

The table has two columns titled Series. The rightmost column, in my humble opinion, should be titled 'Episodes'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.144.178.247 (talk) 13:20, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Number of episodes
Loiners by Proxy win was actually episode 712 (S11 E12). I seem to have lost an episode somewhere but #750 will occur at the end of Series 11.....whenever it restarts! Don't know why BBC2 are repeating Series 9 in August - we saw them all in March 2008!Lloyd1717 (talk) 23:14, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No, Episode 12, was the episode transmitted on August 2 (which would have been "tomorrow". THe episode between Episodes 11 and 13 was a repeat of the 1st episode of the second series of "Celebrity Eggheads". Loiners by Proxy was Episode 57 of Series 11, however, at the time, only 56 had aired. Episode 12 wasn't aired until last Monday, as I mentioned. It is NOW 712 episodes as of August 2, 2010. --The Ultimate Koopa (talk) 23:09, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Only 711 episodes have aired as of 7 July 2010. Please note that, although the latest episode was Episode 57 of Series 11, only 56 episodes of Series 11 has aired. Episode 12 was rescheduled for 2 August 2010 (originally scheduled for 13 April 2010). . Notice how it goes from Episode 11 straight to Episode 13? When Episode 12 has finally aired THEN 712 episodes will have been aired--The Ultimate Koopa (talk) 04:01, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Transmissions
Where did you get the dates and number of episodes for each series from?--The Ultimate Koopa (talk) 04:01, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Upcoming episodes (including repeats)
Straight from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006z736/episodes/upcoming

Original airdates, if they are repeated, are shown in brackets after the episode

--The Ultimate Koopa (talk) 03:06, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 13 September - Series 11, Episode 66
 * 14 September - Series 11, Episode 67
 * 15 September - Series 11, Episode 68

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: not moved. Legoktm (talk) 20:09, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Eggheads (TV series) → Eggheads – That's been redirecting here for like six years Unreal7 (talk) 19:57, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose, restore previous target, repoint to egghead as a R from plural or retarget to egghead (disambiguation); my cursory google search show no primary usage for the TV show, and several cartoons of eggs with heads drawn on them, several restaurants, and the usage found at egghead all vying for prominence with the TV show. -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 00:27, 20 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment is Egghead displaying US-bias? From what I gather from this TV show, the term is used in Britain for a largely similar definition, but the article at "egghead" says it is US-slang. -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 00:32, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose per 65.94.79.6 restore previous target, repoint to egghead as a R from plural or retarget to egghead (disambiguation); .. and yes it isn't only US slang. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:49, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose Any nomination using "like" isn't worthy of being moved.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 19:11, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Like is irrelevant. It is six years. Unreal7 (talk) 06:02, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Unreferenced/IINFO data
The Teams who have defeated the Eggheads section contains unreferenced WP:LISTCRUFT/WP:IINFO detailing the results of individual episodes. Similarly, the Notable episodes section is also unreferenced, and contains intricate detail that falls under WP:IINFO and WP:FANCRUFT. Based upon the linked guidelines, this information does not belong on Wikipedia. If you feel this information should remain, please discuss here, but also provide reasons that do not fall under WP:PPOV and WP:ATAEW. AldezD (talk) 22:17, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Food and drink
Has the food and drink category been dropped? It doesn't seem to have appeared for a while now.--MartinUK (talk) 11:37, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Mis-spelling of 'Programme'
In the introduction to the page the word 'programme' is spelt the American way, i.e. with just a single 'm' at the end. As this is an article about a British topic surely the word should be spelt the British way. However, there is no way, that I can see, of editing the introductory section.


 * Since you have made your comment 13 August 2014, none have corrected the spelling. You appear to be correct on your comment, but you will find that editing the introductory section is self evident, "edit this page" tab is your answer.--TGC55 (talk) 17:16, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

"Cumulative winnings" column
Since I am not really adept at formatting I would like to discuss it here first, but in my opinion this column in the "winners" table is superfluous - and if it were easier for me I would indeed just delete it. My reasoning is that, since every show either starts at 1,000 or adds 1,000 to the price pool, in effect this column gives the same info, only not in a direct way, as the "cumulative number of episodes" column in the next table. Only times 1,000. So I think it is just cluttering the page. --Ulkomaalainen (talk) 05:43, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Steve Cooke and Beth Webster
Were Steve Cooke and Beth Webster on any other game show besides Make Me An Egghead?. Wonderwizard (talk) 12:41, September 29 2016 (UTC)
 * Beth was previously Beth Maclure and appeared in series 2 of Are You an Egghead?. She has been on Mastermind too. Steve has the "2014 Brain of Mensa" tag but I don't know about his TV appearances. Nigej (talk) 12:05, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Additional Information
Some additional information that you might wish to add to the victory of Gli Italiani, Series 19, Episode 70.

Gli Italiani won and only got one answer wrong. I have watched many, many episodes and cannot recall challengers ever winning and getting so few wrong!

This potentially history-making team consisted of: John Porcella (captain), Sylvia Bellini, Ian Welham, Angela Pertusini, Alex Douglas and George Ferzoco (unseen reserve). Please feel free to add to the main table. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.14.237 (talk) 21:02, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

John Porcella 86.173.105.40 (talk) 19:54, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Terms and conditions of service of the eggheads
I'd like to know more about what it is to be an Egghead. Are they employed by the BBC? Are they expected to put in time on keeping up their knowledge? Can anyone say, please? Seadowns (talk) 12:51, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
 * They're certainly not employed by the BBC. They'll be contracts between the Eggheads and 12 Yard, who make the programs. Nigej (talk) 13:35, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I believe they're specifically banned from entering other gameshows however--MartinUK (talk) 17:00, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Challengers record perfect game
In today's episode (S20,E81), the victorious challengers (Shotley's Open Spacers) recorded a perfect game, correctly answering 100% of their H2H and Final Round questions - this statistic doesn't show up in the comprehensive list of series footnotes, so has it ever previously occurred? Culloty82 (talk) 21:27, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 March 2019
The number of episodes for series 20 is 95 and the Cumulative is 1830 JayBansal24 (talk) 22:11, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. - FlightTime  ( open channel ) 22:12, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Dave
Where has Dave been in the last couple of seasons? Is he still officially an Egghead? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MartinUK (talk • contribs) 17:01, 24. Aug. 2019 (CEST) (UTC)
 * No, he's dead.  - any idea when his last appearance was?-- Laun chba ller  16:09, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
 * See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y8ZJFGsAc4 which claims to be the "last full episode from Series 19." Dave is on the left. Seem to think he didn't appear in series 20 despite being on the credits at the start of each episode. Basically not sure. Nigej (talk) 16:27, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Changing Lemma?
Would not "Eggheads (TV show)" be the proper Lemma, as series refers to the different parts of a show? --Anton Sachs (talk) 07:05, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Series 21
The season that last aired new episodes in May 2019, resumes today (May 25th 2020) on BBC Two: Culloty82 (talk) 12:01, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Awaiting confirmation of the show's axe
It sounds as if that they are not producing any more episodes (partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic), but there are no plans to do so otherwise, so I wonder how long without an official statement would be long enough to point this out on the page - so far only an unofficial inkling from Jeremy Vine which was contradicted by the show's producer. Perhaps a sentence 'no episodes have been produced since (insert date)' would suffice in the long term. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beesleysam (talk • contribs) 18:56, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Move to Channel 5
As of October 4th 2021, there is a new series of Eggheads being broadcast every weeknight on UK's channel 5. The format has changed to 4 members per team, and the introduction shows an as yet un-introduced new Egghead, replacing Dave. All other Eggheads and the presenter remain the same.

Can someone smarter than me in the ways of Wikipedia please update the page?

UPDATE NEEDED
Article needs updating more to reflect changes since move to Ch5. The "Format" section definitely (and perhaps other parts) is out of date! 95.150.59.155 (talk) 13:54, 7 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia relies on volunteers. Feel free to make the updates yourself. Nigej (talk) 14:20, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 16 April 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Unopposed and supported by naming conventions. (closed by non-admin page mover) C LYDE  TALK TO ME / STUFF DONE  00:30, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Eggheads (TV series) → Eggheads (game show) – In order to follow WP:NCTV and WP:NCBC. BangJan1999 22:24, 16 April 2023 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.