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Make Me an Egghead
Directed bySuzanne Pearse
Presented byJeremy Vine
StarringDave Rainford
Lisa Thiel
Pat Gibson
Barry Simmons
Chris Hughes
Kevin Ashman
Judith Keppel
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes25
Production
Executive producersAndy Culpin
Rob Dean
ProducerClaire Capaldi
Running time30/45 minutes
Production company12 Yard
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release22 August (2016-08-22) –
23 September 2016 (2016-09-23)

Make Me an Egghead is a British quiz show on BBC Two 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.

Background[edit]

After CJ de Mooi left Eggheads for an acting career in Cape Town, South Africa,[1] the BBC announced that it would be airing a televised search for two replacement Eggheads,[2] one male, one female.[3] The show aired adjacently to Debatable:[4] 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,[5] and both were broadcast for the first time on the same day, 22 August 2016.[6]

Format[edit]

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 with the most correct answers won the round. If there was no winner, the round entered sudden death where alternative answers were not given. The winner selects any of the five Eggheads that have not yet been chosen and three head start points for the quickfire round if they win the general knowledge round. The fourth round is a variant of the first three, and is a general knowledge round with the challenger able to consult each Egghead they have won, although only once. The winner of this round is the winner of the contest and starts with three points for each of the first three rounds won. They then compete in the fifth round, a quickfire round for two minutes with a point for each correct answer. The leading four male and female contenders advance to the semi-final stage.[7]

Results[edit]

The contestant in bold won and contested the quickfire round, while the contestant in normal fonts was eliminated.

Episode Date Gender Contestants and head-to-head results Quickfire points Total points
1 22 August 2016 Male Gareth Kingston 2–1 Alan Heath 14 20
2 23 August 2016 Female Marianne Fairthorne 2–1 Dani Harvie 14 20
3 24 August 2016 Male Michael Taylor 1–2 Ian Bayley 21 27
4 25 August 2016 Female Nancy Dickmann 1–2 Nicola Morgan 12 15
5 26 August 2016 Male Rupy Jandu 1–2 Sam Roberts 9 12
6 29 August 2016 Female Diane Hallagan 0–3 Kit Lommerud-Olsen 11 20
7 30 August 2016 Male Craig Element 1–2 Saïd Khan 18 21
8 31 August 2016 Female Kathryn Johnson 2–1 Amber Marshall 13 16
9 1 September 2016 Male Gary Grant 3–0 Martyn Oram 19 28
10 2 September 2016 Female Emma Laslett 0–3 Frankie Fanko 15 24
11 5 September 2016 Male Steve Cooke 3–0 Clive Dunning 23 32
12 6 September 2016 Female Nicki Cockburn[8] 3–0 Katy Williams 16 25
13 7 September 2016 Male David Edwards 2–1 Terry Toomey 15 18
14 8 September 2016 Female Janet French 2–1 Lou Wilson 5 8
15 9 September 2016 Male Gerard Mackay 1–2 Jamie Dodding 24 27
16 12 September 2016 Female Rachael Neiman 1–2 Beth Webster 15 21
17 13 September 2016 Male Brian Davis 2–1 Michael McPartland 11 17
18 14 September 2016 Female Jo Neill 0–3 Dr Jane McCartney 6 15
19 15 September 2016 Male Nic Paul 1–2 Dom Tait 17 23
20 16 September 2016 Female Steph O'Donoghue 1–2 Julia Hobbs 16 22

In the event of a tie, the leader was the contestant who answered their last correct answer earliest in the quickfire round.

Semi-finals[edit]

The format was the same as that used previously on Are You an Egghead?, with the two contestants playing five head-to-head rounds and then a final round to decide the winner. The prize for winning a head-to-head round is to choose one of the Eggheads to help in the final round.[9]

In the five preliminary rounds, the contestants are given a category, with the player who came higher on the leader board after the first round choosing whether or not to go first in the opening round. They are asked three multiple choice questions each; if these result in a tie, non-multiple choice questions are asked in pairs, in a sudden death fashion. The winner then gets to choose an Egghead and whether to go first or second in the next round.[9]

After the preliminary rounds the final round takes place, in which the contestants are asked five General Knowledge multiple choice questions each. Sudden death again determines the winner should the scores be level after the first five questions. The contestants can call on the help of the Eggheads they have won in the head to head rounds should they wish. An individual Egghead can only be used once, although more than one Egghead can be used for a particular question.[9]

Results[edit]

Episode Date Gender Contestants and final round score Eggheads selected
21 19 September 2016 Male Gary Grant 3–5 Gerard Mackay Gerard (4): Pat, Lisa, Judith, Barry. Gary (1): Kevin
22 20 September 2016 Female Frankie Fanko 2–4 Julia Hobbs Julia (3): Pat, Lisa, Chris. Frankie (2): Dave, Barry
23 21 September 2016 Male Steve Cooke 5–3 Ian Bayley Ian (2): Pat, Barry. Steve (3): Kevin, Lisa, Dave
24 22 September 2016 Female Nicki Cockburn 3–4 Beth Webster Beth (5): Judith, Kevin, Dave, Lisa, Pat. Nicki (0)

Final[edit]

In the final there were two head-to-head rounds with each contestant choosing the category for one of the two rounds. The winner of each round earned a three-point head start for the final round. The final general knowledge round was played up to ten, the contestants starting with the points gained in the two head-to-head rounds. The questions in the final round were not multiple-choice.[10]

Results[edit]

Episode Date Gender Contestants and final score
25 23 September 2016 Male Steve Cooke 10 (3) – 5 (3) Gerard Mackay
Female Julia Hobbs 6 (0) – 10 (6) Beth Webster

The number given in brackets was the head start score after the head-to-head rounds.

Steve Cooke, the winning man, is a member of Mensa who previously won £12,900 on The People Versus in 2001.[11]

Beth Webster, the winning woman, 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.[12] 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.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jeremy Vine to lead hunt for new Eggheads". The Daily Telegraph. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Jeremy Vine to lead hunt for two new Eggheads". BT. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ^ Walker-Arnott, Ellie (5 May 2016). "Do you have what it takes to be an Egghead?". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  4. ^ Fane Saunders, Tristram (22 August 2016). "Your starter for 10: all you need to know about the BBC and ITV's new game shows". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Exciting new factual and entertainment commissions for BBC One Daytime and BBC Two Early-Peak". BBC. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  6. ^ Hogan, Michael (22 August 2016). "How Britain fell in love with the highbrow game show". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Series 1, Episode 1". Make Me an Egghead. 22 August 2016. BBC2.
  8. ^ Cockburn, Nicki (4 October 2016). "Nicki Cockburn, Pips and Talking Loos". In Touch (Interview). Interviewed by Peter White. London: BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "Make Me an Egghead". 1. 19 September 2016. BBC2.
  10. ^ "Make Me an Egghead". 1. 23 September 2016. BBC2.
  11. ^ Broomhead, Michael (4 October 2016). "Hit TV quiz Eggheads poaches Bolsover's Steve Cooke!". Derbyshire Times. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  12. ^ "An All Round Good Egg". Optima. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  13. ^ "What Is The Quizzing Order of Merit?". British Quiz Association. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

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