Talk:Eggheads (game show)

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

message: : 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)
thread_title: Changes

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Fixed 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Question room 

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

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)

text: 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)

text: And refused to tell you at what frequency??? -- Smjg (talk) 12:24, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

text: 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)
thread_title:  New presenter and change of question topics 

message: I think this is notable in a few ways:
* 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
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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  30 October win 

message: 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)
thread_title: Thoughts

message: 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)
thread_title:  Transmissions? 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Number of episodes 

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

message: Straight from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006z736/episodes/upcoming
Original airdates, if they are repeated, are shown in brackets after the episode
*13 September - Series 11, Episode 66
*14 September - Series 11, Episode 67
*15 September - Series 11, Episode 68
--The Ultimate Koopa (talk) 03:06, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Upcoming episodes (including repeats) 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Unreferenced/IINFO data 

message: 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)
thread_title: Food and drink

message: 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)
thread_title:  Mis-spelling of  'Programme' 

message: 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)
thread_title:  "Cumulative winnings" column 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Steve Cooke and Beth Webster 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Additional Information 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: I believe they're specifically banned from entering other gameshows however--MartinUK (talk) 17:00, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terms and conditions of service of the eggheads 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Challengers record perfect game 

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

message: 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?--Launchballer 16:09, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Dave

message: 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)
thread_title:  Changing Lemma? 

message: The season that last aired new episodes in May 2019, resumes today (May 25th 2020) on BBC Two: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/questions/programme-information/eggheads-2020 Culloty82 (talk) 12:01, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Series 21 

message: 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.https://www.realitytitbit.com/bbc/has-eggheads-been-cancelled 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)
thread_title:  Awaiting confirmation of the show's axe 

message: 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)
replies: text: Wikipedia relies on volunteers. Feel free to make the updates yourself. Nigej (talk) 14:20, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  UPDATE NEEDED 

message: :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) CLYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE 00:30, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Eggheads (TV series) →  – In order to follow WP:NCTV and WP:NCBC. BangJan1999 22:24, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 16 April 2023