Are You an Egghead? 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 from 20 October to 2 December 2008 and was won by Barry Simmons. The second and final series was aired from 12 October to 23 November 2009 and was won by Pat Gibson. A similar show, "Make Me an Egghead", aired in 2016. In May 2008, auditions for a sixth person to join
Eggheads (TV series) the Eggheads lost four games in succession and only three times has a team of all five challengers won the final round. Occasional teams of celebrities challenge the Eggheads in short series, with their own rolling prize fund. The show has resulted in three spinoff series: "Are You an Egghead?" (2008), "Revenge of the Egghead" (2014) and "Make Me an Egghead" (2016). 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