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
Pat Gibson Radio 4 quiz show "Brain of Britain", becoming only the fourth person after Roger Pritchard, Kevin Ashman and Chris Hughes to win both that and "Mastermind". In 2008 he finished third in BBC Radio 4's Brain of Brains, behind Egghead Chris Hughes and the eventual winner, 2008 World Quizzing Champion Mark Bytheway. Gibson competed in both the first and second series of "Are You an Egghead?", a series seeking a new panellist to join the resident team on the BBC Two / 12 Yard quiz show "Eggheads". In the first series, he was beaten in the quarter-finals by Mark Kerr.