Are You an Egghead? Rainford ended James Webb's run in the competition after coming from behind in the final round. James had led 2–1 in the final round before David fought back to claim a 4–3 victory. Earlier David had won 3 head-to-heads to James' 2. Match Two: Alan Morgan v. Barry Simmons: Barry Simmons despatched Alan Morgan to make the semi-finals. Barry won all five head-to-head rounds and looked as though he would complete a comfortable win when Alan made an early slip up in the final. However, Barry made a mistake on a question too thus taking the contest into sudden death.
Make Me an Egghead Make Me an Egghead Make Me an Egghead is a BBC Two quiz show 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. After CJ de Mooi left "Eggheads" for an acting career in Cape Town, South Africa, the BBC announced that it would be airing a televised search