Tom Sutcliffe (broadcaster) Tom Sutcliffe (broadcaster) Thomas Sutcliffe (born 12 August 1956 in Yorkshire, England) is a British journalist and arts broadcaster. He has presented the BBC Radio 4 arts show "Saturday Review" since 1999, and is also chairman of "Round Britain Quiz". Sutcliffe was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and studied English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Sutcliffe joined the BBC when he graduated from university. After editing the BBC Radio 4 arts programme "Kaleidoscope", in 1986 he became the first arts editor of "The Independent" newspaper, a columnist and television reviewer. Sutcliffe has presented the BBC Radio 4 arts show "Saturday
Irene Thomas while recovering from cancer surgery she applied to join Mensa: her IQ was rated at 160. In 1961 she entered and won radio's "Brain of Britain" contest. This heralded a forty-year period as a mainstay of radio panel game quiz programmes. In 1967, after much lobbying of the producers, she joined the panel on "Round Britain Quiz", regarded as the most erudite of the BBC's quiz shows, and rapidly became its most celebrated panellist. In the 1970s she co presented a BBC daytime television programme entitled "The 607080 Show" with Roy Hudd. Her autobiography, "The Bandsman's Daughter", was published in