Eggheads will move from BBC to Channel 5 for its 22nd series. After 18 years on the BBC, the long-running game show is set to be broadcast on Channel 5 instead. The shocking news was announced today (12 March). Host Jeremy Vine has been confirmed to continue presenting the programme.

Is Eggheads still being produced?

Game show Eggheads is to move from BBC Two to Channel 5 for its new series. First airing in 2003, the series has since seen over 1,800 episodes on the BBC. Current host Jeremy Vine will follow the show over to its new home on Channel 5 with the new series starting on Monday, 4 October at 6:30PM.

What happened to Daphne of Eggheads?

Daphne was in Eggheads - a team of gameshow champions challenged daily by new quiz teams on the BBC - from 2003 until she retired in 2013. ... According to a press statement on June 30, 2020, Fifteen to One game show winner, and TV personality, Daphne Fowler died at the age of 81, following an unidentified cause of death."