Biography

Christopher Hughes was born on August 14, 1947 in Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mongrels (2010), Eggheads (2003) and The Adventure Game (1980). He died in 2025 in Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK.

Current Brain of Britain, having won the competition in 2005.

Winner of International Mastermind

Attended Enfield Grammar School.

Before becoming known as one of the country's leading quizzers, he worked as a train driver and railway worker.

Educated at Enfield Grammar School in Enfield, Middlesex.

[after being voted off The Weakest Link by his two fellow contestants because he was too good for them to compete against] I'm very disappointed to have fought my way through to the last three, never to have answered incorrectly, and then to be voted off because the other two daren't face me in the final proves that in this country today, and the world at large, mediocrity is a rule.