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Season 1, Episode 17
Game show in which contestants are tested on their mental abilities in head-to-head rounds. Hosted by Clive Anderson
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Clive Anderson
(Host)
Born:
December 10, 1952
in
Middlesex
Best Known For:
Being a barrister-turned-chat-show host
Early-life:
Born December 10, 1952, in Middlesex, the son of a retired Scottish bank manager based in Wembley. He attended Harrow County School, alongside Michael Portillo, and studied law at Cambridge University. He was a member of the Footlights theatre group with Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Douglas Adams of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fame. He gave up his job as a barrister specialising in criminal law to concentrate on showbusiness.
Career:
Anderson did stand-up stints at London's Comedy Store and wrote scripts for such shows as Alas Smith and Jones, The Frankie Howerd Variety Show and Not the Nine O'Clock News. He found fame presenting Whose Line Is It Anyway? and has fronted Clive Anderson Talks Back and Clive Anderson All Talk. He hosted the Radio 4 series Unreliable Evidence and presented Mastermind when it briefly appeared on the Discovery Channel. These days, he concentrates mostly on radio work, having hosted the likes of Loose Ends and Clive Anderson's Chat Room.
Quote:
"I'm not bald, I'm just taller than my hair."
Trivia:
Away from showbusiness, he is an Arsenal FC supporter and is president of the Woodland Trust.
