University Challenge legends Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull are hosting a BBC Radio 4 show together
What a meeting of minds
Two of the UK's most brilliant minds are uniting for a new BBC Radio 4 documentary – and it's almost too good to be true.
Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull, rival captains on last year's University Challenge and all-round quiz kings, are joining forces for a new radio documentary in which they attempt to discover whether all their smarts are actually worth anything in the real world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZagrO1C8UUY
Monkman and Seagull's Polymathic Adventure will try to find out whether knowing a lot of stuff about different subjects is better than specialising in one particular field – or whether being the ultimate polymath is only useful if you're considering a career in TV quiz shows.
Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull reunite for a polymathic adventure on @BBCRadio4: https://t.co/yFw3M38sfy #UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/gynPP57diY
— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) August 2, 2017
Along the way they will meet all-round intellectual (and fellow former University Challenge contestant) Stephen Fry, who made a career out of knowing a lot of Quite Interesting things.
The new documentary will be broadcast on Monday 21st August at 8.30pm on BBC Radio 4. Hopefully the first of many Monkman-Seagull collaborations...