Glenn Hugill

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Glenn Hugill is a British television presenter and producer. He presented the UK version of The Mole and is currently the series producer of Channel 4 game show Deal or No Deal. It has been suggested that he is the mysterious individual known on the show as "The Banker", though this has never been officially confirmed. Previously he produced other cult game shows such as Playing It Straight, Beauty and the Geek and Cash Cab.

He is also a successful writer with credits including the Deal or No Deal annual, the series Beauty and the Geek for Channel 4, Sky TV's Hollywood Autopsy and the reality crime series Texas S.W.A.T. in the USA.

He began his career as an actor, most recognisable for his time as Alan McKenna in Coronation Street. However he also had a distinguished stage career including major roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Steppenwolf, Chicago.

More recently, he also added his voicing talents to the successful stunt series Mission Implausible on Sky One presented by Jason Plato and Tania Zaetta.

Since the success of Deal or No Deal he has taken a permanent senior position at the production company Endemol.