Glenn Hugill
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| Glenn Hugill | |
| Born | Feb 8, 1970 (age 37) Durham, England |
|---|---|
| Occupation | TV Presenter and producer. |
Glenn Hugill is a British television presenter and producer born in Durham in 1970.
He was educated at Barnard Castle School and Christ Church, Oxford.
In 1980, as a ten year old schoolboy, he garnered a degree of notoriety when a national I.Q. test designed for under 16's calculated his I.Q. as 207. It was the highest recorded result in the country. Local newspaper The Northern Echo then reported he took another test designed for adults and recorded a result of 177, which was the highest score the test was capable of registering. [1]
He presented the UK version of The Mole and is currently the executive 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. The suggestion was complicated by a special set of "Banker's Birthday Week" shows being shown in 2008 from May 12th - Hugill celebrates his birthday in February. [2] Previously he produced other cult game shows such as Playing It Straight, Beauty and the Geek and Cash Cab.
His presenting work on The Mole led to his being voted the 9th best game show host of all time in a nationwide vote led by UK Gameshows.com. He polled ahead of big names such as Anne Robinson, Les Dennis and Graham Norton[3].
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 and director, 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 Theatre Company Chicago.
More recently, he 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.
He is a fervent supporter of Sunderland AFC. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ Northern Echo - Glenn Hugill IQ story
- ^ Health Check
- ^ www.ukgameshows.com - All Time Top 30 Hosts (accessed 18 August 2007)
- ^ Safc mad celebs
