Barry Simmons (born 1948) was the winner of the BBC Two show Are You an Egghead? and as a result has become the sixth Egghead, joining Kevin Ashman, C. J. de Mooi, Daphne Fowler, Christopher Hughes and Judith Keppel on the regular show on 2 December 2008. On winning the series, Barry said: "Other than my wedding day and the birth of my two wonderful children, it was simply the happiest day of my life. I couldn't believe that I had won such a challenging competition against such a strong field.

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  • Barry Simmons (born 1948) was the winner of the BBC Two show Are You an Egghead? and as a result has become the sixth Egghead, joining Kevin Ashman, C. J. de Mooi, Daphne Fowler, Christopher Hughes and Judith Keppel on the regular show on 2 December 2008. On winning the series, Barry said: "Other than my wedding day and the birth of my two wonderful children, it was simply the happiest day of my life. I couldn't believe that I had won such a challenging competition against such a strong field. " Simmons is from Leeds. He had previously won £64,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, was a semi-finalist on Mastermind and has represented England at quizzing. He reached the final of the 2008/9 series of Brain of Britain, but was defeated by Geoff Thomas. He has been a researcher at text question and answer service AQA 63336 since 2006. On the 27 January 2009 edition of Eggheads, Barry defeated the challengers on his own after all the other Eggheads were eliminated. His success denied the contestants £21,000.
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  • Barry Simmons (born 1948) was the winner of the BBC Two show Are You an Egghead? and as a result has become the sixth Egghead, joining Kevin Ashman, C. J. de Mooi, Daphne Fowler, Christopher Hughes and Judith Keppel on the regular show on 2 December 2008. On winning the series, Barry said: "Other than my wedding day and the birth of my two wonderful children, it was simply the happiest day of my life. I couldn't believe that I had won such a challenging competition against such a strong field.
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