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A former children’s laureate, an award-winning comic and a disability campaigner are among the Brighton team set to compete on the Christmas edition of University Challenge. The alumni from the University of Brighton will battle against teams from other institutions when they take part in the BBC Two quiz show today (Boxing Day). The show will once again include its well-known blend of challenging questions from a diverse range of subjects as it returns over the Christmas period.
Captained by world-leading pharmacist Professor David Taylor, the University of Brighton team will also include former children’s laureate Chris Riddell OBE, actor and disability rights campaigner Adam Pearson, and award-winning comic artist and former Comics Laureate, Hannah Berry. Professor Taylor graduated from the university in 1986 and has since gone on to become a leading figure in the NHS and an expert witness in court cases involving drugs. Chris Riddell OBE received an honorary doctorate in 2019 having first graduated in 1984 and going on to be children’s laureate.
Hannah Berry became the first female comics laureate and graduated from the University of Brighton in 2004. Adam Pearson, fresh from his recent starring role in ‘Under the Skin; A Different Man’, graduated with a degree in Business Management in 2007. He has acted alongside Marvel stars Scarlett Johansson and Sebastian Stan having started his career working as a researcher on The Undateables.
University Challenge Christmas starts today (December 23) at 8.30pm on BBC Two. University of Brighton will feature on the Boxing Day edition of the show.
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