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• Meet The Teams

  SOUTH OF ENGLAND

  Marcus Berkmann听is a writer and columnist who contributes regularly to听Private Eye,听Saga听magazine and the听Daily Mail听books pages. His books include听A Shed of One鈥檚 Own: Midlife Without the Crisis, Fatherhood: The Truth听补苍诲听Berkmann鈥檚 Pop Miscellany. His latest book is听Still a Bit of Snap in the Celery,听published by Abacus in 2023.

  Paul Sinha听is a stand-up comedian, professional quizzer and broadcaster. Born in the UK to Bengali parents, he qualified as a doctor in the 1990s before establishing himself on the stand-up comedy circuit. His own comedy series can be heard on Radio 4, as can his regular appearances on panel shows such as听The News Quiz. He is the host of the ITV quiz show听Paul Sinha's TV Showdown听and is also well known to audiences of听The Chase听补苍诲听Beat The Chasers.

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  WALES

  Myfanwy Alexander听is a writer and broadcaster, casting a satirical eye over life in Wales and beyond from her home in Montgomeryshire.

  Cariad Lloyd听is revered as one of the UK's best improvisers and created the award-winning comedy show Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel. She has worked on numerous comedy shows, notably starring opposite Sara Pascoe in Out Of Her Mind for the 麻豆社, and recently in the Alan Carr biopic Changing Ends for ITV. She is the author of You Are Not Alone which reached no.7 in the Times bestseller list. She has been seen as herself on Have I Got News For You, QI, Celebrity Pointless and House of Games, where she won her Champion of Champions week. She has won a variety of awards for her podcast Griefcast, and recently launched the Weirdos' Book Club podcast with Sara Pascoe.

  
  

  THE MIDLANDS

  Frankie Fanko is a freelance translator and keen quizzer. After appearing on the 麻豆社鈥檚 Make Me An Egghead in 2016 she went on to become an Only Connect series champion, Mastermind and Brain of Britain Finalist, and the first female champion of Radio 4鈥檚 music quiz Counterpoint. She lives in Market Harborough with her husband and daughter.

  Stephen Maddock听is the Principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. A lapsed violinist, singer and conductor as well as a quiz and crossword addict and a proud Man City fan, he has appeared in every series of Round Britain Quiz since 2004. He lives in Solihull with his wife and two children.

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  NORTHERN IRELAND

  Paddy Duffy is a TV producer and broadcaster. He's a familiar voice on radio in his native Ulster and across Ireland, and is the author of two books on Irish politics and culture. His television work has ranged from the 麻豆社's BAFTA-nominated documentary series Inside Obama's White House, to quiz shows such as University Challenge. Paddy is also a captain of the Irish international quiz squad.听听听

  Freya McClements听is Northern Editor of听The听Irish Times听and the co-author of the award-winning Children of the Troubles (2019). She was the captain of the team from Magdalen College, Oxford, which won University Challenge in 2004 and now also sets questions for other broadcast quizzes

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  NORTH OF ENGLAND

  Ad猫le Geras was born in Jerusalem and lived in Manchester for 43 years before latterly relocating to Cambridge. She has published more than 100 books for children and young adults, and seven novels for adults, the most recent being Dangerous Women, published by Michael Joseph under her pseudonym Hope Adams.

  Stuart Maconie is one of Britain鈥檚 best known authors and broadcasters. He hosts The Freak Zone on 麻豆社 6Music as well as a weekend show with Mark Radcliffe. His many non-fiction titles include Pies and Prejudice, Cider With Roadies, Adventures on the High Teas and Long Road From Jarrow: A journey through Britain Then and Now. His latest book is The Full English, a revisiting of J.B. Priestley鈥檚 classic English Journey. He is a life Vice-President of Ramblers.

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  SCOTLAND

  Alan McCredie is a photographer and film-maker. He is the author of several books including听100 Weeks of Scotland, This Is Scotland and Scotland The Dreich. He has collaborated on many more, including Snapshot听by Daniel Gray and My Scotland听with his RBQ team-mate Val McDermid. He is also a guest lecturer in Photography at Edinburgh College. He is married with two children and is a Perthshire lad lost to the post-industrial wilds of Leith, which he is very happy about.

  Val McDermid is a broadcaster and writer known as the queen of crime.听A former journalist originally hailing from Kirkcaldy, her novels include The Skeleton Road, The Wire In The Blood, A Place of Execution and听Broken Ground.听Her Karen Pirie novels have now been adapted for a major ITV series, and her most recent bestseller is Past Lying, a Karen Pirie investigation.听

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• The 2024 League Table

  The final league table for the 2024 series of Round Britain Quiz looks like this.
  
  1听 The Midlands听 听 听Played 4听 Won 2听 Drawn 2听 Lost 0听 Total points 80
  2听 Northern Ireland听 听 听P4听 W2听 D1听 L1听 Pts 75
  3听 Wales听 听 P4听 W2听 D1听 L1听 Pts 71
  4听 Scotland听 听 P4听 W2听 D0听 L2听 Pts 74
  5听 North of England听 听 P4听 W1听 D1听 L2听 Pts 76
  6听 South of England听 听 P4听 W0听 D1听 L3听 Pts 68