Brian Highley
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Brian Highley was born in Halifax, Yorkshire. He was a UK TV scriptwriter for Spitting Image
, and feature writer for national magazines.
In 1984 Brian Highley became the UK question writer for Trivial Pursuit
. During this period he helped establish the UK game as the lead edition of this product with his questions being circulated around the world for use in overseas editions where appropriate. He researched and wrote all of the questions for the 1990 BBC 1 Trivial Pursuit (UK game show)
.
Brian was the face of trivia in the UK and has appeared on almost every TV and radio chat show.
Brian Highley also produced the questions for the UK edition of the Swedish game Insikt, for UBI, which was the follow-up to Trivial Pursuit and for the American games Been There Done That and TimeTripper.
His most recent project has been the Trivial Pursuit Rolling Stones Collectors Edition for the US market on which his editor was former Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman.
Spitting Image
Spitting Image is a British satirical puppet show that aired on the ITV network from 1984 to 1996. It was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Television. The series was nominated for 10 BAFTA Awards, winning one for editing in 1989....
, and feature writer for national magazines.
In 1984 Brian Highley became the UK question writer for Trivial Pursuit
Trivial Pursuit
Trivial Pursuit is a board game in which progress is determined by a player's ability to answer general knowledge and popular culture questions. The game was created in 1979 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Canadian Chris Haney, a photo editor for Montreal's The Gazette and Scott Abbott, a sports...
. During this period he helped establish the UK game as the lead edition of this product with his questions being circulated around the world for use in overseas editions where appropriate. He researched and wrote all of the questions for the 1990 BBC 1 Trivial Pursuit (UK game show)
Trivial Pursuit (UK game show)
Trivial Pursuit was a game show loosely based on the board game of the same name. The show first aired on BBC1 from 4 September to 18 December 1990 hosted by Rory McGrath. It was revived on The Family Channel from 1993 to 1994 hosted by Tony Slattery. Questions were written by the UK Trivial...
.
Brian was the face of trivia in the UK and has appeared on almost every TV and radio chat show.
Brian Highley also produced the questions for the UK edition of the Swedish game Insikt, for UBI, which was the follow-up to Trivial Pursuit and for the American games Been There Done That and TimeTripper.
His most recent project has been the Trivial Pursuit Rolling Stones Collectors Edition for the US market on which his editor was former Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman.
External links
- http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/diary-1454257.html
- http://www.victoriacoren.com/main/blog/archive/trivial_pursuit/
- http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4684288.html
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/modern-pursuit-where-triviality-is-the-name-of-the-game-at-board-1578162.html