Question time

Vice writer Oobah Butler's obsession with Eggheads - the Eggheads themselves, especially Chris; the teams ("Half-UKIP, half-guy who volunteers his Saturdays to keep score at junior cricket"), Jeremy Vine, with a voice "like an upset bear cub" - led him to apply to be on the show "just to fuck with them". However, as he reports in his behind-the-scenes account of the experience, he found that the shoe ended up being on the other foot.