As part of this year’s Christmas season of University Challenge, which will feature famous alumni from various Universities around the UK, the University of Brighton is represented by two acclaimed comic creators:

Chris Riddell OBE, known for his children’s books and political cartoons, graduated with a degree in Graphic Design in 1984 and received an honorary doctorate in 2019. 

Hannah Berry, who was the first female Comics Laureate, and has created three graphic novels to date, graduated with a degree in Illustration in 2004. 

They appear alongside actor and disability rights campaigner Adam Pearson, (Business Management, 2007), and Professor David Taylor (Clinical Pharmacy, 1986) who is Director of Pharmacy and Pathology at the Maudsley Hospital.

They’re facing a team of alumni from Manchester Metropolitan University featuring Sports Scientist and International Paralympic Committee member Vicky Tolfrey, founder of PhenomGames Lee Chambers, actress and comedian Debra Stephenson, and Anglican priest, poet and feminist theologian Rachel Mann.

Tune in on 8.30pm, on Boxing Day on BBC Two!