Trivia

Before becoming a stand-up comedian and quiz show host, he was a PE teacher, and then a deputy headmaster at Caton Primary School near Lancaster.

He was born Peter Williams, but he was adopted soon after he was born. His adoptive parents named him James Whittaker. He chose his stage surname as a composite, made up of the B from Brown, his mother's maiden name, followed by his wife's maiden name, Owen.