Supriya Kumar "Paul" Sinha (born 28 May 1970) is a British Asian comedian, broadcaster, quiz player, and doctor of Bengali descent. He is one of the Chasers on the ITV game show The Chase.
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Education
Sinha was educated at Dulwich College and St George's Hospital Medical School. Sinha is a general practitioner, qualifying in the 1990s. While at medical school he developed a taste for the stage in St George's annual revue and refined his comedy as co-editor of the medical school newsletter, popularly known as the Slag Mag.
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Stand-up comedy
Sinha began performing stand-up while working as a junior gynaecologist in hospitals in London and King's Lynn. His early material drew on his sexuality and Indian ethnicity, with heavy use of puns. He is the world's only gay Anglo-Bengali GP turned stand up comedian. In 1999, he came third in the final of the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year.
After several years of combining touring with his nascent medical career, Sinha's breakthrough came with his second solo Edinburgh show, Saint or Sinha?, which earned him an if.comeddie nomination in 2006.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows
- 2004, Aspects of Love, Actually
- 2006, Saint or Sinha? (if.comeddie award nomination),
- 2007, King of the World
- 2009, 39 Years of Solitude,
- 2010, Extreme Anti-White Vitriol
- 2011, Looking at the Stars,
- 2015, Postcards from the Z List,
Radio
Sinha has performed many times on BBC Radio 4, on shows including The News Quiz, The Now Show, Loose Ends, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes, Shappi Talk and Just a Minute. His interest in football (he is a Liverpool F.C. fan,) and cricket has led to appearances on Radio 5 Live, most notably on Fighting Talk. He has also appeared on Talksport radio station.
He has appeared as a guest on Midweek, Woman's Hour, Broadcasting House and as a political pundit on PM.
In March 2011, Sinha presented his own Radio 4 programme, Paul Sinha's Quiz Culture, in which he explored the world of competitive quizzing. His second documentary, The Sinha Test, aired on 14 July 2011 and examined patriotism and sporting allegiance. In July 2012, he presented a programme called The Sinha Games on BBC Radio 4 about the Olympic Games and his experience as a Londoner.
In December 2014, Sinha wrote and performed his first series on Radio 4, Paul Sinha's History Revision. A second series followed in May 2016, winning the Rose d'Or for Radio Comedy.
Quizzes
After an appearance on The Weakest Link (where he was voted off 4th), Sinha has managed appearances on University Challenge: The Professionals (lost), Are You an Egghead? (lost in first round), Mastermind (4th) and Brain of Britain (3rd). Sinha is currently ranked 7th in the National Quiz Rankings (as of 30 May 2017), and 14th in the World Quizzing Championships (as of June 2016)
Sinha also plays in the Quiz League of London for the Gray Monks.
The Chase
In 2011, Sinha joined the ITV quiz series The Chase as the fourth "Chaser", with the nicknames "The Sinnerman", "The Smiling Assassin" and "Sarcasm in a Suit".
His first episode was broadcast in the fourth series on 8 September 2011. In a 2016 episode, he went through the whole show without getting a question wrong. He also appears in celebrity and family editions of the show.
He has said he is more known overseas (e.g. in New Zealand) than in England, where The Chase is screened at 5 pm before people are home from work.
In May 2017, he revealed on the show that he was gay.
References
External links
- Paul Sinha on IMDb
- Official website
- Sinha's blog
- Sinha on chortle.co.uk
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