Ian Gillies. Known to many simply as Mycroft from Radio 4's Brain of Britain he was one of the greatest quiz players and question setters in Britain. His character name was taken form Arthur Conan Doyle's Mycroft Holmes, the smarter older brother of Sherlock Holmes. Brain of Britain is a BBC radio general knowledge quiz, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. ... Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... Mycroft Holmes, as depicted by Sidney Paget in the Strand Magazine Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. ... Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes (1854-1957, according to William S. Baring-Gould) is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, created by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ...

He won Brain of Britain twice in 1964 and 1968 and Brain of Brains in 1970.

Educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester and St John's College, Oxford he joined the Royal Air Force before retiring on medical grounds. The Royal Grammar School Worcester (RGS Worcester) is a British independent Public School founded before 1291. ... St Johns College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces. ...

He died in 2002 and was replaced on Brain of Britain by Kevin Ashman as Jorkins. Kevin Ashman is generally considered to be Britains finest quiz player. ...