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Supriya Kumar " Paul" Sinha (born 28 May 1970) is a British professional and comedian. He has written and performed extensively on BBC Radio 4, and is one of the six Chasers on the ITV Network game show The Chase.
Sinha was educated at Dulwich College and St George's Hospital Medical School.
Sinha is a former 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.
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.
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 BBC 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 wrote and 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 BBC Radio 4, Paul Sinha's History Revision. A second series followed in May 2016, winning the Rose d'Or for Radio Comedy. The follow-up, Paul Sinha's General Knowledge, has completed its third series. In 2022, Paul Sinha wrote and starred in Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz.
Sinha is a regular panellist on Round Britain Quiz, representing the South of England with Marcus Berkmann.
Sinha also plays in the Quiz League of London for the Gray Monks and in the Online Quiz League for Quiz Machine Kills Fascists.
Sinha has said that he feels that he and the show are more well-known overseas, particularly in New Zealand where people are more likely to get home from work in time to watch it.
In January 2021, Sinha began hosting his own quiz show for ITV, called Paul Sinha's TV Showdown, featuring celebrities who go head to head together in a bid to answer as many questions as they can on TV knowledge. The show commenced on 9 January 2021, and concluded on 13 February 2021. A second series was commissioned and premiered 19 February 2022, releasing weekly until 2 April 2022.
Sinha married Oliver Levy on 14 December 2019. (2025). 9781398701182, Orion Publishing Group, Limited. ISBN 9781398701182
On 20 June 2024, Sinha's autobiography One Sinha Lifetime was released and published by Penguin Books.
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