Based in Newbury, Berkshire, author Jeff Evans is an acknowledged expert in popular culture and has written numerous books about television, including four editions of The Penguin TV Companion – Britain's most comprehensive and detailed television encyclopedia. Other titles include Evans’ TV Trivia (HarperCollins), Midsomer Murders: the Making of an English Crime Classic (Batsford) and Rock & Pop on British TV (Omnibus Press).

Jeff is also a passionate quizzer who has appeared on several TV quiz shows and was one half of the pairs team that were British national champions in 2016, defeating two Eggheads and two Chasers in the final. Jeff has also worked on a number of quiz shows, writing questions for programmes such as Fifteen to One and Impossible. He is currently on the Mastermind question setting team.