ITV Beat The Chasers: Real life of Paul Sinha - comedian, previous job as doctor and health battle

Paul Sinha has become one of the most popular faces in the game show world and fans of The Chase just can’t seem to get enough of him. The former GP is used to helping people get better, which is funny because he usually makes contestants feel ill on The Chase.

The Sinnerman, 51, is a fully qualified doctor, training at St George's Hospital medical school before becoming a GP in 1995. While there he discovered a new passion for performing on stage as a comedian.

While he was a junior doctor Paul took part in St George's annual revue and used his comedic talents as co-editor of the medical school newsletter known as the 'Slag Mag'. His big breakthrough came with his second solo Edinburgh Fringe festival show 'Saint or Sinha?' which earned him a prestigious if.comedy (formerly the Perrier Comedy Award) nomination.

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Paul has fronted nine different Edinburgh shows from 2004 to 2018, most recently The Two Ages of Man. Paul was spotted by TV bosses and was given appearances on Comedy Central's The Alternative Comedy Experience in 2013 and on BBC Radio 4 in his own show The Sinha Games, as well as his own series, Paul Sinha's History Revision in 2014.

Alongside comedy, the quizzing expert has shown off his brain power on a number of TV gameshows including The Weakest Link, Are You an Egghead?, Brain of Britain and Mastermind. Also known as 'The Smiling Assassin', Paul joined the original line-up of Chasers on The Chase in 2011. He has the joint-highest record on the show alongside The Governess.

In May 2019 Paul revealed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's. The TV star shared the news in a