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00:00Susie, what are you doing?
00:05Oh, I was just thinking about Pi.
00:07I do that!
00:08Seriously, Alan, I didn't know we were so similar.
00:11You mean you think about Archimedes as well?
00:14The infinite possibilities of Pi, 3.14159.
00:17It goes on forever.
00:19No, I was talking about Banoffee,
00:21and they say you're the clever one.
00:25Across the UK,
00:27there are estimated to be a million undiscovered geniuses.
00:31Calling all secret geniuses.
00:33As is the parliament here,
00:35we're not going to get any geniuses in there, are they?
00:37Ordinary people.
00:39When I was a kid, I used to know
00:41everybody's reg plate on a state where I lived.
00:44With extraordinary brains.
00:46I think the problem with being a Muslim girl,
00:49there was no expectation on me to be anything.
00:51It was all about being good and meeting a man.
00:55who have no idea just how clever they are.
00:59I had several teachers say to me,
01:01you never amount to anything,
01:02so if I can prove a point, let's do it.
01:06Nominated by friends, family or themselves.
01:09People see me and they don't think I'm capable of something like this.
01:13Am I doing this to prove anyone wrong? Absolutely.
01:16Each week, 12 people from different corners of the UK...
01:21Complete the number sequence.
01:25..have been invited to Genius HQ.
01:28Oh!
01:29Here they'll compete in a series of mind-stretching games...
01:33Where do we begin?
01:34..designed with Mensa,
01:36the society for the world's smartest people.
01:39Ah!
01:41I've literally just figured it out.
01:42Straight in.
01:43Super powers.
01:45Now, halfway through the heats...
01:48Well done. Well played.
01:50..we already have six of our finalists.
01:53Oh, licorice.
01:55That's a lot of emotions.
01:56Can we have a huddle?
01:58Oh, my word.
01:59But today...
02:00Yeah!
02:01Boom!
02:02..which three from the south-western Wales
02:05will make it to the final.
02:07Oh, my God!
02:09The winner of Secret Genius is...
02:25I get stigmatised all the time for the way I look.
02:29When we stopped and had a conversation and I said to you,
02:32no, I don't like punching people in the face,
02:34I enjoy philosophy,
02:36then they'd be like,
02:37oh, my God.
02:38Welcome to Secret Genius.
02:41The place where we discover Britain's brightest untapped brains.
02:46As a child, I was predicted straight A's.
02:49And I never lived up to those expectations.
02:52I would love for Stanley to see me as more than just his mum.
02:57The kind of intelligence we're looking for can't be taught.
03:01A high IQ is like IBS.
03:03You've either got it or you ain't.
03:08My day job is pretty much problem solving.
03:10You've got the puzzles walking in through your door,
03:12the patient that's worrying about X, Y and Z.
03:15So, a lot of people call me Sherlock.
03:17If there is something to solve, I need to solve it.
03:24Hello!
03:25Hi!
03:26Nice to meet you, I'm Alex.
03:27It's nice to meet you, I'm Colin.
03:28Jess.
03:29I'm Rosie, by the way.
03:30I'm sorry, I realised I didn't say that.
03:31All right, what do you do?
03:32Bus driver.
03:33Bus driver?
03:34Oh, my God.
03:35I'm a carpenter at Laffitt bathroom,
03:37so we should be kindred spirits, young man.
03:40There's coffee.
03:41Don't put that in X, there's not sugar.
03:43As I've found out, it's a mint.
03:46You're like the host with the most, am I?
03:48You look good to say you're very good at this sort of thing.
03:52I like a logic puzzle.
03:53I wouldn't know where to start with that one.
03:56Nannies are not viewed as very intelligent.
04:00It does not confidence.
04:02But not everyone knows the Greek alphabet.
04:05I've done it, I've done it, I've done it.
04:06You did it!
04:07Yes!
04:08Oh, my God!
04:09Yay!
04:10OK, you've won.
04:12You've won the whole series.
04:14Hi, guys!
04:16Hiya!
04:17Hello, how we doing?
04:18Good.
04:19Good.
04:20Are you excited?
04:21Are you confident?
04:22Yeah.
04:23Or nervous.
04:24Whatever it is, it's making me need a wee.
04:25You need a wee.
04:26I think it's excitement.
04:28I hope it's excitement and not something more serious.
04:31But...
04:32Listen, just think, one of you could be a secret genius.
04:37And can I say, some of you are hiding it really, really well.
04:42LAUGHTER
04:43So you lot are representing that tiny bit of the UK
04:46I like to call the South West and the entire nation of Wales.
04:51So I hope you've brought your A-game, yes?
04:54Well, listen, shall we meet the genius
04:56who's the menser to my denser?
04:59It's Miss Susie Dent!
05:01They are lovely.
05:03They're a bit nervous, he needs a wee.
05:06Can you hold on?
05:07Yeah, I can hold on.
05:08OK.
05:09Hello, everyone.
05:10So how we're going to test you hopefuls
05:13is with two quick-fire rounds
05:16to test your innate intelligence.
05:18You will have 12 minutes to complete both.
05:22So 12 of you will start,
05:24but only three of you will make it to the finals in Oxford.
05:27And it's time to un-chain those brains.
05:30Good luck, guys!
05:31APPLAUSE
05:33Ooh, this is all feeling a bit more real, isn't it?
05:36Yeah, definitely.
05:38I feel like all the cricks in my body have just come back.
05:41I think it's the fact it's against the clock.
05:43Exactly.
05:44Quick-fire makes me nervous.
05:48What's on the tag?
05:49Oh, it's me and my dad.
05:51Oh, wow.
05:52On holiday, yeah.
05:53First to attempt the quick-fire round,
05:5631-year-old carpenter Sam.
05:58My dad passed away last year,
06:00and I wear it most of the time.
06:02Aw, that's so lovely.
06:04Sam!
06:06See you later.
06:08My dad had a funny way of expressing love.
06:14His terms of endearment would be, you know,
06:17what's my dopey son gone and done now?
06:20And me and my brother are like polar opposites.
06:24He's academic smart,
06:26and I'm not qualified in anything except carpentry.
06:29I feel like a black sheep in the family.
06:32I'm here to prove people wrong about the stigma
06:36of how intelligence looks.
06:43Sam's up first.
06:44Let's see how he does.
06:48Using the knife provided,
06:50cut the cake into six pieces,
06:52with the total sum of each piece being the same.
06:56You will only have one attempt to cut the cake.
07:01It's clever, though, isn't it,
07:02having a cake as a puzzle,
07:03because you get something to eat afterwards,
07:05you can't eat a Sudoku, can you, or a Jigsaw?
07:11The total sum of each piece being the same.
07:13OK.
07:15The key to solving this is look at the sum.
07:2212, 23, 33, 42.
07:25I'm counting the numbers on the cake.
07:2978.
07:31It adds up to 78.
07:33And I know I have to cut six even slices.
07:37So I can divide 78 by six.
07:41It's there.
07:4213.
07:44The total sum on each slice is 13.
07:4613.
07:47And Sam knew that within seconds.
07:49That's how strong his numerical skills are.
07:51Sam, bam.
07:52Thank you, ma'am.
07:53Yeah.
07:55It makes sense to me that I'm cutting the cake into chevrons
07:59rather than triangle slices.
08:02You could get a job at Grek's the way he sliced through that.
08:0513, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13.
08:12I look over and see anagrams and I just think, fuck.
08:20Unscramble the animals' names and attach the correct labels
08:23to the portraits.
08:25Then select the animal that completes the sequence.
08:28So in this second game, Alan, we are going to be testing
08:31verbal and fluid reasoning, so they have to solve anagrams
08:34and then they have to look for a sequence involving letters.
08:37To submit your answer, you must collect the tag from the animal
08:40and place it onto the empty hook.
08:43Okay.
08:47I can see immediately all the jumbled names, where they belong.
08:52Lynx, crab, whale, koala, and a mystery.
09:01Is there alphabetical order, reverse alphabetical?
09:05Is it to do with how many syllables are in the words?
09:09The key is to start with the first one and see what happens
09:12as you go on.
09:13So there's one defining characteristic about Lynx
09:16which really jumps out.
09:18Not really my ideal game.
09:22Doing words, letters, tiger, warthog, rooster, dog, pig, chimpanzee.
09:32He's bamboozled.
09:35Oh, Sam.
09:38I've got to pick something.
09:43Do you think he's just going to guess?
09:44So I decided to go for the warthog just because I had to pick something.
09:53And I like the warthog.
09:55Warthog is not the answer.
09:57So the way you do this is you're looking for the number of vowels in each word.
10:00So lynx, none.
10:01Crab, one.
10:03Whale, two.
10:05Koala, three.
10:07So the answer is chimpanzee.
10:10Yes.
10:12So Sam did that first cake game in three minutes and two seconds.
10:15So if more than four players get one game wrong, he's still in with a chance.
10:19I felt like the first game was just far too easy.
10:22But anagrams are just not for me.
10:31Are we getting a vibe on who's the cleverest person here?
10:34For me it's not difficult.
10:35For me it's Jess.
10:36Yeah, I think.
10:37Incredibly clever.
10:42Right.
10:43Let's see how the rest do.
10:48The sum of each piece.
10:49Right.
10:50So there's a catch.
10:51Obviously there's a catch.
10:538 and 5 makes 13.
10:552 and 11 makes 13.
10:57Sorry.
10:59I've got to be so careful because I've literally just figured it out.
11:01And if I do this wrong, I'm going to get fucked.
11:03I think she's a bit potty mouth, Rosie.
11:0757, 67, 78.
11:10Here's Amy.
11:11She's the pharmacist.
11:12And each one has to equal 13.
11:15This is really logical. This is not impulsive.
11:17This is a bit awkward.
11:18I would never serve cake that looked like this.
11:22Amy solved that in two minutes and 50 seconds.
11:25That's the fastest so far.
11:27Or is it not just each piece being the same?
11:30All right, well I've got to go, aren't I?
11:31Why is this so complicated?
11:32I don't understand why I'm complicating this in my head.
11:35Cut the cake into six pieces.
11:38Oh, easy.
11:40So you two hours in each piece.
11:43Yes, no.
11:45But it's really easy, just to dive straight in,
11:47to not think about the question.
11:49There we go.
11:51A lot of people got the first game wrong,
11:52so this is going to come down to the time they do the second game in.
11:56Unscramble the animal, fuck me.
11:59It's not alphabetical.
12:01It's not rhyming.
12:03It's not Chinese Zodiac.
12:05Chinese Zodiac?
12:06I didn't go there.
12:07I never saw that coming, yeah.
12:09Oh.
12:11Zero vowels, one vowel, two vowels, three vowels.
12:14Need one with four vowels.
12:15And suddenly a light bulb moment.
12:17Lynx doesn't have any vowels in it.
12:18I'm looking for an animal with four vowels in its name.
12:24Yes, Sarah, yes.
12:26Sarah got both games correct in eight minutes and 34 seconds.
12:31I need one with four vowels.
12:34Yes!
12:36She was very quickly on top of that.
12:39Right, let's try to figure out the sequence.
12:41So we've got lynx, crab, whale, koala.
12:44Oh!
12:47OK.
12:48Gotta be.
12:56What was it that made you want to be part of this?
13:00A lot of what I try and instil on the children that I've taught
13:04is that there's nothing that you can't do, you just can't do it yet.
13:07Primary school teacher Alex is the final player to attempt the quickfire round.
13:13When I went to secondary school, I absolutely fell out of love with education.
13:18I loved learning, but I didn't love the way that I was being taught.
13:22Countless times mum and dad were being called in, sent home often,
13:26head teacher's office often, and behaviour unit is where I ended up in year nine.
13:31And I kind of went down this road of, OK, school isn't for me.
13:36Maybe I don't fit in here.
13:38Alex!
13:40That's me.
13:42Good luck.
13:43Thank you, thank you, thank you.
13:47This is a good opportunity to kind of show that intelligence can come out in many different ways.
13:53OK, so 12 and 1 is 13, 11 and 2 is 13, 10 and 3 is 13.
14:08He was so quick!
14:10That was really impressive.
14:129, 4...
14:14That is a piece of cake.
14:19That's a crab.
14:20Lynx.
14:22Koala.
14:24What's this?
14:25Whale.
14:274, 4, 5, 5.
14:29Can't be just a six-letter one, which is pigeon.
14:324, 4, 5, 5.
14:35That's a tedious link.
14:37He's looking slightly panicked, and he was so logical with that first puzzle.
14:42Pigeon, pigeon, pigeon.
14:44I know it's not right, but it's all I can think about.
14:46Ugh.
14:48Oh, Alex.
14:50Pigeon, pigeon, pigeon.
14:52Oh, it's time sticking.
14:53I know it's not, I know it's just a monster.
14:54I know it's not.
14:56Oh, my God.
14:59I know it's a dog.
15:01I know it's a monster.
15:03I know it's not my problem.
15:05I think it's just the pain.
15:07Never mind.
15:094, 4, 5, 5, 6.
15:11That's a tedious link.
15:13Twelve hopefuls from the South Western Wales are taking on a series of games based on the test Mensa use to measure intelligence.
15:22Pigeon, pigeon, pigeon. It's got to be something else.
15:24Primary school teacher Alex is the last to attempt the quick-fire game, Animal Kingdom.
15:30I'm thinking about it in a number sense. I know it's not a number problem.
15:33I've made it what I'm comfortable with. Focus on the letters.
15:40Ah, vowels. Zero, one, two, three. Four vowels. One, two, three, four. Chimpanzee.
15:52Oh, well done, Alex. That was superb. Yeah.
15:56You can absolutely see the way his brain worked.
16:00How do you guys feel? All good.
16:02The first task really made me think, is this too easy?
16:09No, that's why I feel exactly right. Yeah.
16:12Hi, guys. I bring gifts.
16:17I know it's the last thing you want to see, but I brought you cake,
16:20and I've got Welsh cakes.
16:22Amy and Craig, you're welcome.
16:25Just so you know how to solve the game,
16:27each piece of cake had to add up to 13.
16:30Did you get that?
16:33And the sequence game was about the number of vowels
16:36in the animals' names.
16:39Today you had your cake,
16:41but some of you don't get to eat it.
16:43Only two of you got both games correct,
16:49but who goes through will be down to time.
16:53The top eight in no particular order are...
16:58Colin.
17:02Amy.
17:06Sarah.
17:07Francis.
17:11Nigel.
17:14Alex.
17:19Rosie.
17:22And the last person to go through is...
17:29Sam.
17:30I was expecting to go, really,
17:36because I know I got the last one wrong,
17:39so I'm just relieved to fight another day.
17:41So, Craig, Jess, Helen and Jen,
17:45it means you're going home.
17:47I'm so sorry.
17:50Oh, guys.
17:51Well done, and good luck to you both.
17:54You're leaving me to represent Wales on my own.
17:55At least one of us is going, though, yeah.
17:57People have been telling me all day
18:00that I was clever,
18:01that I didn't think that I did my best.
18:04I am proud of myself.
18:05I push myself out of my comfort zone,
18:08and if today wasn't my day,
18:09tomorrow might be, so...
18:11Right, you lot.
18:16You need to go home
18:17and rest those brains,
18:20because, believe me,
18:21you're going to need it.
18:27Here we are.
18:32Back again.
18:33Back again.
18:35It's day two at Genius HQ.
18:37How did you sleep?
18:39Not great.
18:40From 12,
18:41now just eight players remain.
18:44I've heard that they said
18:46we might be teaming up.
18:47I just feel sorry for whoever I'm with.
18:50That's right, it wouldn't be me.
18:51Oh, how are you doing?
18:56Oh, good.
18:57Hello.
18:57Here they are, the Grateful Eight.
19:01This next game,
19:02you're going to be in pairs.
19:05Now, you're getting into pairs
19:07because you don't just need brains.
19:09You need strong communication
19:11and teamwork.
19:13The one who was quickest
19:14in the quick-fire round
19:16gets to pick first.
19:18Sarah, you were the quickest.
19:19Sarah, that's you.
19:22Oh, wow.
19:23Did not expect that.
19:24No pressure.
19:25Oh, no.
19:27I would like to play with you, Rosie.
19:28Yeah, thank you.
19:30You're like Thelma and Louise.
19:33The next fastest person
19:35is Alex.
19:36Who are you going to go for?
19:37I'm going to go with...
19:39Amy.
19:41Oh, okay.
19:42Sorry, I might have stitched you up there.
19:44I don't know.
19:44No, no, no, no, no.
19:45The next person to pick is...
19:48Francis.
19:49I'm going to pick Nigel.
19:54Nigel!
19:55Oh, and that beautiful.
19:56I'm welling up here.
19:58Sam.
19:59I mean, I'm not a genius,
20:01but you've got to go for Colin.
20:03He's devastating.
20:04He's absolutely livid.
20:06I'll pick my buddy here.
20:08Yay!
20:08So, I hope you're happy with your teams.
20:15Only two pairs can move on to the final round.
20:19So, good luck and let the games begin.
20:21We're like the underdogs,
20:26because no one picked either of us.
20:28So, if we can go in there
20:29and pull it out of the heart,
20:31then all the better for us, really.
20:33Pyramid Scheme, I love the name of this.
20:38So, this is all about teamwork, Alan,
20:40because each player will only see one half of the pyramid
20:43to solve three layers of puzzles.
20:45So, we're going to be testing numerical and verbal reasoning,
20:49but the real challenge is going to be their ability to communicate.
20:52And they only have 15 minutes on the clock.
20:56We're the only girl-girl team.
20:59They were in Louise.
21:00I mean, because that story ended well.
21:02Thanks, Alan.
21:02I don't know that.
21:03Oh, you're so young.
21:05First to take on the pairs round
21:07are stay-at-home mum Sarah and student Rosie.
21:11I went to a really interesting secondary school.
21:14The girls were never really seen as, like, smart or intelligent.
21:19Like, no matter how they did in academics,
21:21if they outperformed the boys, it didn't matter.
21:23So, it just kind of made me think,
21:26why the hell am I trying to prove something
21:28when no one's ever going to see it?
21:29I kind of, like, lost confidence in myself.
21:34Sarah, Rosie.
21:36Good luck.
21:37See you in a bit.
21:38Good luck, guys.
21:39Bye, guys.
21:41Woo!
21:44So, this is an opportunity to learn more about what I'm capable of.
21:48I feel like I have something to prove to myself
21:50in trying.
21:52It's like, if you can fly,
21:52you'll want to see how high you can fly.
21:58Oh!
22:00Oh!
22:01Oh, my God.
22:02In front of you are three puzzles contained within the pyramid.
22:07Each of you will see one half of the puzzle.
22:09In order to complete the pyramid,
22:11you must communicate with each other.
22:13The answer board in front of both of you
22:15contains the questions to each puzzle
22:17and is where you must submit your answers.
22:20You go that side over the side?
22:21Yeah, let's go.
22:22Together, work out the rule of the triangles
22:24and write down the missing number for your side of the pyramid.
22:27So, for the top row,
22:29each side has two missing numbers
22:31and they're going to have to communicate
22:32because each side follows the same pattern.
22:35So, I've got four, four, seven.
22:37So, that's top, left, right.
22:39And a ten in the middle.
22:41I've got nine,
22:43to the left, six,
22:44to the right, three.
22:46And then I've got 13 in the middle.
22:48I'm timesing all the numbers together.
22:50I'm minusing them all.
22:51I'm trying to do all these weird combinations.
22:54Damn.
22:55OK, just breathe.
22:57We're getting flustered,
22:59so we decide to move on and come back to that one.
23:02So, how you solve this anagram
23:03is to unscramble the words
23:05and then find the one word
23:07that doesn't fit the theme.
23:10It is my worst nightmare.
23:12It is anagrams.
23:15Well, I've got satsuma in the bottom right.
23:16OK.
23:17And cherry.
23:19Can you work out any of your anagrams?
23:20The ones that match are all fruits.
23:22Grape.
23:23Oh, I did one.
23:24Um, pineapple.
23:26Passion fruit.
23:27I've got mine.
23:28Passion fruit.
23:28That's the hardest one.
23:29Yeah.
23:30Mine is.
23:30I've got grape, pineapple.
23:31Yep.
23:32Um, oh, it's apricot.
23:35Boom.
23:35It's apricot.
23:36Yes.
23:37Yes.
23:37I love her joy.
23:40So that last one.
23:40OK, so then it's the one at the bottom.
23:42OK, so I write that on mine.
23:43Yeah, the one that isn't a fruit.
23:45So the only one that's left
23:46is the super complicated one
23:48that in my life
23:50would I not waste time
23:51unscrambling that.
23:52It's got to be apeutin.
23:55So you write your one,
23:56I write my one.
23:58Ah, that's wrong.
23:59They should both have the same answer.
24:00So Rosie hasn't been able
24:02to unscrramble strawberry.
24:03A-P-E-U-T-I-N,
24:05unscrambled.
24:06That's petunia,
24:07which is a flower,
24:08not a fruit.
24:08Oh, we have numbers.
24:10Two, three.
24:11Oh, I know what the bottom one is on mine.
24:12So for the bottom row,
24:13you don't need a master brain.
24:15This is about fluid reasoning.
24:17So you need to look for the pattern
24:18and then fill in the blanks.
24:20So it starts off at 1-1.
24:21You add those together
24:22to get the next number,
24:23which is two.
24:24Yeah.
24:24Add the previous two
24:25to get the next one.
24:26So it's 1-1-2-3-5-8-13-21.
24:30She's so impressive.
24:31And what's your first number?
24:3221.
24:33And so it's the one after 21
24:35you're looking for.
24:36So 21 plus 13 is 34.
24:40Then 34 plus 55 is 89.
24:44Cool.
24:45Should we go back to the first one?
24:46Hmm.
24:47I must read 12.
24:48I have a question.
24:49Maybe it's something super simple,
24:51like add them all together
24:52and mine is the same number.
24:53What do yours all add up to?
24:5518.
24:56And then what's the number
24:57in the middle?
24:5813.
24:59So it's minus 5.
25:00Yeah, that works, actually.
25:01Oh, my God!
25:02Oh, well done.
25:03Yes!
25:03Okay, so add them all together
25:04and then minus 5, right?
25:06That's...
25:06Yeah.
25:07Mine's 15.
25:08I've got 6 and 6 on the outside
25:10and 15 on the inside.
25:126 and 6 and 15.
25:13So add 5 to the 15
25:15to make 20
25:16and then 20 minus the 6 is 8.
25:19They're a really good couple,
25:20aren't they?
25:20They are.
25:21They're yin and yang,
25:22but they work together.
25:23I think...
25:24Shall we lock it in?
25:25Yeah.
25:25Oh, my God!
25:28I love that.
25:29They're so proud of each other.
25:30That's a brilliant time.
25:329 minutes and 34 seconds.
25:34Well, let's see
25:35if anyone else can communicate
25:36as well as they did.
25:37OK.
25:39Your 3 is in the middle, yeah?
25:41My 3 is this side.
25:42This is the problem,
25:43is my left is your right.
25:456, 12...
25:46and 8 is 20.
25:48Take off 5.
25:49Yes!
25:50They've taken 5 off!
25:51You add up the numbers
25:53and then you take 5 off of that number.
25:56That doesn't work for my side.
25:57Sam, it does work!
26:00Oh!
26:01He so easily just missed that one.
26:03I'm going to put an answer down, Sam.
26:04I'm not sure.
26:05This is for your answer, yeah?
26:07This is for you.
26:08I'm confused because I don't know whether
26:10the answers I'm putting on my board
26:12are from Sam's side of the pyramid
26:15and vice versa.
26:17I've got pineapple,
26:20grape mixed up,
26:21strawberry,
26:23apricot.
26:24So you've got anagrams as well,
26:25OK?
26:26You've just solved them.
26:26I've just solved them.
26:27Wow!
26:28Quick!
26:29I'm just reading that as a word,
26:30a fissure point,
26:31which isn't a word,
26:31but I can't get past it.
26:34I can't solve any of these.
26:36I'm a little bit traumatised.
26:38Passionfruit?
26:38It's passionfruit.
26:39Oh, you're a legend.
26:40Yes!
26:41Oh, Alex!
26:42How'd you get that?
26:43Nepal pepi.
26:45Is that pineapple?
26:46Yes, pineapple it is.
26:47Yeah, it's pineapple.
26:48My side, my green side then,
26:50are two, three, five, blank, 13.
26:55Easy.
26:56Yours is two, three, five, eight.
26:57Yours is eight.
26:58Yeah.
26:5913 and eight is 21.
27:01So 21 add 13 is 34.
27:04So mine's 34.
27:06I'd love to be in his class and just see.
27:08We'll be able to keep up.
27:09Can you imagine this?
27:10I've got the sparks coming off the blackboard.
27:12I think your answer there is eight.
27:16But I've got two missing on here.
27:18Write in the missing numbers.
27:19Have you not all two missing ones?
27:20No, I've got one.
27:21That must be your answer.
27:23He's overthinking it.
27:25So eight is the missing one on mine?
27:26Do you think we should bail out now?
27:28Have we got two right and take our chances?
27:30Oh, no, Nigel, don't bail out.
27:31You've still got time left.
27:33He's like one of those builders, isn't it,
27:34that clocks off early.
27:35You know, when you go, wait a minute, my BG hasn't been piped in.
27:39Oh, should have left five minutes ago.
27:43Well done.
27:44I think it was a seven at the top.
27:46I'm going to trust Alex on this because I can overthink this.
27:49We're going to run out of time.
27:50I'm just going to write that down.
27:51Yeah.
27:52That was hard.
27:53That was tough.
28:01I feel quite positive, actually.
28:03Yeah, I feel really positive, actually.
28:04Yeah.
28:04You guys seem so confident.
28:06That's intimidating.
28:07Oh, no.
28:13Are you both, you OK?
28:15Yeah, I'm OK.
28:15Well, I'm crying already.
28:19We're just doing the pairs thing.
28:22And I feel like I totally let them down.
28:24It was so hard.
28:26You're deep, I see you.
28:27Two brains are better than one, but, my God, if I'd been there on my own,
28:30I would look like I was on the wrong programme.
28:32Hi.
28:46Hello, hello.
28:47How are you feeling?
28:48Anyone who says is easy is lying. It is obviously hard, but yeah
28:53In genius HQ eight players have completed the pairs round pyramid scheme
28:59Everyone's very poker faced over there. Yeah, I know they're not sure whether to tell me it was horrid
29:05Hello brain boxes
29:07Was everyone impressed by the pyramid?
29:10Yeah
29:12Just so you know how to solve the game the triangle game you total up all the numbers around the triangle
29:18you take five off and that's the number inside and
29:22You know the anagrams the only name you had to write down was
29:27Petunia because everything else was anagrams of fruit and of course Petunia is a flower
29:34So were you in sync or were you not as clever as you Sphinx?
29:42Let's see which two pairs will be going through
29:48Oh
29:51Rosie and Sarah
29:55You two are the highest scorers. Are you shaking?
30:01Also going through
30:03Alex and Amy
30:09Alex and Amy
30:11Oh my god
30:13I'm absolutely buzzing. I was like, oh, I'm sure I've let Alex down and we're here and oh my god game on
30:22Well done you are through
30:25Colin and Sam
30:27Francis and Nigel. I'm afraid you didn't quite make it. I'm sorry
30:32God guys. Well done. Okay. Well done
30:34You were right on obviously the the triangle. I don't know laughing. Sorry mate. No, don't worry about it
30:39I
30:42I am disappointed. I'm not going through. I just didn't stand up to the games at the time and I did struggle with them
30:49I'm happy that I made it to this point
30:54Last four standing take a deep breath and I'll see you in a bit. I
30:59I
31:01Don't want to go in there without you after this
31:07Oh
31:09It's time to call it a day
31:11But we were getting on so well
31:13I know but this is the game
31:15Okay, so this is all about telephones and you know what anyone under 35 is not going to recognize one of those rotary phones
31:22There is a riddle and it's quite a tricky one because they are only hearing it. They're not seeing it written down
31:28And they go over to all those beautiful pastel colored rotary phones and they have to find out what the connection is
31:36Once they have found the right telephone number they need to go to the next part of this test
31:42And then they will see a series of leaflets each of them has a pattern
31:47This is about pattern recognition and verbal reasoning and then phone my number and they have 30 minutes to complete all stages of the game
31:55Do you often put them up in phone boxes?
31:58In the Soho area
32:02Would anyone close to you in your life be surprised that you're here they'd be surprised that I'm here from the perspective of
32:09me putting myself out there
32:12First to play for a place in the finals is village pharmacist Amy
32:17I've always tried to like dumb myself down and like kind of fit in the box. I'd never want to stand up from the crowd
32:23I think my lack of self-belief comes from school being stood out and held up as clever
32:31I got a lot of flack for that
32:33I got a lot of flack for that
32:35Amy
32:37Okay
32:39See you on the other side guys
32:43I spent so many years trying to fit in and be what other people wanted me to be
32:47I finally got to that point where I'm comfortable enough to put myself in the firing line and
32:52Find out if I'm a secret genius
32:57Let's see how she gets on without Alex
33:02Shortly a phone will ring answer the phone and solve the riddle given to you
33:07Your answer is your clue to which phone number you must call
33:17We're both on hold
33:19You have been on hold for twice as long as I had been when I was on hold for a quarter of the time
33:27I've been on hold now
33:29I've been on hold for one hour and 40 minutes
33:33That's a hundred minutes
33:35That's a hundred minutes
33:37She's been on hold for one hour and 40 minutes
33:39That's a hundred minutes
33:41So a quarter of a hundred minutes
33:43That's 25
33:45Okay, and I have been on hold for twice that amount
33:4950
33:51Okay, 50
33:53Wow, that was quick
33:55She solved that riddle in 90 seconds flat
33:57Oh my goodness
34:01What she needs to do is look at the numbers and find out how it all relates to 50
34:07So the color's relevant
34:09You're teal, so that's a 50 cell phone
34:11You're all 50 cell phones
34:13Okay
34:1550
34:17What do the numbers add up to?
34:19Yes, she's got it
34:21She's got it
34:23And 19 15
34:2521
34:27No, it's not enough
34:2910
34:3111
34:3215
34:3324
34:3432
34:3538
34:36Add up to bloody 50
34:37I've got to remember this number
34:3801914
34:39980
34:40684
34:41I can't even remember my pin
34:43So I don't know how she's doing this
34:44What is your pin? Just so we all know
34:451, 2, 3, 4
34:46Oh, of course
34:478
34:484
34:49She'll only know if it's right if the phone lights up, Alan
34:57Oh my God, that's the right number
34:59And I've got to listen to the instructions for the next one
35:03Each leaflet contains names that follow a sequence
35:07Work out each sequence and fill in the missing information using the names given
35:13What she needs to do, Alan, is to place all of those name tags in the missing gaps
35:17And to do that, she needs to find the pattern that connects the names
35:22And then she needs to phone my number
35:25Okay, one at a time, Ames
35:27So I'm missing a name there, I'm missing a name there
35:32So 4, if that's 5, that's 6, if that was 7, that would be 8
35:361, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
35:38So I'm looking for a 5-letter name and I'm looking for a 7-letter name
35:42She's got it
35:43So the first pattern involves the amount of letters in each name
35:47So only Susie can go there
35:53So let's just do that for the minute
35:55Let's do another one
35:57Bob
35:58Gap
35:59Hannah Gap
36:00Otto Viv
36:01Right, okay, well they start and end with the same letters
36:04So Bob, Hannah, Otto Viv, they're also in alphabetical
36:09They're palindromes
36:11Palindromes?
36:12Ooh, what's a palindrome?
36:14It's when it reads the same backwards as forwards
36:18Anna can't come after Bob
36:20So it's going to have to be L
36:23A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I
36:27Yeah, okay, cool
36:28She's so fast at these patterns
36:30She's not come here to play, she's come here to slay
36:33Alice Ethan Gap
36:35Hazel Liam Gap
36:39So if Michaela
36:42Has to be an option and it's alphabetical again
36:45She has to go there
36:46Now, er
36:47Are you sold this?
36:48It's looking at the last letter of the name
36:50Which is the first letter of the next
36:53Okay, Susie's number is
36:550
36:561
36:573
36:581
36:590
37:003
37:014
37:026
37:03Oh, okay
37:04Right, okay
37:05Press the button
37:06Take the time
37:07Okay, I'm done
37:09So they're not going to know until we get the results
37:12Whether they've dialed the right number or not
37:14Amy got them all right in 22-17
37:16That's not bad
37:19I wonder who else is on fire this afternoon
37:25Riddles are not my thing at all
37:27We're on hold, you're on hold, I'm on hold
37:29Everyone's on hold apparently
37:32I've got to listen to that again
37:3450 minutes
37:36Okay, 30 minutes
37:38I can feel I'm starting to panic
37:44Ah, does it add up to 50?
37:46Wait one second
37:47One of these adds up to 50
37:48Okay, let's start here
37:50Ergh
37:5114
37:5223
37:5331
37:5437
37:55Ooh
37:56No, that's 49
37:58Add up to 50
38:01Oh
38:02That's 50
38:03Okay
38:06Somehow none of the phones add up to 50
38:08Unless I've added it wrong
38:09Now I know only one of them adds up to 50
38:19Oh, you muppet
38:22You absolute muppet
38:24Mental mouse is my bread and butter
38:26So to make that error is criminal
38:296
38:308
38:314
38:36So, you're all symmetrical
38:391, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
38:415 letter words
38:42Susie's 5
38:44Oh, I've worked out Susie
38:45I don't need to work out with this stuff
38:47No, no, no, keep going, keep going
38:49He's bypassed all the other leaflets
38:51Read the instructions again love
38:531, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, of course
38:56Oh, wait, hold on
38:57Susie's the only one with five letters
38:58Okay
39:024, 6
39:04Okay
39:05Guess I'm done
39:07I'm never going to work out all of them
39:09They're impossible
39:10He's running out of time
39:12And he hasn't actually placed any of the name tags
39:14In the missing gaps
39:15In the missing gaps
39:16That's going to cost him
39:17I'm going to call Susie's number
39:186
39:200
39:218
39:234
39:247
39:25Oh, no, he's worked out Susie's number
39:27But he's ringing Amelia's number
39:29He's panicking Alan
39:30I think I've actually lost my mind a little bit
39:34How are you feeling now you've done it?
39:48I panicked
39:50And I got to a point where the names didn't look like names anymore
39:56In Genius HQ, only four players remain
40:00Just three will make it through to our finals in Oxford
40:03Last to play is 20 year old student Rosie
40:09I need music or something
40:11I need to listen to some music
40:14Shake out my nerves
40:16Rosie
40:17Positive thoughts
40:18You go girl
40:19You're fine
40:20You're fine
40:21I am feeling nervous about going solo again
40:26Sarah was kind of my safety net
40:29As long as I don't kind of get nervous and freak myself out
40:33I should do the best I can
40:42She's our youngest player
40:43She won't even recognize the ringtone
40:46So quarter of the time
40:48It's 25 minutes
40:50And then twice
40:51Is
40:5350 minutes
40:5650 in a puzzle of numbers
41:01Oh my god
41:02Add them all together
41:03Okay
41:0532
41:0638
41:0746
41:0850
41:09Okay
41:10We're on something now
41:13191
41:14198
41:15684
41:16She's probably never had to memorize the phone number in her life
41:201 1 1 1 9
41:25Ahhhh
41:26Alright sorry
41:27Wow
41:28She is doing brilliantly
41:29She got that so quickly
41:33It's not going to be adding up again is it?
41:3513
41:3614
41:3796
41:38Oh my goodness she's dividing up the numbers
41:40No
41:41Well actually the numbers are irrelevant in this one
41:423
41:4346
41:44Oh 1
41:4531
41:4649
41:4760
41:48No it's not going to be anything like that
41:49Ahhhh
41:50Look at now panic setting in
41:54I'm looking at the notice board and I'm thinking there are no patterns in these numbers
41:59Time's running out
42:01Okay
42:02She's got such energy that sometimes it can result in her being really quite scattergun so she needs to keep her focused
42:09Names that follow her secrets the names follow her secrets not the numbers
42:13And I realize the patterns are in the names not the numbers
42:17Ethan
42:18Ethan
42:19They start with the end
42:20Maybe
42:21Someone that begins with N
42:23I just figured it out
42:24I just figured it out
42:25I just figured it out
42:26Okay
42:27Do I have to put them all on?
42:29M begins with M
42:30One of them is Izzy one of them is L
42:32Do I get points for this?
42:33I don't care
42:34I just need to find Susie's number
42:36And call it in the next minute
42:38Now focus Rosie
42:40Yeah
42:41Just give me a guess
42:42I just pick one of the ones that I thought it might be
42:57I guess
42:58I was just getting somewhere as well
43:00That's so annoying
43:01Oh
43:02Yeah, I know
43:03I'm out of time
43:05Oh
43:12Oh
43:13She looks gutted
43:14Bless her
43:15Sorry I'm just
43:16Oh my god
43:26Hi guys
43:27Welcome home
43:28Oh hey
43:29Oh my god
43:30Rosie
43:31Do you need a hug?
43:32I'm fine
43:33Just the moment I stepped out
43:35I just
43:36Just all hit me
43:37And I just
43:38We're so going to the pub later
43:43Hello everyone
43:44Hey
43:45Hello
43:46How we doing?
43:47Good
43:48Super deep
43:49It was a tough one isn't it?
43:51Okay right
43:52Well listen
43:53The person who scored the highest in the last game
43:57And going through to the semi-final is
44:00Amy
44:06Yay
44:07Well done
44:08Amy you answered everything correctly in the shortest amount of time
44:13Good job
44:14That's just blown my mind
44:16I think I was so devastated this morning
44:18I was so convinced that I was going out and I was taking Alex with me
44:21And to then go through and come into this
44:23Yeah, oh my god
44:24Here we go
44:25In second place and going through to the semi-final is
44:36Sarah
44:37What?
44:38Yes
44:40Thank you
44:41And the last person going through to the semi-finals is
44:45Rosie
44:46Well done
44:47Well done
44:48Well done
44:49Maybe I have a redemption art coming
44:52So I'm actually going to have to get my brain in gear because I'm going to have to try
44:58But sadly that means we've got to say goodbye to Alex
44:59Oh my god
45:00But listen you've done so well getting this far
45:01You really have
45:02I hate to say this but it's time to say your goodbyes
45:05Right
45:06Well done Rosie, I'm super proud of you
45:07Oh my god
45:08I'm super proud
45:09I've learned quite a few things about myself which I'm really pleased about
45:10I've always wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone and at the end of it, I'm just super proud
45:11Okay
45:12I don't know what I'm going to do
45:13Because I'm going to have to do
45:14Because I'm going to have to try
45:15Because I'm going to have to try
45:16But sadly that means we've got to say goodbye to Alex
45:17Oh my god
45:18But listen you've done so well getting this far
45:19Cheers
45:20You really have
45:21I hate to say this but it's time to say your goodbyes
45:24Right, well done Rosie, I'm super proud of you
45:25Oh my god
45:26I'm super proud
45:27I've learnt quite a few things about myself which I'm really pleased about
45:30I've always wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone and at the end of it I'm just super proud
45:35It's okay
45:38I don't know whether I'm laughing
45:40I don't know
45:41The house is laughing
45:45Are you okay love?
45:46I can't believe
45:47Are you finding it all a bit emotional doing these puzzles and games?
45:51I think it might be
45:54This is something so amazing all three of you should be so proud
46:00They don't know it yet but by the end of the competition
46:04Two of them will find out they have an IQ supposedly similar to Stephen Fry
46:10I'm just pleased when I can complete a wordle
46:13Are you both okay?
46:14It's all done
46:15Yeah, how are you?
46:16How's it doing?
46:17I came first
46:19I'm in the finals
46:20Yay!
46:21You've made it!
46:22Oh, I'm so proud of you
46:23Oh, thanks
46:24I love you so much
46:25Bye
46:26I love you
46:27Did you all do university?
46:28You didn't
46:29Yeah, I know
46:30I left school early and just went to work
46:31They just wanted me out, so
46:32Next time
46:33I hate anagrams
46:34I shouldn't be this confused
46:35I can't check that
46:36You can, you can
46:37We search for our last three finalists from the south east
46:39Here we are, smashing
46:40Oh, I can see the cat with a loaf of bread now
46:42Oh, damn
46:43I think she's looking a bit stressed
46:45I think she's looking a bit stressed
46:46Oh, I'm just trying
46:47Fuck me sideways
46:48To apply for a potential future series of secret genius, go to Channel 4, Take Part
46:58To apply for a potential future series of secret genius, go to Channel 4, Take Part
47:28To be continued
47:29Two Hours
47:33pull them out
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