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00:00Susie, they've come up with an IQ puzzle.
00:04Alan and Susie are having afternoon tea, and they have five biscuits.
00:08Susie hates hobnobs.
00:10I don't, I love hobnobs.
00:11Alan eats Susie's hobnob.
00:15Next, they choose a biscuit of their favourite colour.
00:19Alan's favourite colour is pink.
00:22And Susie's favourite colour is...
00:24Red!
00:25No, it's green. It eats some grass.
00:30How many biscuits does Susie get to eat?
00:33Well, none by the looks of it.
00:35That's the wrong answer.
00:37I might be a greedy pig, but I'm not a monster.
00:43Across the UK, there are estimated to be a million undiscovered geniuses.
00:49Crawling all secret geniuses.
00:52Houses of Parliament here, we're not going to get any geniuses in there, are they?
00:56Ordinary people.
00:57When I was a kid, I used to know everybody's retroplate on a state where I lived.
01:02With extraordinary brains.
01:04A lot of people call me Sherlock.
01:05If there is something to solve, I need to solve it.
01:09Who have no idea just how clever they are.
01:13My brain is like someone sellotaped together a load of wires and then struck them with lightning.
01:21Nominated by friends, family or themselves.
01:25I think people sometimes think Vickers can be a bit daft and a bit silly and have their heads in
01:28the clouds.
01:29So this is about pushing at the boundaries of what I'm capable of.
01:32Each week, 12 people from different corners of the UK.
01:37Complete the numbers here, Punks.
01:40Have been invited to Genius HQ.
01:43Oh my goodness.
01:46Here they'll compete in a series of mind-stretching games.
01:50Where do we begin?
01:51Designed with Mensa.
01:53The society for the world's smartest people.
01:58I've literally just figured it out.
02:00Straight in.
02:01Super powers.
02:03Press the button.
02:04From the three previous regions.
02:07Can we have a huddle?
02:08Oh my word.
02:09We have nine of our finalists.
02:11I don't know whether I'm laughing or not.
02:14Today in our final heat.
02:16Standing.
02:18Which three will go through from the South East?
02:23Oh my head is right.
02:24And who will go all the way?
02:26The winner of Secret Genius is...
02:39I've always downplayed my brain to fit in.
02:42I've always just wanted to be one of the lads.
02:44But doing pest control.
02:46Every job is a puzzle.
02:48And I like the fact it's a problem-solving job.
02:51Today, our last 12 hopefuls are coming here to Genius HQ.
02:55And moments away from attempting a series of challenges.
03:00More testing than me trying to teach my mum how to send a pin on WhatsApp.
03:05People see me and they don't think I'm capable of something like this.
03:09Because of the way I speak, I look.
03:12Am I doing this to prove anyone wrong? Absolutely.
03:15Hello everybody.
03:17Eden and...
03:18It means like, excellent.
03:20Makes sense why you're here.
03:22Are you guys a secret genius?
03:24I don't know.
03:25We're on a journey to find out.
03:27We are.
03:27I'm Hadja, like Badger.
03:30High score in Scrabble.
03:32I've got a J, so I'm Jane.
03:33Not as high score.
03:35Who will go all the way in the competition and be crowned our secret genius?
03:43And you've applied for this because...
03:45My mum found it on social media and my sister wasn't available.
03:53Sorry.
03:55This is a good group, isn't it?
03:57I'm intrigued.
03:58I've forgotten names already, to be honest.
04:00I have seven children.
04:02Seven children, wow.
04:04You don't look that old.
04:06Bless you.
04:08Life is incredibly busy for me.
04:10School runs.
04:11Work and chores and...
04:13Homework and dinner.
04:15So that I can work around the children.
04:17I'm a delivery driver.
04:18I meet hundreds of people every single week.
04:22I'm known as a super recogniser.
04:24I'm not aware that I am scanning their faces.
04:28However, I remember all of them.
04:30My family would say to you, I don't know how you do it.
04:33My children are 25, 22, 17, 16, 12, 8 and 4.
04:39Well, remember that's...
04:41We're going to be asked to find the pattern.
04:42Yeah, yeah.
04:44Hi guys.
04:46Representing the South East, is that right?
04:49Yes.
04:50Is the South East full of brain boxes?
04:54Hopefully.
04:57It's going to be a very short show, if not.
05:01No, I'm going to introduce someone to you
05:03who makes Aristotle look like Harry Styles.
05:06Please.
05:07It's the one and only, Miss Susie Dent.
05:11Hello, hello.
05:12Finally.
05:14Susie Dent.
05:17Welcome everybody.
05:18I think you're really going to enjoy yourselves today
05:20because behind these doors,
05:21we have some truly immersive games
05:24designed with Mensa to allow us to assess raw intelligence.
05:29So, 12 of you will start,
05:31but only three of you will make it to the finals in Oxford.
05:34So, first off, you will have two quick-fire rounds
05:36and you will have 12 minutes to complete them.
05:39I need to go and prepare the first game,
05:41but two incredibly important words to take with you.
05:45Good luck. We are all rooting for you.
05:47I'll see you later.
05:48Are you excited?
05:49Yes.
05:50Are you a bit nervous?
05:51Maybe.
05:51Yeah.
05:52Well, unchain those brains, South East.
05:54You're going to need it.
05:56And I'll see you in a bit.
05:57Good luck.
05:57Good luck.
05:58Thanks.
05:59It's all real now, isn't it?
06:02Oh, gosh, now I'm scared.
06:04I don't do nerves and anything.
06:05I've got a bit of anticipation about what's ahead.
06:08Yeah.
06:08Did you all do university?
06:10You didn't.
06:12No.
06:12I didn't want to go.
06:14Yeah, no, I left school early and just went to work.
06:16They just wanted me out, so...
06:19First to play the quick-fire round is 48-year-old pest controller, Tommy.
06:24What didn't I do?
06:26Well, I nicked booze out my mum and dad's cupboard and I sold it at school.
06:31So...
06:31And then, because I got caught, I drank half the evidence.
06:35The disruptive boys run multi-million pound companies.
06:38Oh, I ain't that either.
06:39Because...
06:42Tommy!
06:49That's cool.
06:49I was definitely not pushed.
06:51The work would be set.
06:52I'd do that in, like, five, ten minutes.
06:54And then wait until the others are finished.
06:56So, I started acting up.
06:57I had several teachers say to me, you never amount to anything.
07:01I think pest control is a job that is definitely looked down on.
07:04Same as a bin man.
07:06I think genius is under many guises.
07:09So, if I can prove a point, then that's fair.
07:16This is Tommy, working in pest control.
07:19Do you know, rats are actually gorgeous creatures and very misunderstood.
07:22Oh, God.
07:27I stand in the centre of the optical.
07:29Find the letter missing from the anagrams surrounding you.
07:32The opposite segments combine to form four common words.
07:37I think you will like this game.
07:39It's called The Centre of Attention.
07:40It involves anagrams that share a particular theme,
07:44but there is one letter missing that is common to all.
07:47So, this is a real test of our players' verbal reasoning skills.
07:52I have no idea what's going on here.
07:57It's much harder standing in the middle
07:59because you don't have the full perspective.
08:01So, you have to keep turning around.
08:02It's quite dizzying.
08:03It's like half twister, half Ouija board.
08:08Oi, oi, oi.
08:10Just a jumble.
08:12Have I over-egged my pudding?
08:15Oh, dear.
08:17Is this the kind of games you play at, like, the Countdown Rap Party?
08:20You know, silly games and, yeah.
08:23No, same for me, this.
08:28I think there's one that's much easier than the others,
08:31and once you crack that...
08:36Heart.
08:37Brain.
08:38Yeah.
08:40Once I realised that the A works with heart,
08:42I could work out the others.
08:45Ankle.
08:45I realised they're all body parts.
08:48Tibia.
08:48Spot on.
08:49OK.
08:51My final answer is A.
08:53He did that in four minutes and 17 seconds.
08:56You see how his brain is so sharp.
09:00So, this fancy Italian café involves a complicated menu,
09:05and each food item on the menu has got a number next to it.
09:10There is then a whiteboard,
09:12and on the whiteboard is a number sequence.
09:16Complete the number sequence,
09:18and then identify the dishes that are missing from the set menu.
09:21And our players have got to identify the missing dishes
09:24based, actually, on the number sequence.
09:26And this is a real test of their fluid reasoning skills.
09:30You must write each missing dish and its number.
09:38Straight away, it's clear.
09:39I've got to work out the number pattern.
09:41They need to work out the difference
09:43between the numbers already given.
09:44It's actually a lot easier to go from the bottom to the top.
09:47Hmm.
09:48So, you've got 27 and 29.
09:50I think from there, it slots into place more easily.
09:546, 7, 8, 6, 11, 5, 6.
09:59I can see really quickly there's a number sequence.
10:034, 5, 4, 1.
10:06Yeah, he's got it.
10:07From 27 to 29 is 2, then you go up 3, then you go up 4, and so on.
10:12Ah.
10:12So, you add one every time.
10:14So, 32 is cheesy garlic bread.
10:18Oh, my goodness.
10:19Look at this.
10:19He's racing through this.
10:2141.
10:23Could have given a quick one.
10:24Rabbit.
10:25I bet he just says that for breakfast.
10:28He's got brawn and brains.
10:31Yeah.
10:3254.
10:33Margarita.
10:34Yes.
10:36Do you like a margarita?
10:37Love a margarita.
10:38Do you know, margarita was named after a queen consort called Margarita.
10:43Oh.
10:44And the toppings represent the colours of the Italian flag.
10:47No way.
10:48Yeah, cheese and tomato and basil.
10:49Ah.
10:50Yeah.
10:52I'm confident with my answers, which is going to bite me on your arse if I'm wrong.
10:56Look how fast that was.
10:577.24 for both.
10:59Tommy.
11:00Yeah.
11:01He has really set the pace for the others.
11:03Yes, yeah.
11:04He was like a rat up a drain pipe.
11:06He was so quick.
11:09Let's see how the rest do.
11:12Stand in the centre and find the letter missing from the anagram surrounding you.
11:17Where's the missing letter?
11:18You're standing on it, love.
11:20Oh, I am the missing letter.
11:22Oh, I see.
11:23This is Richard, the pastry chef.
11:26Oh.
11:26Oh, I've got E stuck in my head.
11:29I'm just trying to just figure out words out of this.
11:32Oh, my days.
11:34It's English.
11:35It exists.
11:36No, I would take.
11:37Hmm.
11:38This is interesting.
11:39I hate anagrams.
11:41I shouldn't be this confused.
11:43If that is tibia, then everything else is bone related.
11:46She got tibia.
11:48She got the hardest one first.
11:50Yeah, that's impressive.
11:51That word makes heart.
11:54Don't have time to mess around.
11:56I'm going to say that my final answer is the letter A.
12:01Has she done it?
12:02She did that quick.
12:03She did.
12:04And she's not saying anything.
12:05She's like a silent assassin.
12:07Very intense.
12:07She's killing these games.
12:09Boom.
12:09Oh, hang on.
12:11Hang on.
12:11Tibia.
12:12Heart.
12:13Brain.
12:14Ankle.
12:15OK.
12:16A.
12:16Stand in the center of the octagon.
12:19I'm standing.
12:22Sometimes I think it's just overwhelming.
12:25My final answer is T.
12:29I'm going to say it's an S.
12:33All these letters thrown at you.
12:35I mean, that's your dream, isn't it?
12:37It is my dream, but not everybody's.
12:39No.
12:40My final answer is E.
12:42Oh, no.
12:44Complete the number sequence and then identify the dishes that are missing from the set menu.
12:49I'm not sure I've ever tried limoncello.
12:51It's like Jif.
12:57There's a really, really easy trick here and I'm not seeing it.
13:01Oh, my brain.
13:02Do you reckon after this he'll pop in the kitchen and make us a lemon meringue pie or something?
13:07Identify the dishes they're missing.
13:09What?
13:1041.
13:11Yes.
13:12All right, I've got a sequence of numbers.
13:13Now I need to go to the list of items on the menu.
13:17Margarita.
13:18So let's just write down quickly.
13:20So that's cheesy garlic bread.
13:22Write down the numbers.
13:24Read the instructions and write down the numbers.
13:26I can't check that.
13:28My brain's already...
13:29You can check that.
13:30You can.
13:30You can.
13:31Wow.
13:32OK.
13:34He was amazingly quick at that.
13:375.29.
13:39I'm going to look at my answer.
13:418.01.
13:43Wow.
13:44Victoria.
13:45For a delivery driver, you delivered.
13:48Oh, OK.
13:51I just panicked.
13:52I didn't...
13:53Did you panic?
13:53Yeah.
13:54I totally panicked.
13:55To be honest, now I'm like, did I even say the right letter at the end?
13:58Because I considered another one.
13:59You keep saying, we keep saying the same thing.
14:01I didn't come up with all the words until afterwards.
14:03Afterwards.
14:04Same.
14:06So, what did you do for work?
14:08I was a sales manager for 25, 30 years.
14:11Wow.
14:1156-year-old van driver Carl will be the last player to take on the quickfire round.
14:17But I had to make a change.
14:20Yes.
14:20Just, I was struggling in the job.
14:22Because I got diagnosed with Parkinson's.
14:25In 2019, I was finding it difficult to type and write.
14:29I thought I had RSI.
14:30I went through a long process of tests before getting my diagnosis.
14:37Couldn't think straight, to be honest with you.
14:40It was...
14:41It was quite difficult.
14:43I had incredible support from my wife.
14:47But Caroline and I had quite a period of just the two of us dealing with it.
14:53I decided the time had to come to go and do something a bit more chilled.
14:58So, I drive a van.
15:00I love being on the road.
15:02It's helped take the stress out of my life.
15:04Because anxiety is a symptom of Parkinson's as well.
15:08So, I feel better for it.
15:10A lot poorer.
15:11But if you're feeling happier, you're not poorer, no?
15:13So, I'm a lot happier now.
15:17Yeah, so if I twitch...
15:19No, no, no.
15:20You're totally fine.
15:21Honestly, you've actually inspired me in making that adjustment.
15:25I pray, you know, all goes well.
15:27Yeah, that's where religion would be helpful.
15:29Yeah, yeah.
15:33Carl!
15:34Woo!
15:35Go on, Carl.
15:36Good luck, Carl.
15:37Here we go. Cheers.
15:38You got this.
15:41Parkinson's can affect your mental abilities.
15:43So, it'd be good to know that I've still got some sharpness left.
15:47I do miss flexing my brain.
15:49So, I feel like this is perhaps the last chance to prove myself.
15:57E-N-R-I.
16:00Brian.
16:02K-N-E-L.
16:04Neil.
16:05Immediately, I see that E makes three words.
16:10T-R-H-E-3.
16:14I can't see a theme.
16:17The diagnosis does have mental impact.
16:19I can't see my way through.
16:21It can be a mental block.
16:25Brian, Neil.
16:26That doesn't even make sense.
16:28And I know that the time is starting to tick.
16:31This is annoying because I really like word runs.
16:34And you've got this.
16:35Come on.
16:37Cry?
16:38No.
16:39I'm going round in circles.
16:41I'm just stuck in a rut.
16:45And I can't do it.
16:46I'm not seeing anything here.
16:58Brian, Neil.
16:59That doesn't even make sense.
17:01In genius HQ, van driver Karl is the last player to work out which missing letter connects the anagrams.
17:08He's really struggling with this one.
17:11He's already used up half of the allotted 12 minutes.
17:15The right answer is better than an early wrong answer.
17:20Ooh.
17:22Heart.
17:23Well done.
17:24Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
17:25That's an A then.
17:27He's got it.
17:29Ankle.
17:30Yes.
17:30Oh, well done.
17:32It's an A.
17:33I'm going to move on.
17:34I'm worried about time, so I'm not too bothered about sorting out the rest
17:37because I know that it's parts of the body.
17:41Identify the dishes that are missing from the set menu.
17:4627, 29.
17:47It goes up to two.
17:49And I quickly realised that the jumps between the menu numbers are going up at increments of one each time.
17:5629 plus three is 32.
18:01Yeah, he's got it.
18:03He's looking confident now.
18:05Cheezy.
18:06Sorry about my writing.
18:07This is fun.
18:08I'm really enjoying this.
18:09And I think that can be done.
18:12So, 10 minutes 39, which took him pretty close to the max of 12 minutes, but he did get both
18:17right.
18:21Feeling okay? Feeling good?
18:22You know, you might as well give up now.
18:25Psych.
18:25I'm trying to psych you.
18:26Compress the competition.
18:28I can hear the way you're breathing.
18:30You've got this girl.
18:31Don't worry.
18:32I'm so annoyed at myself.
18:33I should have just done it.
18:34I could have done this so quickly.
18:35Hi, guys.
18:38How intense was that game?
18:39Very.
18:40Very.
18:41Honestly, it's pulling my hair out watching you.
18:44So, listen.
18:45The four words in centre of attention, they're all body parts, and the letter you were looking for was A.
18:51And in Food for Four, the dishes were cheesy garlic bread, rabbit and lentil stew, and margarita pizza.
19:00And you had to write down the name and the number of the dishes.
19:04That was important.
19:05OK?
19:09I guess that's not a good sound.
19:14Well, listen.
19:15Let me put you out of your misery.
19:18The eight people who got the most games correct in the quickest time are, in no particular order...
19:30Hajar.
19:31Well done.
19:34David.
19:39Carl with a C.
19:43Tommy.
19:44Well done.
19:47Richard.
19:51Victoria.
19:54Opie.
19:58And...
20:03Carl with a K.
20:07Oh, my God, I'm feeling so relieved to have made it through.
20:11I think I made it by the skin of my teeth.
20:14I'll try and up my game tomorrow.
20:17That, of course, means we've got to say goodbye to Jane, Fasila, Eden and Rohan.
20:25Oh, I'm sorry about that.
20:28That's all right.
20:28Oh, I'm sorry about that.
20:28It was very, very tough.
20:32Can I use expletives?
20:34Yes.
20:37I was kind of let down by a silly mistake, which is hard.
20:41Thanks, thank you.
20:42Time for a pint.
20:42Yes.
20:43Wow.
20:43Well done.
20:44All eight of you got both games correct.
20:48You think that was tough?
20:51Wait till you see what's coming.
20:53Relax those brains and I'll see you tomorrow.
20:57Well done.
20:58Thanks.
20:59Wow.
21:00Wow.
21:02I'm excited but apprehensive because they're going to get harder and that was hard enough.
21:13Morning.
21:14Morning.
21:15Where are the tea bags?
21:16Oh, sorry.
21:17Morning.
21:18How are you?
21:18Do you speak well?
21:19Not really.
21:20No?
21:21Oh, bless you.
21:23It's day two at Genius HQ.
21:25From 12, eight players remain.
21:29If somebody showed you a piece of paper with 30 items on it.
21:31Yeah.
21:32Could you recall all the items on the page?
21:34I could recall a sheet of paper.
21:37Hi guys.
21:39How are you?
21:40Oh, you're playing a game.
21:43How are you feeling?
21:45Marvellous.
21:46I told you to relax.
21:47Some of you are sitting there like you're waiting for Root Canal.
21:51Well, listen, the next game is based on communication, so you'll be playing in pairs.
21:57It's so important who you pick because only two pairs will make it through to the next round.
22:04Who is your aunt to your deck?
22:06Who's your Pepsi to your Shirley?
22:07Who's your Ying to your Yang?
22:09Who's your...
22:09Oh my God, I'm on a loop.
22:10So, the person who was fastest in the last game gets to pick first and so on.
22:19That's Carl with a C.
22:22Oh, that's me.
22:24Yesterday you got both quick fire games correct in five minutes, 29 seconds.
22:30Well done.
22:31Who are you going to go for, Carl?
22:34I've got a couple in my head.
22:36You look at them like they're the last chicken in Sainsbury's.
22:40I'll go for Opie.
22:42Are you pleased about that?
22:44Yeah.
22:45OK, great.
22:47Tell your face.
22:50The next fastest was Tommy, so you get to pick...
22:56I'll pick Victoria, she's nice and close.
22:58That's a reason.
23:00I've had to pick second, which is a bit of a shock.
23:02Which means I've obviously done all right yesterday, which...
23:05I was very surprised at it.
23:06David.
23:07OK.
23:08Right, who are you going to pick?
23:13Carl with a key.
23:15Cool.
23:15I think I've lucked out.
23:18So that, of course, leaves Richard and Hadja.
23:22Are you happy with this?
23:23I can't say no.
23:26You are sort of stuck with each other, so just say yeah.
23:30He makes pastry.
23:31I'm being friends with him.
23:32I know.
23:33He never brings any in.
23:36My first choice was Victoria.
23:39Just as a gut feeling.
23:40But no, I'm still glad to be working with Hadja.
23:43The reason why I picked you was just...
23:46I feel like you're really good at retaining information.
23:49I'm not so much like that.
23:50I'm very much import, output.
23:53And then delete.
23:56You're going to like this game because it involves cats and dogs.
24:02My favourite, but there's got to be a catch.
24:06So each player will sit on opposite sides of the partition.
24:09Yeah.
24:09And on each side, there are 15 portraits.
24:12Twelve of them are going to match with the other players.
24:16But three are unique to each player.
24:20And the key test is to find which are unique ones.
24:23This game will really test memory.
24:26But they only have 15 minutes on the clock.
24:31You could say, you know, the universe brought us together.
24:33The universe brought us together.
24:34Or no one else wanted us.
24:36Either way, this is, you know, this will be good.
24:39I think the problem with being a Muslim girl with traditional parents
24:44is that there was no expectation on me to be anything.
24:48I have all these layers of, like, questioning myself and my flatmate.
24:52He thinks I'm really, really smart.
24:53And I'm just trying to believe what people say about me a little bit more.
24:56My parents never had a career in mind for me.
25:00It was all about being good and meeting a man.
25:04So if I could just trust that little voice in myself,
25:06like, you know the answer.
25:07Just, like, back yourself and see how far things can go.
25:12Who's up first?
25:13Richard and Hajar.
25:15All the best, guys.
25:17I think we may have underestimated them.
25:20Yeah.
25:23I've really noticed that in my 20s and 30s,
25:25I've allowed myself to just get lazy.
25:28But I've got a lot of feelings about lost potential.
25:31And I'm trying to figure out whether I even see myself as smart,
25:34or whether I ever was.
25:40They didn't pick each other.
25:42True.
25:43So this will be interesting to see how they get on.
25:45All right.
25:46Ready?
25:48In front of each of you are 15 portraits.
25:5212 of them are the same for both of you.
25:55Three are unique to you.
25:56Place a red sticker on each of the unique portraits
26:00and press the stop button to finish.
26:02All right.
26:03Shall we?
26:04Take these with me.
26:04Ready?
26:06Yeah.
26:09Okay.
26:13Okay.
26:15Where do we begin?
26:16I don't know about makes and models of cats and dogs,
26:19but I do trust myself to just describe a few things.
26:23However, I don't really have a system.
26:26Have you got a black cat?
26:27There is more than one black cat.
26:29So I'm not sure black cat is enough.
26:31No.
26:32Oh, so how would you do this?
26:34Pick a common characteristic.
26:35Yeah.
26:35For example, I might say, I've got three cats with crowns.
26:38How many have you got?
26:39Yeah.
26:39Two.
26:40Okay, so one of them is likely to be unique.
26:42Describe your cats with crowns.
26:43Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:44I've got a cat with a loaf of bread on a sort of platter.
26:47Typical pastry chef going straight for the carbs.
26:52Yes, we've both got that.
26:54I've got a black cat with three apples.
26:58I do not see a black cat with three apples.
27:00Oh, fantastic.
27:02I have one black cat staring at me with a muff.
27:04Is it a muff? It's not a ruff.
27:05It's a ruff.
27:07I have the black cat with the ruff as well.
27:09Do you know what those are called?
27:10Piccadilles.
27:11Piccadilles.
27:12And Piccadilly Circus was built on a tailor
27:14that made these Sir Walter Raleigh ruffs
27:17that these animals are wearing.
27:18No way.
27:19I've got a dog that's got a sort of half-eaten croissant
27:21and a goblet.
27:22My curtains are closed now, but I think I have that.
27:24Oh, and you didn't say the curtains close.
27:28The curtains close every 30 seconds for 30 seconds,
27:32but they can keep playing the game
27:33because hopefully they'll have memorised some things.
27:36I can't remember what else I saw.
27:38As soon as the curtains close, my mind is just going blank.
27:42Then I'm starting to panic.
27:43We're looking at the dog with a half-eaten croissant
27:45and a goblet.
27:47And Richard just adapts to that.
27:48And he's so calm and so reassuring.
27:51It's all right.
27:53What about the white dog, very red eyes,
27:55with meat on a plate in front of it?
27:58No dog with meat on a plate in front of it.
28:00All right, Ace.
28:02Have you got white cat in a blue jacket?
28:04Have you got him?
28:05I think I have.
28:06My curtains are closed now.
28:07Oh, not again.
28:10They've both got great posture.
28:12I haven't, but they have.
28:13I slump forward.
28:14I've straightened up now.
28:14Yeah.
28:18I'm feeling anxious
28:20because I'm doubting myself
28:21and that's all costing us time.
28:24The French bulldog with the goblet,
28:26we both have that.
28:27Yeah.
28:28She's doing so well.
28:30Yeah, there is no...
28:30She's clear.
28:31She's succinct.
28:32She's got great communication skills.
28:34You don't have a more feminine cat
28:36with a blue gem?
28:38No.
28:39Great.
28:40Have you got a white general dog
28:42with a kingfisher?
28:44Bear with me.
28:47No.
28:47Okay, I've got that.
28:49I have a dog with yellow flowers.
28:51Like a beagle.
28:52Big floppy ears
28:53and a really small crown.
28:54They're not sticking up, right?
28:56No, they're down.
28:57No, mine is sticking up, right?
28:58Okay, great.
28:58Okay.
29:00I think I've got my three.
29:02Okay, so I've got a dog in a tunic
29:04with like a green gem at the bottom,
29:06a red gem in the middle
29:06and a blue gem at the top.
29:09No, no.
29:10Then I think I've got my three.
29:12When they open one last time,
29:14I'll say it.
29:14Is that okay?
29:15You want to run through it once more, yeah?
29:16You sure?
29:17I want to be sure,
29:19but then I look at the time
29:20and I think,
29:20no, I don't have time to do this.
29:22I'm literally getting confused.
29:24If I screw up,
29:26then he's being sent home because of me.
29:38All right, Grant, so when they open...
29:40Hang on.
29:40Okay.
29:41Decide when the curtains open up again.
29:44In Genius HQ,
29:45our first pair, Richard and Hadja,
29:48have just four and a half minutes left of the second round.
29:51Say what you see.
29:53You've got them.
29:53You've got them.
29:54When it opens up again,
29:55you'll see them and you'll know which one's which.
29:57You're brilliant.
29:59You have to really trust your partner, don't you?
30:02Okay, I'm ready.
30:03Are you ready?
30:03We're going. Yeah, ready.
30:05Blue gem lady cat.
30:06Proud dog with the three gems.
30:09Kingfisher.
30:10Black cat with three apples.
30:12Dog with the yellow flowers behind it.
30:13White dog, red eyes, plate of meat.
30:16Close the curtains, please.
30:19Close the curtains.
30:21All right, let's go, system.
30:23We're done.
30:24Punch it.
30:25I think I messed up at the end.
30:26How are you doing?
30:28Aw.
30:28They are incredibly efficient
30:30because their time was 11.57
30:33and they got them all correct.
30:38Hello.
30:38How are you doing?
30:39Hey, how are you doing, guys?
30:41You all right?
30:41How are you both?
30:42Yes, yes.
30:43Nervous.
30:44Yeah, yeah.
30:48This is a very tricky game.
30:50Let's see how the other pairs do.
30:54In front of each of you are 15 portraits.
30:58Work together to find the three unique portraits on each side.
31:02Oh, wow.
31:03Okay.
31:04This is going to be fun, isn't it?
31:06Game of guess who, innit?
31:07How many have got crowns on?
31:10I've got six.
31:12Six.
31:12So it's not the ones wearing crowns.
31:14Well, it might be.
31:15At all.
31:16Do you have a dog, a little bit of blue, mainly gold?
31:20Oh, gosh.
31:23When they first close, it is incredibly discombobulating.
31:27Let's go back to this dog with a bird once this curtain opens.
31:31Yeah.
31:31I've got a tabby cat with a loaf of bread in front of it.
31:34Yeah, was it in a bowl?
31:35I'll tell you when it opens.
31:39You've got a cat, red jacket, loaf of bread?
31:42No.
31:43Okay.
31:43So that's unique to me.
31:45I see it, but the curtains are closing, and I'm thinking, how did I miss that?
31:49Oh, I can see the cat with a loaf of bread now.
31:51God, sorry.
31:52Oh, okay.
31:52No, it's fine.
31:53My head is frying.
31:55It's a cat.
31:55It's got a crown on.
31:56Five or six apples on the left.
31:57Two apples on the right.
31:58Oh, you're kidding me.
31:59That's the one I asked you about before, and you said no.
32:02Unfortunately, my information retention isn't there.
32:05Oh, damn.
32:06I think she might have shouted at me a little bit, but it's okay.
32:09Sorry, mate.
32:10Spaniel in the works.
32:12Spaniel in the works?
32:13Spaniel.
32:14A white dog, he's got steak on a plate.
32:17No.
32:19Okay.
32:20The crown is gold and is blue.
32:21Blue stones.
32:22Okay.
32:23Let's go.
32:24Ten minutes.
32:25Should we go?
32:27Let's wait till the curtains open.
32:29Are they going too early?
32:31Oh, fuck.
32:33I'll pop it.
32:35Five minutes.
32:36Okay.
32:36It's like the perfect storm of things I'm not good at.
32:39Don't despair.
32:40We're not far.
32:41I'm just sticking my stickers on.
32:43Uh, it was...
32:44I'm going to go this one.
32:46We're going to have to start placing stickers.
32:48Are we happy to lock in?
32:49I'm happy to lock in.
32:51It's that one.
32:53Um...
32:53You ready to press the button?
32:55Last one.
32:56I don't know if that's there.
32:57Close the curtain.
32:58Close the curtain.
32:59You have one minute left.
33:01Ready?
33:02Yeah.
33:02Three, two, one, go.
33:04Oh, Star Wars tough.
33:06I'm never playing Guess Who again.
33:10I thought you two would have, like, flourished with that task.
33:14No, no.
33:14My thing is, like, a cat looks like a cat.
33:16Yeah.
33:17You did do skinny and ugly and evil.
33:19Yeah, skinny, ugly and evil.
33:21Hi, guys.
33:22Hello.
33:23Hi.
33:23How was that?
33:25Not good.
33:26Interesting.
33:27I don't think, outside of a heist movie, watching people in an art gallery could be so thrilling.
33:33I mean, listen, there was only one team that got all six correct.
33:38Wow.
33:43So, the first pair going through is...
33:50Richard and Hajar.
33:52Well done.
33:53Well done.
33:54You got all six correct.
33:56The next and final pair going through is...
34:06Tommy and Victoria.
34:08Well done.
34:13It was very close.
34:15You got five out of six, just like Carl and Opie.
34:19But you were 39 seconds faster.
34:23Sadly, that means we've got to say goodbye to David and Carl and Opie and Carl.
34:28Do you sort of know what you did wrong?
34:31I think we put the stickers on the wrong paintings.
34:33Yeah.
34:35I'm pleased I got this far as I did.
34:37When I consider my condition, it's good to know that I'm still functioning cognitively.
34:43And hopefully that will continue for long into the future.
34:46Right, I'm going to leave you lot to mentally prepare because the next game isn't a day out at the
34:52art gallery.
34:53Oh, no.
34:54So, rest up and I'll see you in a bit.
34:58When Alan called my name, I was properly shocked.
35:00It's a nice accolade to have and to make the final four.
35:02And it was a room full of bright people.
35:05We're an odd bunch.
35:06Yeah.
35:06A pastry chef, a pest controller, a comedian and a delivery driver.
35:10Who'd have thunk it?
35:12Definitely not us.
35:14Only three of the remaining four players can go through to the finals in Oxford.
35:20And just one more round stands between them.
35:26This is giving me Alice in Wonderland vibes.
35:29I think this game might be one of the trickiest of the lot.
35:33So, it's the ultimate test of a working memory and fluid reasoning.
35:38And our players will have up to 30 minutes to complete it.
35:41This is called tell as old as time.
35:45Ooh.
35:46So, our players can take up and it's memorising each number and the colour that number represents.
35:53Okay.
35:54Once they've memorised this clock, they move over to the next room.
35:58Oh, this is even more like Alice in Wonderland.
36:01It is.
36:02Are you like that queen that goes off with her head?
36:04Our players now have to set each of these clocks to the correct time looking at the colour of the
36:12arrows and the colour of the number.
36:15So, the colour of the arrow relates to the minute hand and the colour of the number relates to the
36:20hour hand.
36:21So, can you remember what black represented?
36:23Erm, twelve.
36:24Excellent.
36:25And blue is number seven.
36:27Okay.
36:28So, that means the hour is going to be on seven.
36:32And the minute hand is going to be at twelve.
36:34So, that is seven o'clock.
36:35Oh.
36:36Get it?
36:36Okay, I get it.
36:37If they get it right, the clock will chime.
36:40Ah.
36:41The key to this game is to turn off your brain to everything except the colours.
36:45If they need clarity, they can go back to the clock, but they have to stay for one minute.
36:51I honestly think this is one of the most devious that we have.
36:53Yeah, yeah.
36:54It's bamboozling, isn't it?
36:55It is bamboozling.
36:59I feel all nervous now.
37:02You've been saying that all afternoon.
37:03Yeah.
37:03You've been saying that you don't think you'll be able to do it, but you don't know.
37:06It's not that I don't think I'll be able to.
37:08It's just, erm, if I, just if I get panicked.
37:11If I, like, fluster myself.
37:13First to play for a place in the final is comedian Hadja.
37:17And also on the flip side, I might see it and be like, yeah, you know this.
37:20But then actually, erm, just be, just have misunderstood.
37:24Hadja!
37:28I actually haven't told my family I'm doing this competition.
37:34Getting through to the final would give me the validation I'm looking for.
37:44Hadja, it's already been really impressive, so I am rooting for her here.
37:50Memorise the coloured numbers on the clock face to the left of you.
37:53You have up to five minutes to look at this clock.
37:56Right, so fuchsia, green, yellow, purple, pink, brown.
38:01Fuchsia, green, yellow, purple, pink, brown.
38:04Purpleising can really help, I think, with memory games.
38:07Yeah.
38:07Fuchsia, green, yellow.
38:07As I'm just saying the words over and over, I do think to make it into a song.
38:12Fuchsia, green, yellow, purple, pink, brown.
38:13Fuchsia, green, yellow, purple, pink, brown.
38:15Fuchsia, green, yellow, purple, pink, brown.
38:15Do you ever sing?
38:16I do.
38:17Always sing.
38:17Just sing like, knickers is actually knickers.
38:21Knickers.
38:22I'd buy it.
38:23Would you?
38:24No.
38:27The colours of the arrows and numbers linked back to the clock face you've just memorised.
38:33When I'm looking at the instructions, I'm really stressed with how little I trust myself
38:38about how to retain that information.
38:41And so I only read one bit of the instruction at a time.
38:44So, turquoise is seven.
38:47So, it's seven o'clock.
38:51I get really distracted by the chimes.
38:53I don't know what they mean.
38:55If they get it correct, each clock will chime.
38:59Um, turquoise, seven.
39:01Blue.
39:03Fuchsia, green, yellow, purple, pink, brown.
39:05Turquoise.
39:06Where's the blue?
39:08Um, ah, fuck me.
39:10I can't remember.
39:12She's struggling to remember the number of dark blue.
39:14Do you remember this one, Alan?
39:15Yeah, ten.
39:15Excellent.
39:16Okay.
39:18Six.
39:18Fuchsia.
39:19One.
39:20It's the hour.
39:21So, it's one o'clock.
39:23The minute.
39:23It's green.
39:24Two.
39:25So, it's ten past...
39:27I don't know what that means.
39:29Yellow, purple.
39:31Four.
39:32It's the hour.
39:33Minute is on nine.
39:37I can't remember what those chimes mean.
39:39I can't remember what those chimes mean.
39:40She didn't quite realise it then.
39:41Correct.
39:41Move on.
39:42Oh, I see.
39:44Is that all four?
39:46Oh, no.
39:47Do you think she's done?
39:49Yeah.
39:50When you've set the time on the clock correctly, the clock will chime.
39:52Uh, no, you've got to go back to the second one.
39:54Did I hear all four chimes?
39:58I don't know how many chimes I've heard.
40:00And I don't know how many clocks I've got right.
40:14Hi, hi.
40:15Hey.
40:16Welcome back.
40:17Hi.
40:18Hello.
40:19And?
40:20And?
40:21Feel the beans?
40:22I don't...
40:23I don't know.
40:23I don't know.
40:24I don't know.
40:24At Genius HQ, comedian Hadja is the only player to have taken on the final round.
40:31Tale as old as time.
40:32Um, I find that...
40:35I panic.
40:35Do you want a drink?
40:36Yeah, vodka please.
40:37I'll be great.
40:38It's just...
40:41It's a really tough game, this one.
40:52Memorise the coloured numbers on the clock face to the left of you.
40:57Marvelous.
40:58Memory game.
41:02I have no memory.
41:04Pink, green, yellow.
41:07Purple.
41:07Pink, brown, blue.
41:09And remember, that's 12 numbers and colours that you've got to remember.
41:12This is not easy.
41:14So our players now have to set each of these clocks to the correct time,
41:19looking at the colour of the arrows and the colour of the numbers.
41:26I feel like his eyes are rushing around without actually focusing.
41:33Let's give it a go.
41:34The colour of the arrow represents the minute hand.
41:38The colour of the number represents the hour hand.
41:42Colour.
41:42Oh, the colour.
41:45Quitting isn't in my nature.
41:46If I can get the first one, maybe the second one will come to me.
41:52Ooh.
41:56So this would be seven.
41:58Seven o'clock.
41:59Cos black was 12.
42:01There we are, smashing.
42:03I can't remember that one.
42:06So 10.35.
42:09I have remembered the colour sequence.
42:11I know what I'm doing.
42:12I'm starting to feel really confident.
42:14Fuck me, sideways.
42:16The memory is not there.
42:20He looks lost.
42:22Looks a bit lost.
42:24I have no idea what's going on here.
42:27He's gone back to the first clock.
42:28I think this is a good way to play it.
42:30I don't remember.
42:31I need green and I need purple.
42:34You know exactly what you're looking for.
42:36You only have to stay there 60 seconds and it can go straight back and lock it in.
42:39Two and four.
42:40Smashing.
42:43I feel pressure in having to learn stuff because I don't like getting it wrong because I don't want to
42:47be judged for failing.
42:48The number is the hour.
42:50Pink.
42:50So one o'clock.
42:52And green.
42:53Temple.
42:55She's on a roll.
42:56She's nailing this.
42:58You're 60 seconds, Ella.
43:00Even before you're ready.
43:02Go on, Tommy.
43:03Keep going.
43:03Keep going.
43:04He's got so much up here to give.
43:07Four.
43:09Four.
43:10And nine.
43:12S.
43:13And the four.
43:14Brilliant.
43:15The fact that the colours and the answers and the outside, the arrows, and even if it said minute and
43:20thing instead of just arrow and number, I still would be struggling.
43:25It's not my game.
43:29Memory ain't my thing.
43:33Okay.
43:35I think I'm done.
43:40I was really apprehensive.
43:42All the other tasks I didn't feel like that.
43:44I don't know about you.
43:45I'm annoyed.
43:46I feel sick from the adrenaline now.
43:49Oh, how we doing?
43:51What do you think of that game?
43:53It was so intense.
43:55I mean, what's wrong with Susie?
43:57Why does she have to have a clock in every game when she appears on telly?
44:00The woman's obsessed.
44:02Well, listen.
44:03Let me put you out your misery.
44:04The tie for first place.
44:07Ooh.
44:08There's a tie.
44:11Is...
44:17Richard and Victoria.
44:19Oh, well done, guys.
44:20Well done.
44:21I'm shocked.
44:22I'm in.
44:24I was convinced I was going to be out on the lowest time.
44:28So the fact that I came joint first, I'm really, really happy.
44:34And the last person going through to the finals is...
44:41Hadja.
44:42Well done, Hadja.
44:44Well done, Hadja.
44:45When are you going to start believing in yourself?
44:49You're shocked!
44:51So Tommy, tell me what happened. Talk me through it.
44:55I had no chance. The minute I read in, none of the instructions took note.
44:59I knew it wasn't for me.
45:00Call it a day.
45:01Yeah, yeah.
45:02Well done.
45:04It's one of those things, if I don't see it, the more I stare at it, the less likely I'm
45:09going to make it.
45:10And I just wish every one of those three the best of luck.
45:14Kind of hope one of them goes on to win it, so I can say that at least I went
45:17up against the winner.
45:19He's got a good poker face, hasn't he?
45:21Amazing poker face.
45:23Getting through to the final means a lot.
45:27The competition is so stiff.
45:29I honestly thought I'd be out in the first round, or like, slight chance in the second.
45:33Yeah, I really didn't think I'd be one of the three sat here, honest.
45:37They don't know it, but by the end of the competition, one of them will find out their IQ is
45:43apparently on a par with Charles Darwin.
45:45Here's hoping they can survive the natural selection of the finals.
45:49The finals. I know.
45:51From 12 to 3.
45:53And then back to 12 again.
45:54And then back to 12 again.
46:06Welcome to Oxford University.
46:08Who thinks they're out the depths?
46:10Oh, definitely.
46:12Next time.
46:13For the first time in the competition, you're going to go head to head against each other.
46:18Yeah, bring it on. Love it.
46:19I mean, you're going down, but you know, it should be fun.
46:21Their competitive heads have turned on and they're just like, I will destroy you.
46:27Oh, okay.
46:29Our 12 finalists meet for the first time.
46:34Let's just take a guess, shall we?
46:35This is where it all falls apart.
46:37You can really feel the pressure.
46:39You have one minute left.
46:42Oh, what an idiot.
46:43I think the games have got a lot tougher from here.
46:46Oh, Christ.
46:49To apply for a potential future series of secret genius, go to Channel 4, Take Part.
46:57But.
47:09You.
47:10You.
47:10Who.
47:11Who.
47:13Who.
47:14Who.
47:15Who.
47:16Who.
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