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00:06So, Alan, we're in Oxford.
00:08We're here to crown the winner of Secret Genius.
00:11Are you excited?
00:11I am excited.
00:12I just don't know why we have to come to your old college.
00:16It's almost like my Drama and Fear studies degree
00:18at Middlesex University isn't the stuff of genius.
00:21Well, to be fair, Oxford has produced a lot of geniuses.
00:24I mean, Einstein formulated a lot of his groundbreaking theories here.
00:27Yes, but could Einstein explain one of his precious theories
00:31through the medium of expressive dance?
00:37In an imaginary box?
00:41So, Susie Dent, I ask you, who's the genius now?
00:45Four weeks ago, our search for Britain's first-ever secret genius began.
00:51Being a pastry chef carries certain connotations.
00:54If you work in a kitchen, it's because you're not clever enough to work.
00:57I think I was right.
00:5848 ordinary people.
01:00I'm a delivery driver.
01:02I meet hundreds of people.
01:03I remember all of them.
01:04I'm known as a super recognizer.
01:06With extraordinary brains.
01:09When I were a kid, I used to know everybody's reg play on a state where I lived.
01:13Took on a series of mind-stretching games designed with Mensa.
01:18Dark door, loud, trap, fast, fast.
01:21That was impressive.
01:22I mean, that was incredibly fast.
01:23To test their raw intelligence.
01:26Oh, my goodness.
01:27This is so sharp.
01:29There we are.
01:30How'd you get that?
01:32Oh, my God.
01:33I've got it right.
01:34Wow.
01:36I've literally just figured it out.
01:38Superpowers.
01:39Press the button.
01:40Time.
01:41Okay, I'm done.
01:43She's so impressive.
01:44Only the top three from each heat earn themselves a place in the finals.
01:51I don't know whether I'm laughing or not.
01:54Now at Oxford University.
01:57Who thinks they're out the dead?
01:59Oh, definitely.
01:59I wasn't nervous.
02:01Now I am.
02:01The games are going to be harder.
02:03Oh, Christ.
02:05Than anything they've played before.
02:08Quite daunting, but it would be lovely to win.
02:10And they'll have less time.
02:12You have one minute left.
02:14To complete them.
02:16I'm not an idiot.
02:17This is really going to separate the wheat from the chaff.
02:20Do or die.
02:21All because only one can be crowned.
02:24The winner of Secret Genius is...
02:36I spent so many years trying to fit in and be what other people wanted me to be.
02:41I finally got to that point where I'm comfortable enough to put myself in the firing line and find out
02:46if I'm a secret genius.
02:48Welcome to Secret Genius.
02:50We're at Oxford University, the birthplace of Mensa, and where this modern architectural marvel awaits our 12 finalists.
03:01I'm a waitress, although I love the job at the restaurant.
03:04I think it's fair to say I've been hiding my intelligence for quite a long time.
03:08Some have been overlooked by the school system and are here to prove they have more potential than they ever
03:15thought possible.
03:16It took me four attempts to get five O-levels.
03:20I really, really struggled to do them.
03:22Fingers crossed.
03:23I can prove that I'm not as thick as the school teachers said.
03:26From each heap, these are our top performing players.
03:29Put it this way.
03:30If they've won the genetic lottery, I've won a fiver on a scratch card.
03:35It's exciting, but now the games are going to get harder, so it's all very intimidating.
03:41This is where it gets intense.
03:43Bring in the clever people.
03:47How are you feeling?
03:48I have been nervous in the run-up to it, but now I'm here, it's just like, yeah, bring it
03:51on.
03:51Love it.
03:52Just ask me again later when I'm probably going to be a puddle on the floor, to be honest.
03:56Oh, hello.
03:57Hello.
03:58Hello.
03:59More people, new people.
04:01Today, the finalists from all four heats are meeting for the first time.
04:06I'm Justin.
04:07All of a sudden, we're against nine other people.
04:10They've come from different heats, so they're the best in those regions as well.
04:13So we're now against people who are potentially cleverer than the other people within our group.
04:17I'm Nathan.
04:18I'm Ollie.
04:19I think it's just it me.
04:21Final toll feels really quite big.
04:23What is it you do?
04:24Oh, I'm an ambulance tech.
04:26I'm not quite a paramedic.
04:28Uh-huh.
04:29I get old ladies off the floor and stuff like that, mainly.
04:32What's your name?
04:33Hadja.
04:34Hadja.
04:34Hadja.
04:35Yeah, Hadja like badger.
04:36How'd you take your coffee?
04:38That's actually the first time I've heard that.
04:39There we go.
04:40Yeah.
04:40Sitting in that waiting room with those other finalists, there's lots of people that seem,
04:45you know, certainly on the surface, seem very intelligent.
04:47I'm a machine learning engineer.
04:49Everyone seems just as nervous and terrified as each other.
04:55Oh, no.
04:57I'll spill something on myself later on for solidarity.
04:59Don't worry.
05:02Hello, everyone.
05:04Welcome to Oxford University.
05:09Graduates from here have included Stephen Hawking, Oscar Wilde, and also Liz Truss and Rupert Murdoch.
05:17So what a freshers' week that must have been.
05:21But what an amazing achievement to reach this far.
05:24Who thinks they're out the depths?
05:26Oh, definitely.
05:27Really?
05:28You don't.
05:29You've scared me a little bit.
05:31You've scared me a little bit.
05:32Well, obviously, I can't do it all by myself.
05:35It's time to meet the brains behind the operation.
05:38It's Miss Susie Den.
05:40Hello.
05:42Hello.
05:43Welcome to Oxford.
05:45Today's games are going to be a bit of a step up from the ones that you've been through before.
05:49Aww.
05:50Not only are they going to be a little bit harder, but you will have less time to complete them.
05:56First of all, we've got two quick five rounds.
05:58After those, 12 will be reduced to just eight.
06:04And that's when things get really, really tough.
06:06Because for the first time in the competition, you're going to go head to head against each other.
06:11No.
06:13There will be a knockout round, which will decide which four of you will go through to the final round.
06:19No pressure.
06:20Good luck.
06:21See you later.
06:24This is terrible.
06:25Isn't it?
06:27I'm shitting me, son.
06:28I didn't actually feel that nervous before.
06:31Because it feels ten times worse this time round.
06:35You smashed it last time.
06:37You'll be great.
06:37Not lucky.
06:39There's definitely a lot more pressure.
06:41And I just put a lot of pressure on myself.
06:43I want to do really well.
06:45So, one in three chance to be here tomorrow.
06:49That's not great odds.
06:51This way, please.
06:53You're so polite, Susie.
06:55It's the name of the first quick fire round, Alan.
06:57Oh, you weren't being polite.
06:59So, in this first game, the players have to work out the missing distance on a signpost.
07:05Following the pattern that has been set by the other ones.
07:08The second quick fire, they will see a 3D model of a college with its various rooms.
07:13They have to make their way out of this college, passing through every single room.
07:19But, they then have to memorise the route.
07:22And they have not got long.
07:23They've got ten minutes for the total.
07:24Ten minutes!
07:25Yeah.
07:25So, for this final 12, we're really upping the ante, aren't we?
07:28We really are.
07:29I think this is really going to separate the wheat from the chaff.
07:34All of a sudden, it's just all got very, very real.
07:37It does. It's crazy.
07:37I'm terrified.
07:38I think, whether they want to or not, everyone feels a little bit like there's more on the line.
07:43First to face the quick fire round, village pharmacist Amy.
07:46I'm going to go for a pee in a minute and probably have a cry and then come back and
07:52be OK.
07:53OK, Susie's number is 01316.
07:59Her lightning-fast processing skill saw her come out top in the South Western Wales hit.
08:05OK, I'm done.
08:06Yes, she's got it.
08:08The person who scored the highest is Amy.
08:11Hey!
08:14How do you deal with, like, the pressure? I do get a bit nervous.
08:17Pressure?
08:18With people.
08:18I work really well under pressure.
08:20It is more the case of my biggest weakness is getting in my own way.
08:24I think my lack of self-belief comes from school.
08:28Bullies.
08:29If I ever say, I think that I'm smart, I think there'll be somebody waiting in the wings to shoot
08:35me down and say, fraud.
08:37No, you're not.
08:39So I'm feeling a bit apprehensive about going to Oxford now.
08:42The nerves are starting to set in and I don't know why.
08:45I've got every confidence in you.
08:46I always knew that you were a clever little madam because, you know, your first word was helicopter.
08:53But you've always had a little bit of self-doubt.
08:56She is a very intelligent, articulate woman, but she's hidden it.
09:03It's been a long time coming, Amy, and that is, as a parent, that's a very, very nice thing to
09:08see.
09:09Thanks, Mama.
09:13Amy.
09:15Oh, go have fun.
09:17After my technique.
09:18Good luck, mate.
09:22If out of this I find out that I do have that slightly higher IQ, I think I'll hold my
09:27head a little bit higher.
09:28I think I'll feel a little bit more confident in voicing my opinions and my thoughts.
09:33This is the diving board and I'm ready to jump off.
09:40Okay.
09:49Solve the puzzle to work out how far it is to Genius District.
09:54Solve the puzzle.
09:56So what parts of the brain are they going to have to use for this one?
10:00This is all about fluid reasoning, so this is about recognising the pattern.
10:03Okay, so we've got London, 24, Swansea, 28, Manchester, 70, Glasgow, 35.
10:10What is the relationship between these places and these numbers?
10:1428, 17, 35 all divided by 7, but 24 doesn't.
10:18Do you think we're going to get letters from people going,
10:21London isn't 24 miles, where are you if London is 24 miles and Swansea is 28?
10:28Are they mileage?
10:30There's no place that is 24 miles from London and 28 miles from Swansea,
10:34so, like, throw that out, it's nothing to do with geography.
10:36To crack this, the players need to work out the mathematical relationship
10:40between the place names and the distances,
10:43and then apply that to find the missing number on Genius District.
10:47But it's not easy, because there are a lot of false trails on this one,
10:50lots of red herrings.
10:51A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, 12.
10:55No, that's not going to work.
10:56Ten minutes is so little time for these challenges.
10:59I mean, that's almost the most difficult thing of these.
11:03One, two, three, four, six.
11:04London has six letters, 24 is four times six.
11:08Five, six, seven.
11:09Swansea has seven letters, 28 is four times seven.
11:13OK.
11:14Four by seven.
11:16One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
11:18Glasgow has seven letters.
11:2135 is five times seven.
11:23It's related to the number of letters.
11:26Yeah.
11:28What's the relationship?
11:31I know there is a relationship between the number of letters in these words
11:34and the distances they're giving me.
11:36I know that's what it is.
11:37What is it?
11:38Ooh.
11:39Six times four consonants, 24.
11:42Seven times one, two, three, four consonants, 28.
11:45OK.
11:46Isn't it amazing when you see it just click?
11:49Yeah.
11:49And she goes...
11:50Ultimately, they just have to distill it down to number of letters, number of consonants.
11:55Simple when you know it.
11:56How many letters are in Genius District?
11:58It's 14.
11:59OK.
12:00How many consonants?
12:01Nine times 14 is 28 times four, which is 112, plus 14 is 126.
12:12126 miles to Genius District.
12:14It is 126.
12:15Well done.
12:16Well done.
12:18She has got the first one, but she's left herself with a little time only for this one.
12:23Using the 3D model provided, work out the starting position and make your way to the exit.
12:29This second game is a maze modelled on a university college.
12:34The players must find the start point, then plot their route out.
12:38But they must pass through every door once.
12:42This tests logical reasoning, but that's really only half of it.
12:46OK, so...
12:48If that's the exit, this is the last room I'm in because there's no other doors.
12:53So the archives is last before the exit.
12:56She's working backwards from the exit.
12:58That's a smart move.
13:00Into the refectory, into the inner hall, into the senior common room, into the reading room, into the head's office.
13:04The head's office is the start point.
13:06OK, so start memorising it from there.
13:08Head's office, reading room, senior common room.
13:12Now, Alan, there is a key thing in this game.
13:16You have the 3D model, you memorise it, you move away, you cannot go back.
13:20Inner hall, refectory, exam hall, lab, profs, lecture, labs, study, archives.
13:25That's just...
13:28I always second guess.
13:30That's definitely a weakness.
13:31You have one minute left.
13:34Right.
13:35Head's office.
13:38It's first.
13:40Archives were last.
13:46Oh, I've lost it already.
13:48Oh, you can just see the rising panic.
13:52Oh, crap.
13:53Oh, she needs to really speed up here.
13:57Senior common room.
14:00Inner hall.
14:02And the time is up.
14:04Oh, that was really tough.
14:18I've just noticed your footwear.
14:20What's the soul like?
14:22In the heart of Oxford University,
14:25our 12 finalists are all vying to be crowned
14:28Britain's first secret genius.
14:31Amy, how are you feeling?
14:32I ran out of time.
14:33And now I'm just, like, a mess.
14:35So far, only village pharmacist Amy
14:38has faced the quickfire round.
14:40Did you find when you had your kids
14:41that you kind of changed
14:43how you thought about your intelligence?
14:44Because, like, I thought, like,
14:45a big chunk of my brain just switched off.
14:47Yeah.
14:47My mum always says, like,
14:48she gave her brain cells to us.
14:50So I feel like maybe that's what happened a little bit.
14:52You have to make space in your brain
14:53for all the other things,
14:54like the name of their teachers
14:55and, like, when their exams are
14:56and things like that.
14:57Reminding them to go to the toilet.
14:59Yeah.
14:59Both of mine are going to university,
15:01like, away from home,
15:01like, moving out of the house in September.
15:04This is the first time in about 19 years
15:07that I've had time to do anything
15:08just for me without the family.
15:11You guys are obviously leaving this year.
15:14And, I mean, I'm sad that you're going,
15:16but I'm going to have a little bit more time
15:18to try something for myself.
15:20The real me that was around
15:22before they were born,
15:23it's hard to remember her.
15:25No more laundry.
15:26So extra time.
15:27Until we come back.
15:29Yeah, don't bring it all home at Christmas.
15:32Yeah.
15:32Just getting this far has been good for me.
15:34I'm just looking to go home
15:36and show my sons
15:37and be like,
15:38I'm not that stupid, actually, you know?
15:42OK, on with the next.
15:4511 finalists are still to face the first round,
15:49where they must tackle two games in just 10 minutes.
15:54Oh, Christ.
15:55Damn, OK, that's pretty hard.
15:57But only the top eight will make it through
15:59to the next round of the competition.
16:03It seems this is all the information I have.
16:05I'm going to have a look
16:06and see if there's anything behind.
16:08And there's not.
16:10Pink, orange, yellow.
16:12Pink isn't in the rainbow, though.
16:14Pink isn't in the rainbow?
16:16A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
16:19I think there's a lot of overthinking going on.
16:22E.
16:24Hmm.
16:25Oh, time's going quick.
16:26Oh, God.
16:27I don't know.
16:28I am now realising that, if anything,
16:31it's going to be a guess.
16:3252.
16:3359.
16:3480.
16:3540.
16:3664.
16:38115.
16:40Oh.
16:41Oh.
16:43She's sussed it.
16:45Six letters times four consonants.
16:48I can see there's a connection
16:49between the number of letters in the words
16:50and the consonants.
16:52I do London first,
16:53and I'm like, oh, this actually works.
16:55My final answer is 126.
16:58Yes.
16:59Well done, Selina.
17:00Selina.
17:01My final answer is 126.
17:04Yes.
17:04Yes.
17:06So I move on to the next game.
17:10Oh, Christ.
17:12I'm not going to remember this at all.
17:13So, archives is the exit.
17:15You must come through the lavatories.
17:16I love the way you've put lavatories
17:17instead of toilets.
17:19This is a classy show.
17:20Of course.
17:21I've noted that.
17:22The lav.
17:23Okay, so we're starting at the head's office.
17:25Remember, Alan,
17:26once you've left the 3D model,
17:28you can't go back.
17:29That's it.
17:31What do we have to do with this, then?
17:32Oh, what's this?
17:34Ha-ha!
17:35Fuck.
17:35So I can't go back.
17:36Oh, sugar,
17:37I was meant to remember all the rooms.
17:39My brain is a little bit too frazzled.
17:42Let's just take a guess, shall we?
17:44There we go.
17:46Read the instruction.
17:48Yeah.
17:48It's how they cope with the pressure.
17:49I mean, in some ways,
17:50we're testing that as much as anything.
17:53Oh.
17:54Fuck, I don't remember.
17:56The first game wasn't playing to my shrimps.
17:58The second game isn't playing to my shrimps.
18:00You have one minute left.
18:03Jesus Christ.
18:04Is there a pen?
18:05Oh, God.
18:07Oh, I can't find anything.
18:08Fuck, I can't remember.
18:10Ah, no!
18:11You can really feel the pressure, can't you?
18:14Fuck.
18:15Ha-ha-ha!
18:16This is where it all falls apart.
18:18Mmm.
18:19Come on!
18:21I feel like Selina is the quiet assassin.
18:24Ten out of twelve.
18:26And she got the first one right.
18:27I've never studied that.
18:30Well done, Nathan.
18:36Your time has been stopped.
18:40Oh.
18:41Jesus, that was tough.
18:44Pooh.
18:45I think the games have got a lot tougher from here.
18:49Have you prepared, Nathan?
18:50Did you prepare in any way?
18:52No.
18:52No.
18:53Do you?
18:54I didn't know what to do.
18:55No, exactly.
18:55You can't.
18:56The final person to attempt the quick-fire round, ambulance crew member Olly.
19:01Her mind-blowing memory saw her come top in the north-western Northern Ireland heat.
19:07Oh, my God!
19:08That was impressive.
19:09I mean, that was incredibly fast.
19:11Our top performer was Olly.
19:13Well played, Olly.
19:16Oh, I feel so sick about it.
19:18Oh, don't.
19:19You'll be fine.
19:20You've underestimated yourself at every single juncture and come out all right, so I don't
19:24expect this to be any different, because the less confident you are, the more convinced
19:27I am that you've smashed it.
19:29Yeah.
19:31I don't know what a genius looks like.
19:34I wouldn't have a clue.
19:37Hiya, hon.
19:38Are you OK?
19:39Yes, you.
19:39Hello.
19:40OK.
19:41Mm-hmm.
19:41I'm covered up.
19:42You fancy a brew?
19:43Shall I put a kettle on?
19:44Yes, please.
19:45What's your tree, Olly?
19:47That one's Circus candinensis.
19:49Pansy tree.
19:50She's always been clever.
19:51She's always been switched on, right from being a tiny tot.
19:55As a child, she'd not got a phone.
19:56And yet, if she'd got her number to recall, she could tell you faster than I could find
20:01it in my phone book.
20:02Well, Olly didn't achieve grades that she wanted at school, and for that reason, she's
20:07always sort of been down on herself.
20:09At school, I just used to hate the repetition of it.
20:13I just found it really banal and boring.
20:16I probably wear away with fairies a lot.
20:18It'd be nice if she didn't doubt herself so much.
20:21She doesn't even know what she's capable of yet.
20:23And I think it will be good to see.
20:26I think it will be good to see.
20:29Olly.
20:30Oh, yep.
20:31It's your time.
20:31Good luck.
20:32Good luck, Olly.
20:33You'll smash it.
20:34Yes.
20:37I'm really, really nervous about the first game.
20:39It feels ten times worse this time around.
20:42Overall, it's just a fear of failure on my part.
20:44Right, you'll send Olly in.
20:55Solve the puzzle to work out how far it is to Genius District.
20:59I start looking at the first two numbers that are 24 and 28 and then I go down to Manchester
21:05and it's a huge difference between 28 and 70.
21:08So I'm thinking, oh, it's not just a linear thing.
21:13Oh, God.
21:16I feel sick.
21:18That's something that I can normally do and I'm completely letting the nerves get the
21:22better of me.
21:23I'm not getting anywhere here.
21:26Oh, poor thing.
21:28I might not have time to do the next task.
21:31Come on, come on, come on.
21:32Cut your losses, I have a guess.
21:36So my final answer for this one is 54.
21:4054.
21:41No, that's not it.
21:43No, what else you got to that?
21:45Why aren't they getting the first game?
21:47The only thing that seems likely is the pressure.
21:52She's got a great memory, Olly.
21:54So she might be a bit more successful in this one.
21:58Right.
21:59I'm thinking, yeah, I think I can do this.
22:02It's reading common in a factory exam.
22:05So I'm starting to work out the route.
22:09It's reading common in a lab professor lecture.
22:12You have one minute left.
22:16Oh, God, that went quick.
22:18It's reading common in an exam.
22:20Oh, Olly, I think she's got to really leg it now.
22:23Lecture, lab, study, archives.
22:25I'm thinking, yeah, I sort of know the order.
22:29So I walk over to the board and I start placing them down.
22:37And I feel quite, like, confident in what I'm placing.
22:41Come on, come on, come on.
22:43And then I get to the seventh one.
22:48Your time hasn't been stopped.
22:51And then the floor goes red and I think, oh, crap.
22:54Oh.
22:55Oh, what an idiot.
22:56Her score isn't that bad, though, Alan.
22:58Olly managed to get seven out of 12.
23:00Well, she'd have got them all if she had a bit more time.
23:02Yeah, true.
23:03I don't know why I froze on the first one.
23:06I think I've scuppered my chances of getting through to the next round.
23:11What have they done to us, Olly?
23:13I feel like the mood's gone really sombre.
23:16Yeah.
23:17Do you know, compared to the heat, it's like, they've really up the ante, haven't they?
23:20Hi, guys.
23:21How's the nerves holding up?
23:23Can we talk about the last challenge?
23:26No.
23:26I'd rather not.
23:28What happened?
23:29You sort of crumbled.
23:31I think it's the nerves, the anxiety just gets on top of you.
23:33Everything was a step up in difficulty.
23:35Like, there was less time.
23:37The puzzles were more complex.
23:38Every little bit was just ramped up that bit more.
23:41Well, as you know, 12 has to become 8.
23:47And it's come down to speed and precision.
23:51Only three of you worked out the distance to Genius District.
23:56And only one of you could recall all the rooms in the right order.
24:02So, the eight people going through, in no particular order, are...
24:23Well, as you know, 12 has to become 8.
24:28In Oxford University, the birthplace of Mensa,
24:32the 12 finalists have now all competed in the first round.
24:36So, the eight people going through, in no particular order, are...
25:07And the last person...
25:14Amy.
25:16Congratulations, guys.
25:18You're through to the final eight.
25:19Well done.
25:21Which means, sadly, we've got to say goodbye to Hadja, Richard, Jess and Ollie.
25:29You know the score.
25:30Do you want to say your goodbyes?
25:32Well done, buddy.
25:33Good to meet you.
25:34Thanks, man.
25:34Good to hug.
25:35Good to hug.
25:36It's been a lovely meeting you.
25:37You too.
25:39I'm feeling disappointed in myself.
25:40But, yeah, I'm glad I've come this far.
25:43I've come here.
25:44I have completely superseded myself from when I started.
25:48I feel like I've done so well compared to how I thought I'd do.
25:51I think I've got a little bit more faith in myself than I initially did.
25:56But I'm glad I ain't got to do the head-to-head.
25:58I've been so daunting.
25:59I'm so chuffed that I ain't got to do that.
26:03OK, guys, listen.
26:05The final game of the day is head-to-head.
26:09And the winner of each battle will make the final four.
26:14Now, there's no way I'm going to get involved and start choosing who you're up against.
26:19That's down to you.
26:20Oh, no.
26:22Yes, you're going to have to pick your opponent.
26:26This is actually nerve-wracking because last time we did a pairs game,
26:29it was somebody you think you could work well with.
26:32And now, you know, you're trying to beat this person.
26:34So it's not a very nice feeling, actually.
26:38Selena, you perform best in the quick-fire round, so you get to choose first.
26:44Selena, who are you going to choose?
26:49Pick your opponent.
26:52Sarah.
26:53Selena, you're going for Sarah.
26:55I was kind of thinking, like, in the final, if I don't go through,
26:58I definitely want girls to get through.
27:00And I thought, like, you're the most, like, interesting person to watch.
27:05The next person to pick...
27:08Amy.
27:09Oh, no.
27:10Who's your opponent going to be?
27:12This is horrible.
27:14I'm going to pick Justin.
27:16That's right, you've got to pick someone.
27:17I felt like he was a safe pick.
27:21The next person to pick is Rosie.
27:24I'm going to pick Nick.
27:26Ooh.
27:27But because I think we have very different strengths,
27:31and I'm honestly happy for us to leave it up to what kind of game it is.
27:35OK.
27:36Do you know what I mean?
27:36Sounds good.
27:37Yeah.
27:37No, that should be fun.
27:39I mean, you're going down, but, you know, it should be fun.
27:43Well, it doesn't take a genius to understand.
27:46It's Victoria and Nathan.
27:49You've got your opponents.
27:51Look at them, because they are the one person standing in the way of you getting to the final four.
27:59I think it's definitely more intense now that we're down to eight.
28:03Some people's competitive heads have turned on, and they're just like,
28:06I will destroy you.
28:08And I'm just like, OK, chill.
28:13So, what have you got in store for us here?
28:16This involves the periodic table.
28:19I love this game.
28:21I think it might be one of my favourites.
28:22The periodic table will be illuminated with squares in different colours,
28:26and they have to 60 seconds to plot their path from one side to the other
28:31using the colour sequence of red, yellow, green and blue.
28:35Now, we make it tricky for them, because when they play the game,
28:39the colours will disappear, and they must make their way across the table
28:42following the route they've memorised.
28:45I wish the periodic table at school lit up like a gay disco.
28:51I just want to get it over with now.
28:53The fastest player in the quick-fire round,
28:55restaurant manager Selina is first to go head-to-head
28:59with stay-at-home mum, Sarah.
29:01Selina, Sarah.
29:03Are you ready?
29:03Good luck.
29:04Good luck, ladies.
29:05No fighting.
29:06I had so much potential when I was younger
29:09and just didn't live up to any of it.
29:11Now I've gotten this far.
29:13I would love to show my son that anything is possible.
29:16I'm quite introverted,
29:18but I do have this other person inside me that people don't know.
29:22Understanding my intelligence more,
29:23I think it'll just make me more confident.
29:27The grid in front of you will illuminate in a series of colours.
29:30Use the colour pattern below to work out your route across the grid.
29:34Red, yellow, green, blue.
29:36You must move one step at a time to the sound of the beep.
29:39If you step onto an incorrect square,
29:41the grid will disappear,
29:42and you must return to the memory plinth for 20 seconds.
29:46In the last third of the grid,
29:47you will not be told if you step on an incorrect square.
29:50You must press the stop button to finish.
29:53Good luck.
29:54We're putting them under a lot of pressure here, aren't we?
29:57Yeah, they are.
29:58They have to 60 seconds to memorise their route,
30:01and they must move in time with the beep.
30:02Any hesitation, the board goes white,
30:04and they have to start again.
30:06Remember, Alan, this is high stakes.
30:08The person who loses goes home.
30:13It seems easy enough.
30:16You follow a colour pattern
30:18through from one end of the board to the other end.
30:21So, first of all, work out what the route is.
30:24There is only one correct way,
30:26and then I just need to memorise it.
30:29This seems to have a lot more riding on it than the other games.
30:32It's the first time when I'm actively trying to put somebody out.
30:35Your 60 seconds are up.
30:38I love this one.
30:39There's memory.
30:41There's, oh, there's just logic.
30:42There's everything in this one.
30:44My minute finishes, and I'm thinking,
30:46I can actually remember the shapes, like Tetris patterns.
30:53So, I'm stepping with the time.
30:56The beeps are making my heart, like, race so fast.
31:01This is feeling much more intense and focused.
31:05And the further along I get,
31:07the more my confidence is starting to fade away.
31:13You can sort of sense what your opponent is doing,
31:17where they are.
31:18You can probably hear their breathing.
31:20You've got the beeps going on.
31:21There's a lot kind of interfering with the brain at this point.
31:26I take one more step.
31:29And the board clears.
31:31So, Selina's had to go back, but you see what happens.
31:33The entire thing is drained of colour.
31:35Back to the memory plinth if you forget.
31:44Just before I get to that final third,
31:46I know if I make a mistake there,
31:48I'm not going to be told I've made a mistake.
31:50So, I need to know that I've got it down.
31:54So, I step off, and I will take the 20 seconds
31:57and look at the colours again,
31:59just to make sure I'm getting it right.
32:02It looks like she stepped off on purpose.
32:04Let's hope it doesn't come back to bite her on the arsenic.
32:07As I'm standing for this 20 seconds,
32:08I'm trying to use other strategies
32:10so I can see Krypton is where I went wrong.
32:12So, I look and I'm like,
32:14oh, I have to turn left at Krypton.
32:18Did you just like the periodic table?
32:20I didn't really know what was going on.
32:25Once I've done something once,
32:28I don't need to think about that anymore.
32:29It's kind of locked in.
32:31So, I'm confident in, like, the first 10 steps now.
32:39I'm ready. I'm good to go.
32:41I'm pretty sure Selina has already finished
32:43because there's no stepping noises or anything.
32:45So, I need to have everything right
32:48if I want to stand a chance.
32:50I get to Krypton, and my brain kicks into gear.
32:53Krypton go left.
32:58Selina's quite close, isn't she?
33:00But remember the risk of this last third
33:02because from this point on,
33:04she won't know if she's put a foot wrong.
33:06I'm immediately starting to, like, second-guess myself,
33:09but I have to risk it
33:11because if she's right and faster,
33:13she's going to win.
33:14So, I'm going to go for it.
33:16Yes.
33:17She's almost there.
33:20The adrenaline is running like crazy,
33:22but I just go
33:23and I don't really think about it.
33:26I just end up where I end up
33:27and I press the button.
33:34I can't have done this any faster,
33:36so it's all down to how well she did
33:39and we'll find out.
33:40That was in 7-11.
33:41That's pretty good going.
33:45I press the button straight away
33:47because there's no point wasting another second.
33:50That was so close.
33:51Sarah finished just 39 seconds behind Selina.
33:54But because the final third of the board
33:57doesn't show them what they've done wrong,
33:59they don't know who's won.
34:00No, exactly.
34:02Wow.
34:03Now I'm really double-thinking the last bit,
34:05so...
34:06I don't know.
34:07I've pressed the button now,
34:08so here we are.
34:20It seems a bit tense in here now.
34:23Would anybody appreciate doing some meditation?
34:25Yeah.
34:26Yeah?
34:27In Oxford, for the first time in the competition,
34:29the remaining players are preparing for their turn
34:32to compete head to head.
34:35Start breathing gently in through your nose for four.
34:40Where only the strongest players
34:42will make it through to the final four.
34:45In through your nose,
34:46out through your mouth.
34:48Just keep that cycle going.
34:49I just want you to imagine
34:51in a place
34:52that you find calming.
34:55I think people sometimes think
34:57Vickers can be a bit daft and a bit silly.
34:58A place you know well.
35:00I guess people don't think
35:01you're massively intelligent.
35:02And sometimes that can really knock your confidence.
35:05I want you to imagine
35:06a warm sensation
35:08starting at the tips of your toes.
35:10I think this competition
35:11is about wanting to prove myself to people.
35:14But I think there's probably a big part of it
35:16for proving it to myself as well.
35:18When you feel able,
35:20slowly begin to open your eyes.
35:23It was very lovely.
35:24I'm just a child.
35:27Hi.
35:28Restaurant manager Selina
35:29and stay-at-home mum Sarah
35:31are the only ones to have faced each other.
35:34Let's see how the rest of the players get on.
35:38Oh, OK.
35:40Red, yellow, green, blue.
35:42Red, yellow, green, blue.
35:43So I've got to figure out
35:44the only route that will work
35:45following that colour sequence.
35:49And then suddenly a minute's gone by
35:51and I've not even figured out my route.
35:54Here we go.
35:58The beeps keep on coming.
36:00It's like if Danny Dyer did see Beebees.
36:04I've mapped out the route.
36:06What do I need to end on?
36:07I'm going to end on Nickel.
36:09I'm now standing on a square
36:10and I'm not really sure where to go.
36:16Oh, Justin.
36:17It's four across.
36:19It's two down.
36:20It's one across.
36:21It's one down.
36:24Memory is my weakness.
36:25So I'm feeling, like, really nervous.
36:30Friendship.
36:30I feel like it's getting to some of them.
36:33Annoyingly, I've come to the same point
36:34and I'm still can't remember
36:35which one I need to go for.
36:40How many times has it just been back
36:41to that memory plan?
36:42We should ask for a loyalty card.
36:46I have finished stepping on all the ones
36:48where I'm going to know
36:48if I'm going to go wrong.
36:49Do I step off,
36:51revalidate what I've done?
36:53Amy always second guesses herself.
36:55And I think that will be a problem.
36:57Yeah.
36:58Do I just trust myself?
37:02Wow, look at Amy go.
37:04That's impressive.
37:05Yes.
37:08He's completed that in seven minutes.
37:11Not sure I got it right, but...
37:15Back yourself.
37:16Let's just press the button.
37:19So Amy is now complete.
37:217.45.
37:22I'm really, really hoping
37:24that Amy's struggled somewhere along the line.
37:28But I've got a sinking feeling
37:30that Amy's already finished
37:31and I'm just waiting to be told
37:32that the game's over.
37:37I did the best I could.
37:42Yes, I finished before him
37:44or I believe I did
37:45but it's not to say
37:47I might have done it quicker and wrong
37:48and he did it longer and right.
37:53It's just the two of us now.
37:55Yeah.
37:55The final two players
37:57to go head-to-head
37:58is public servant Nathan
37:59and delivery driver Victoria.
38:02There's a part of me
38:02that's trying to
38:03big myself up by saying
38:05oh, no-one picked you
38:06because they didn't want
38:07to go against you
38:07and that's why we were left to last.
38:10So maybe we're the strongest.
38:11I grew up in a little village
38:13just outside Carlisle.
38:15I had a very normal upbringing
38:17for someone who turned out
38:19to be anything but.
38:20Dad and I,
38:21it was evident to us
38:23from when you were a little boy
38:24that your brain worked
38:25in very different ways.
38:27I do see things a bit differently.
38:29The trickiest situations for me
38:31tend to be social ones.
38:33I'm a bit peculiar in my mannerisms
38:36in the way I conduct myself.
38:38I remember you always used to get
38:39into trouble doing your maths tasks
38:41and the teachers would be saying to you
38:43you need to show
38:44all your workings out, Nathan.
38:45I've just done it in my head.
38:46You couldn't understand
38:47how to do that, could you?
38:48It was a real challenge.
38:49I mean, I knew how to do it
38:50but I didn't see the point.
38:51I think my mum would be worried
38:53about mainly just me settling down.
38:56I just hope it gives him
38:57just the belief in himself
39:00but also seeing that, you know,
39:02there's lots of other people
39:03like him that think
39:04the way that he does
39:06and that it's not such
39:07a lonely place
39:09to have the brain that he has.
39:10I think what this competition
39:11could offer me
39:12is a chance
39:14to understand myself
39:16at a deeper level
39:17and to carry myself
39:19with more confidence.
39:20Dad and I are really proud of you
39:22for getting this far
39:23but more importantly than that
39:24you've got a lot from it
39:25I think, haven't you?
39:26Hopefully it'll encourage you
39:28in other aspects of your life as well
39:30so maybe try different things.
39:34Nathan, Victoria.
39:35Your turn.
39:36Go on, guys.
39:37Thanks, guys.
39:39Go for it.
39:39Let's go.
39:40Enjoy it.
39:41I've always had a child at home
39:44for the last 25 years
39:45but my youngest son
39:47starts school in September
39:48and delivery driving
39:49is definitely
39:50not where I want to be
39:52so, yeah, if I won this
39:53it would definitely
39:54open up new doors.
39:55Only one of us can go through
39:57which is a little bit scary
39:58in that regard
39:59but I've got to be prepared
40:01to do it
40:01if I want to advance.
40:03Nathan and Victoria
40:04were the remaining pair
40:05so they were headed
40:06they didn't choose each other
40:07I think they're quite
40:08a good match, aren't they?
40:10I think so.
40:13Good luck.
40:17I know right now
40:19I need to be quick
40:20it's going to take
40:21a good time
40:22to advance to the next stage
40:23so I can't hang about.
40:30There are two
40:31kind of straight lines
40:33of red, yellow, green, blue
40:34where you just walk
40:35one step forward at a time
40:36and you won't go wrong
40:37so I've kind of got
40:38some anchor points there
40:40I then realised
40:41okay, now I've got
40:41to connect them
40:43the first connection
40:44there's a couple
40:45of lightning bolt shapes
40:47and from the second
40:48straight line segment
40:48to the end
40:49I realise it's just
40:50going to be easier
40:51to try and remember
40:51some sort of mnemonic
40:53which is just
40:54smashing all the symbols
40:55together.
41:00Can I do it
41:01in time to the beat?
41:02Yes I can.
41:06Yes I've remembered
41:07the first few steps
41:08they were fairly simple.
41:12They're both doing
41:13really well
41:13look man
41:13neck and neck
41:14at this point.
41:16I'm going to see
41:17if I can go
41:17a little bit further
41:19but this pattern
41:20is just not
41:21sinking in today.
41:26Oh, look how
41:28the board's gone
41:28white.
41:29Back to the memory
41:30plinth for Victoria.
41:40What?
41:41Nathan's like
41:41Usain Bolt.
41:44It's almost like
41:46steam coming off
41:47his moccasins.
41:48His memory
41:49is genuinely
41:50phenomenal.
41:51Wow.
41:53I'm feeling
41:53relatively confident
41:57but I don't know
41:59how Victoria
41:59is going to do
42:00but I don't want
42:01to leave it to chance
42:02and so I take a risk.
42:06I press that button
42:07first time.
42:09That was 3.51.
42:11That's incredible.
42:12He only looked
42:12at the table once.
42:14No other player
42:15has been able
42:15to do that.
42:20I'm not confident
42:21at all
42:22but yeah.
42:25I took a risk
42:26and it'll either
42:26pay off
42:27and I'll look
42:28quite competent
42:28or it won't
42:29and I'll look
42:30very silly
42:31but I went
42:32with my gut.
42:33Hopefully it works out.
42:34Hi everyone.
42:35So what did you think
42:37of that last challenge?
42:38Frustration.
42:39Some of you
42:40struggled,
42:41some of you
42:41it was just
42:42a walk in the park.
42:43Did any of you
42:44find it weird
42:45having that wall there?
42:46Did anyone know
42:46someone was a little
42:47bit further ahead?
42:49Yeah, me.
42:49I didn't hear
42:50them come back
42:50once.
42:52Well as you know
42:53eight must become
42:55four.
42:56Those fantastic four
42:57will then battle it out
42:59and then one of you
43:00will be crowned
43:01Britain's secret genius.
43:04Let me put you all
43:05out of your misery.
43:06Selena and Sarah
43:09you went head to head
43:10in a really
43:11close game.
43:13The person
43:14going through
43:14is
43:19Selena.
43:20Well done.
43:21Well done mate.
43:22Good effort.
43:25Amy and Justin
43:25you also went
43:26head to head.
43:27The person
43:28going through
43:29is
43:32Amy.
43:33Well done.
43:34Well done Amy.
43:41Oh bless you.
44:06And so
44:07the last couple
44:08going head to head
44:09was
44:10Victoria
44:10and Nathan.
44:12The final person
44:14going through
44:14to the final
44:15four
44:16is
44:19Nathan.
44:20Well done buddy.
44:23Well done.
44:24Well done.
44:25You took a risk
44:26and it paid off.
44:28Nathan
44:29your time
44:29was incredible.
44:31Well listen
44:32it's time for you all
44:33to say
44:33to say your goodbyes.
44:35Bye.
44:36It is disappointing.
44:37I think I've done
44:38I do think
44:39I've done really well.
44:41I think it's just been
44:42you know
44:43shown to me
44:43that I am actually clever
44:44than I actually realised
44:45I was.
44:46You are incredible
44:47and you were going
44:48to go all places.
44:51I've really
44:51impressed myself
44:52by how far
44:53I've gotten.
44:54This has really
44:55helped my confidence.
44:56At the end of the day
44:57this is all that matters.
44:59Well done.
45:01I'm definitely
45:02feeling more confident
45:04about my intelligence
45:05level now.
45:07I think finally
45:07that's the moment
45:09that's clicked
45:10and gone
45:10you know what
45:12actually believe
45:12in yourself
45:13a little bit.
45:14You trusted your gut
45:15and that is the thing
45:16to do okay.
45:17Final four gut.
45:17You are much
45:18much more powerful
45:20inside than you realise
45:21yeah?
45:21Yeah.
45:22I can't believe
45:23that I'm in the final four.
45:25I'm chuffed.
45:26You can relax now.
45:26Yeah, I can relax now.
45:29I suppose I should
45:30start standing tall.
45:31Final four.
45:32Final four.
45:33Final four.
45:34Everyone says
45:34say it with your chest
45:35on final four
45:36and seek your genius.
45:41Susie.
45:41I've embraced
45:42my imposter syndrome.
45:43I've got myself
45:44a gown,
45:44got myself a hat
45:45and got myself
45:46a top knot.
45:47Next time.
45:49I'm sorry guys.
45:50You're going down.
45:51It's the final showdown
45:52in Oxford.
45:54Let's do or die.
45:56Solve the anagrams.
45:57Oh good God.
45:59Where our four finalists
46:00play with the greatest genius.
46:03Shakespeare must be
46:04in a blue square
46:05south of Curie.
46:06Oh Christ.
46:07This is so frustrating.
46:08Where one move
46:09could be the difference
46:10between going home.
46:11My final answer is the past.
46:14I'm 25.
46:16Nathan's got his age wrong.
46:17And taking the crown.
46:19He's so close.
46:20Wow.
46:21The winner
46:21of Secret Genius
46:23is...
46:28To apply for a potential
46:30future series
46:31of Secret Genius
46:32go to Channel 4
46:34take part.
46:35To apply for a potential
47:05to be a potential
47:06of Incident
47:06instilled by Music
47:06which will be
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