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00:04Susie! Susie! Oh, I love Oxford. It's one of the brainiest places in Britain and I've embraced my
00:11imposter syndrome. I've got myself a gown, got myself a hat and got myself a top knot.
00:17The thing is, Alan, they don't give out honorary degrees for dressing up and today isn't really
00:21about you. Listen, I get it. It's not about me. It's about our final four taking on the brainiest
00:28challenge yet. Yes, they are about to solve something that very few people can, including
00:34you most likely. This year, our search for Britain's first ever secret genius began.
00:42A lot of people call me Sherlock. If there is something to solve, I need to solve it. I'm
00:48ready to find out who I am when I'm not the waitress and mother. 48 ordinary people from
00:55across the UK. I work on an ambulance crew. Took on a series of mind-stretching games designed
01:02with Mensa. To test their raw intelligence. The top performing three players from the four
01:13heats came to the finals at Oxford University. Who thinks they're out of the day? Oh, definitely.
01:20I wasn't nervous. Now I am. 12 became eight. Pooh. Oh, what an idiot. And after a brutal
01:27head-to-head. Oh, okay. Oh, Justin. Now just four remain. Wow. That's incredible. They only
01:36looked at the table once. Today's games. Oh, good God. Will be the most demanding yet. Everything
01:42is riding on this. Let me think. Let me think. Let me think. Oh, my God. Jeez, that was
01:46slow. Ah. This is so frustrating. You missed the final rule. Do or die. Because only one
01:52of them can be crowned. The winner of Secret Genius is...
02:07I don't think I ever thought I'd get this far. And the fact I've managed to make it through
02:11to this final four is really massive. If I had to pick the strongest, I think I would
02:19say Amy. She's the biggest threat in my mind. But I'm not taking anything away from the other
02:23two. Today, our hunt to discover Britain's biggest brain will reach its denouement, which Susie Dent
02:30has just informed me means the end. Oh, no. Being in the final four is a huge, huge privilege.
02:37I'm up against some really tough people. I know Selina is absolutely fantastic. Nathan is quite a
02:42dark horse. So, yeah, I'm just going to trust my gut and either smash it out of the park or
02:47get
02:48completely destroyed. At Oxford University, the birthplace of Mensa, two epic games stand
02:54between the final four players and winning the title of the UK's first Secret Genius.
03:01Oh, my God. There we go. Final. I'll squeeze in. How's everyone feeling? Are you feeling a bit of pressure?
03:08I am. Yeah. As much as I want to win it for myself, now I've got, like, all the family,
03:13like, backing and excited about it. Like, I'm just as much here for them now as myself.
03:18I did not expect to go this far. I think I was worried that I'd be walking into a room
03:24full
03:24of people and be all absolute brain boxes and, you know, oh, can you name your favourite
03:29polymer and then be like, how? No, I can't. Can't you? What is your favourite polymer?
03:35Propane. I did. Hi, guys. Hi. Look at you, the final four, the sharpest minds at the sharp end
03:44of the competition. Are you nervous? Do you think you can win it? All of the above. All of the
03:48above.
03:48Yeah, to everything. We've got a secret genius to crown. So, let's welcome Miss Susie Deng.
03:57Hello. Well done, all of you. So, I've got some good news and some bad news. Good news is just
04:05two challenges. Bad news is we have raised the difficulty of those challenges to a whole new
04:12level. Yes, she's not kidding and I did make a point of checking the Geneva Convention and
04:18they do just fall the right side of torture. Just. But I'm afraid only two of you will make
04:26it through to the final game. Ooh. So, all I know now is it's harder. I know when I step
04:33back in front of the next instructions and button, I'll be complete wreck. So, clear those
04:37heads, stay logical, stay focused and I will see you on the other side. And when she says
04:42the other side, she means the games room, not hell. Okay? Good luck. Thank you. Thank you.
04:51Wow. I feel like I'm riding that sweet spot now before hysteria hits. If I can just keep
04:56myself here, topple off it, then there, I'm sorry guys, you know. So, are we going down? Is that what
05:02you're saying? You're going down. Okay. Right, here we go. Our final four. I just hope they don't
05:11let the pressure get to them. First up, Amy. Well, good luck. Okay. Come on, Amy. Smash it out of
05:17the
05:17park, mate. You'll be fine. Yes. Well, yeah. This composition, even just getting here, it's shown me
05:23that I'm worth something, I guess. See you on the other side. One, two, three, four, consonants,
05:3128. Okay. Isn't it amazing when you see it just click? In the quickfire round, Amy pushed her nerves
05:37aside and showed razor-sharp logic. It's 126 miles to genius district. It is 126. Well done, Amy. Well done.
05:47School wasn't the easiest. Being held up as clever, I got a lot of flack for that. So, it was
05:54just easier
05:55for me to put on a mask each day. You don't realise what you're dumbing down until suddenly you don't
06:01have to.
06:07Using the rules provided, rearrange the geniuses' names so that they sit on their correct squares.
06:13Once correct, the floor will turn green. You must turn around to receive your next instruction.
06:18So, shall I tell you how this works? Please do. This is the genius hall of fame,
06:24and it's our most fiendish game yet. In the first part of this challenge,
06:28they have to follow an intertwined and quite complicated set of rules on the board to work
06:33out which genius belongs in which square. And no one rule stands alone. They all work together
06:39like a really complex puzzle. Turing must be in an orange or pink square. He is east of Einstein
06:45and diagonal to Curie. This is a logic puzzle. Oh my god, they could have made this game for me.
06:51Processing all seven rules and working out the correct placements will take exceptional brainpower.
06:56So, they have to juggle all that in their heads? Yep.
07:01I can't even juggle one ball.
07:04Right, OK. Focus. Don't get overconfident. My strategy is let's just do one clue at a time,
07:10put them in a logical spot and move what I can logically think needs moving. So, he can't be
07:15that pink because he's got to be east. This is also a race against the clock. They have 15 minutes.
07:22So, this is high-speed deductive reasoning. So, let's stick him over there for now. Let's just
07:27play with this. We are really going to test how quickly their brains work to the limit.
07:33Curie must be in yellow or green. She is west of Turing and must be in the second column from
07:39the
07:40east. So, east is the first column. That's the second column. So, she's in here. She's yellow or green.
07:45So, she's there and west of Turing, which kind of justifies the Turing's over here.
07:50Ah, she spotted that Marie Curie has to go in the second column from the right. That is a crucial
07:55anchor point for the other clues. Newton must be in green or blue. He is diagonal to Einstein,
08:02not in the same column as a woman. That rules him out here. Green or blue. There's no green or
08:07blue
08:07here. So, he's over here and diagonal to Einstein. OK, so, let's just stick him in a thing for a
08:15second.
08:16Newton, green or blue. Let's stick you there. Shakespeare must be in a blue square. Same row
08:24as Newton. Right. So, Newton isn't here because there's no blue square. So, let's stick you there
08:29then, just for argument's sake. This is a bit like chess, but really, really hard. So, actually,
08:35just like chess. Nightingale must not be in an orange square. She is in a row of men.
08:43Einstein must be in a green square. He's the only one in his row.
08:49And there must be one row that is completely empty.
08:52This is phenomenal, Alan. She is already placed five geniuses correctly and she's only three minutes in.
08:58So, she's just Miss Turing, the other famous Alan, me and Titch Marsh, obviously.
09:03OK. It hasn't gone green, so that's not right. At the end, if they have placed all the geniuses
09:09correctly, the floor will turn green. Ah, OK.
09:13Right. Turing must be orange or pink square. Maybe he's you then. Maybe that's the only thing I've got
09:21wrong.
09:24Ha-ha.
09:26Wow.
09:29Right. This second game is an anagram. And once they solve it, it'll point to one of the geniuses
09:35that they've just placed on the grid. Solve the anagrams. Oh, good God. To lock in your answer,
09:40stand next to the correct genius, then say, my final answer is, and give the name of the genius,
09:43press stop. Button to finish. I can see it's a sentence. Well, that helps. The answer is...
09:49West of Turing, south of Curie, and east of Newton.
09:59It's like it's not even an anagram. That's amazing. That's so impressive. That's brilliant.
10:03West of Turing, east of Newton, south of Curie. My final answer is William Shakespeare.
10:12Yes.
10:14Happy days.
10:16She's done it in less than a third of the time.
10:194.57.
10:20That's amazing.
10:30I couldn't have done any better. I've got to just be happy with that. If I go out, then,
10:35my God, I'm up against the flash, and I'll shake her hand. Right now, I feel like I can
10:43win this whole thing. Bring it on.
10:48It's been lovely to hang out with people who are able to do similar things to you.
10:53Mm-hmm.
10:54It was nice not to be, like, the minority in the room. You know, it was just the norm.
10:58Not to be the freak.
10:58Of them being the one that stood out, they were the freak. Yeah.
11:01We were all freaks together as we were. Yeah.
11:02Next to tackle genius hall of fame is 44-year-old Selena.
11:08I'm constantly underestimated. The first time a lot of people see me is as a waitress.
11:14Selena.
11:15Oh, good luck, mate. Thank you.
11:17I do have this other person inside me that people don't fully know.
11:22Oh, I thought it was going to be harder to work out. I guess it's there.
11:25I feel like Selena is the quiet assassin. Super bright, super sharp.
11:29She's very good.
11:30In the first game of the finals, Selena was the top-performing player, solving both
11:36quick-fire games in the fastest time.
11:39Yes! Well done, Selena.
11:40Selena!
11:43I've surprised myself all along the way.
11:45There's been this little voice inside me saying, like,
11:47you can't do it, you can't do it.
11:49And it's changed to a voice saying, you can do it.
11:52The whole process has given me that confidence.
11:54I'll be quite happy to go home and show my sons.
11:58I'm not that stupid, actually, you know.
12:06Using the rules provided, rearrange the geniuses' names
12:09so they sit on their correct squares. Once correct, the floor will turn green.
12:13You must turn around to receive your next instruction.
12:16She has got her work cut out to solve this as quickly as Amy.
12:20Turing must be an orange or pink.
12:23East of Einstein, diagonal to Curie.
12:25Curie must be second column from the east.
12:26Okay, so Curie's gonna be in this one somewhere.
12:33What's she doing here?
12:36It's like she's using them as placeholders, I think, at the moment.
12:40I wait curious west of Turing.
12:43I know there's some very speedy players,
12:46so I'm being a bit slower than I would like to be at this point.
12:49I'm thinking, don't panic, don't let that get to you.
12:51Got to be an orange or pink. Let's just go with...
12:54So it's this one or this one.
12:57And this one or this one.
13:09I think she's a bit confused.
13:11That's not like Selena, is it?
13:13She's not as confident as she normally is.
13:14No. This is high pressure, let's face it.
13:17Oh, hold on a second.
13:19Is it Newton green or blue square?
13:21Got to be in the same row as...
13:23Oh, I should have started with this. Never mind.
13:26I think I should have read all of the rules first
13:29and then started to move pieces around.
13:31It's a bit like when you get, like, homework at school
13:33and the final rule is the most important one.
13:36If this was a piece of paper, it would be so much easier.
13:39She's trying lots of combinations and keeps not getting there,
13:41so I think her frustration is just mounting here.
13:45Oh, fuck.
13:46I'm standing at the front of all the pieces,
13:49thinking all these rules are right,
13:50there's just one rule that I haven't got right.
13:52Nightingale, she's in a row of men.
13:55She's taking her time, isn't she?
14:02That's it!
14:04Oh, thank God. Oh, jeez, that was slow.
14:06She finally completes it at 9.45.
14:09Right, it's time for the anagrams.
14:10Right, okay.
14:11It's all the anagrams to decipher the clue.
14:13I'm like, thank God.
14:15My brain always just shows me anagrams.
14:17It's my favorite thing.
14:18The answer is west of Turing, south of Curie.
14:24Wow.
14:25Another one who unscrambles it effortlessly.
14:29And east of Newton, my answer's William Shakespeare.
14:37I thought I was a bit slow in the first part.
14:39I think it probably could have gone better,
14:41but just see how the others do.
14:43That was 10 minutes 32,
14:45but that's more than five minutes slower than Amy.
14:48It's a big question.
14:49Has she done enough to get into the top two?
14:53Honestly, Alan, I'm not sure.
14:55Oh, fuck.
15:06So, do you think there's such thing as, like, a brain food?
15:09I get all of, like, the olive oil from Greece
15:10and, like, all the oily fish.
15:12Yeah.
15:13In the heart of Oxford University, four players remain,
15:18all vying to be crowned Britain's first secret genius.
15:23Do you feel like you eat healthily for your brain, or...?
15:27I don't. I eat like crap.
15:28Do you eat like a student?
15:29I do. I eat like a student.
15:32I now live in Leeds.
15:34I moved for work.
15:35I would probably say
15:36I'm living the bachelor lifestyle at the moment.
15:38I tend to buy a lot of ready meals.
15:40It's quite bad,
15:41but I'm the sort of person where, you know,
15:43if I tried to make toast, I'd burn my kitchen down.
15:47People, particularly people who I've had
15:49kind of more romantic relationships with,
15:52frequently say,
15:53I've never met anyone like you,
15:55and I've kind of accepted that
15:58I might have a more difficult time
16:00finding people who really gel with me.
16:03People like to pick on things that are different
16:05because they stand out.
16:08You didn't, like, change your diet leading up to this?
16:10No. Like, at all?
16:11No, no, no.
16:11I just did the same as usual,
16:12but I guess my thinking is it's worked for me so far.
16:15But who knows, maybe I'm holding myself back
16:17from super, ultra, mega genius level,
16:21and I could, you know, learn to move objects with my brain
16:24if I just ate some more fish or something.
16:28Nathan's like Usain Bolt
16:30to earn his place in the top four.
16:32Nathan has blazed through the competition
16:34with his lightning fast processing speed.
16:37Wow.
16:38And extraordinary memory.
16:40That's incredible.
16:41He only looked at the table once.
16:45It hasn't been without difficulty to be different.
16:49School is the biggest example.
16:51When I was younger, I just wanted to be like everyone else.
16:54But I found myself kind of questioning a lot of things.
17:00People don't like to be challenged,
17:01and that means you get pushed out.
17:04No one's better at doing that than bullies.
17:08What have you gained?
17:10Because we're all winners.
17:11We've all gained something at this point.
17:12The hard evidence to back myself in future and say,
17:16actually, you know what?
17:17You doubting me.
17:19I did that.
17:20Yeah.
17:20So, shut up.
17:21Yeah.
17:22It's always quite intimidating to be truly authentic.
17:26I think this process will help me in that understanding of who I am,
17:35and the confidence that will give me would help me be myself.
17:42Nathan.
17:44The last two players to take on Genius Hall of Fame
17:48are civil servant Nathan and prison chaplain Nick.
17:52A common phrase in much of my life has been people telling me
17:57that I haven't quite reached my full potential,
17:59but mum and dad, when he was alive,
18:02were always very, very encouraging of me.
18:05I think winning anything is very humbling and very exciting.
18:09There's a little bit of wanting to prove myself, I guess,
18:12but I think there's probably a big part of it
18:14for proving it to myself as well.
18:22Here we go, Susie, the final two players.
18:25Oh, God, I haven't felt this gut-wrench in tension
18:27since I wore my first pair of Spanx.
18:30Right, using the rules provided,
18:33rearrange the geniuses' names so they sit on their correct squares.
18:37This game will decide which two will make it through to the final round.
18:42Looks like it's going to be logic.
18:44I'm kind of excited because I like logic games.
18:47They're my favourite kind of puzzle to work out
18:48because there's a definite answer.
18:49Once correct, the floor will turn green.
18:53This is something that I know I can do.
18:55The biggest pressure for me is going to be the time,
18:58so I think I best get moving.
19:00Einstein green square.
19:02Let's just get him on there for a start.
19:04Shakespeare must be in a blue square. Where's Shakespeare?
19:08Let's just get them on.
19:09Probably not going to be right, but give myself a chance.
19:11Just hearing that slightly ragged breathing there,
19:14I got my first hint of Nathan being quite nervous,
19:16which is not like him.
19:18No.
19:21Einstein must be on a green square.
19:24He's the only one in a row.
19:25Let's try him there.
19:28Hmm, okay, so that was quite random,
19:30but his first move is actually correct.
19:33Shakespeare must be on a blue square.
19:34He's in the same row as Newton.
19:36I'm quite happy doing it by a little bit of trial and error.
19:40I just want to be methodical and get it right.
19:44Nice.
19:45One row must be completely empty.
19:48Ah!
19:52Oh, hang on a minute.
19:53I've spot a couple of instructions that I've missed.
19:56Einstein's the only one in his row.
19:58How am I going to do that?
20:03Come on, Nathan.
20:08Nightingale must not be an orange square,
20:09and she's on a row of men.
20:17It's not gone green.
20:19Oh, he's so close.
20:21Come on, Nick, you can do this.
20:26Shakespeare must be on a blue square.
20:28It's the same row as Newton.
20:32Nightingale must not be an orange square,
20:34and she's on a row of men.
20:39He's got it right.
20:40Yep.
20:41Get in.
20:42Now the anagram.
20:43Everyone else has found it so easy.
20:45Solve the anagrams to decipher the clue.
20:47Anagrams is something I stress a little bit about.
20:52The...
20:54Okay.
20:55I'm not getting that word.
20:58Must be in the second column from the east.
21:01So, Sugar Ring, can you be here?
21:07That's got to be it.
21:10There must be one row that's completely empty.
21:13Okay.
21:14How is that going to happen?
21:16West.
21:17The something is west of...
21:21Turing, orange or pink?
21:23Come on, Nathan.
21:24You're so close.
21:27Q-E-R.
21:32Shirley.
21:34So...
21:34Oh, thank God.
21:35Right.
21:35He moves on to the anagram.
21:37That means they're neck and neck now.
21:39Okay.
21:39F for Owen.
21:40Okay, I'm not going to read that out.
21:42West of Turing, south of Curie, east of Newton.
21:50The answer is...
21:52Well, let me just check.
21:55No, you've got it.
21:56Trust yourself, Nick.
22:00South of Curie.
22:02The answer is west of Turing, south of Curie and east of Newton.
22:10So, my answer is William Shakespeare.
22:13Yes.
22:14The answer is William Shakespeare.
22:21Took too long.
22:22Took too long.
22:24Took too long.
22:24I don't know if I did it quickly enough.
22:26If that had been earlier on in the competition, I'd probably feel okay about it.
22:29But I know the competition's really tough now, and a performance that's average probably
22:32isn't going to be good enough.
22:34Let's hope it doesn't cost me.
22:35I hate anagrams.
22:36I'm so glad I could look back at the names to work those out.
22:39I feel like I might have done enough to get it through.
22:42I'm hoping and I'm excited to see if I'm in the final two.
22:46I enjoyed that.
22:48Okay.
22:49I think it's quite clear who our front runner is, but the battle for second place is really tight.
22:53Yeah.
22:56It's quite nice to think that the worst I'm ever going to be is fourth.
22:59Yeah, exactly.
23:00It's pretty good.
23:00Joint third.
23:01Joint third.
23:02Yes.
23:04Hey, hello.
23:05How are you?
23:07Well done on the last challenge.
23:09As you know, only two of you can make it through to the final.
23:14So with that in mind, I'm going to take a deep breath.
23:17And reveal that based on the speed and accuracy of your performance in the last challenge,
23:25the two that are going through to battle it out to be the UK's first secret genius are.
23:55the four Oxford finalists are about to discover which of them has made it through to the final game.
24:03The two that are going through to battle it out to be the UK's first secret genius are.
24:22Amy and Nathan.
24:29Oh!
24:32Wow.
24:32Well done.
24:33Well done.
24:34Well done, guys.
24:34Well done.
24:36Well done.
24:37Thank you, my lucky stars.
24:38I'm surprised, but I'm so grateful.
24:42Selina and Nick, it's the end of the secret genius road for you.
24:46Have you had a good time?
24:47Amazing.
24:47I loved it.
24:48It's been absolutely brilliant start to finish.
24:49Well done.
24:50As always, go and say your goodbyes.
24:52Guys.
24:53Oh, my God.
24:54Well done.
24:55Good job.
24:56You're going to smash it, Nick.
24:59Pleasure.
25:00Thank you so much.
25:02I'm not really feeling, like, negative about going out at this point.
25:05I feel really proud of myself about how far I got, as well as giving myself confidence through this.
25:10I hope seeing someone like me makes people think twice when they're thinking about waitresses.
25:16You never know where secret geniuses are actually hiding.
25:23Hiya, darling.
25:25Hiya.
25:25You okay?
25:26Yeah.
25:27I'm going to cut to the chase.
25:29Okay.
25:30I'm in the final two.
25:32Oh, my God!
25:38I knew you were brilliant.
25:40Oh, my God, you're so clever.
25:48I've got no friends anymore.
25:56I'm anxious to get on with it.
25:58Oh, what if we walk in that room and it's like the chess game in that movie where the people
26:04are all on chess pieces?
26:05And we have to be the chess pieces.
26:07What if it's all the people from the previous heats are our chess pieces?
26:11Oh, God.
26:12Hang on, does that figure out how many chess pieces are there in a game?
26:1516?
26:1732?
26:18So...
26:18No.
26:18Yeah.
26:19Some of them will be disappointed.
26:23There is not a single part of me that thinks this next game will be easy.
26:27Most of all because of the competition.
26:29Amy's an absolute machine and will be so difficult to beat.
26:40I feel nervous.
26:41I know.
26:42If you feel nervous, I'll just think that I feel.
26:45It's the final one, Helen.
26:48Ooh, look at this.
26:49You've pulled out all the stops for the final one.
26:52Recognise any of these faces?
26:54I miss them already.
26:55Oh, I know.
26:57This is the Passport to Genius game.
27:00These are the 12 final players of Secret Genius.
27:03Yes.
27:04There are various details here.
27:05So we're giving age, occupation, location and names of their first pets.
27:11I could never put my details up here.
27:13I wouldn't know whether to put my real age or my showbiz age.
27:1627.
27:18Each player will have up to three minutes to memorise as many details as they can.
27:25They will then be asked a series of questions.
27:27I've got a question.
27:28Okay.
27:29Why would you call a cat Muffy?
27:31No idea, Alan.
27:32So, before each question, they will be given a category, such as this.
27:37Names.
27:38Now, at this point, if they don't feel like they've brushed up enough,
27:42they can decide to turn around and review the board,
27:44in which case they have to stay there for a minimum of one minute.
27:47Of course, it is the final.
27:49It's going to be devious.
27:50But this is a lot of information to take in.
27:53My head's hurting.
27:54Come on, let's go.
27:55Your head's hurting.
27:56Think of our two finalists.
27:58I know.
27:58Poor them.
28:01Oh, yeah.
28:02Best of luck, mate.
28:04Good luck, mate.
28:05The best genius win.
28:07Yeah.
28:08Right.
28:09You'll smash it.
28:09Okay.
28:12If I am a secret genius, I think I'd feel a bit more self-assured.
28:18And I'm already proving to myself that that's okay.
28:21I'm going to be 41 this year.
28:22And if not now, then when?
28:27I feel how in 26 for me now is, I'm kind of becoming boring.
28:32I live in a flat and I go to work and I do my job.
28:36And next year, it'll probably be the same.
28:38It would always be a confidence boost to have someone say,
28:42you are a genius.
28:44I think this competition is a chance to be who I am and try and be at peace with that.
28:54Everything is riding on this.
28:55They just need to think clearly and stay calm.
29:01Okay.
29:02In front of you are the final 12 players of secret genius.
29:06Memorise as many of the details as you can.
29:08You have up to three minutes.
29:10You will then be asked a series of questions.
29:12Before each question, you will be given a category.
29:15If you wish to review the picture wall after being given the category,
29:18you must return to the wall for a minimum of one minute.
29:21If you do not wish to return to the picture wall, ask to see your next question.
29:25They've got so many details to remember.
29:28Yeah.
29:29But this isn't just about memory recall.
29:32It's also testing their fluid reasoning.
29:33You know, their raw brain power, their ability to reason on the spot.
29:41It's my mates.
29:45Some of this stuff is straightforward, but some of it is really, really not.
29:49Okay, so they might be tempted to rush this.
29:51It is against the clock after all,
29:53but they would do really well to use the three minutes they've been given
29:56to memorise everything.
29:58Yeah, speed matters, but it's actually accuracy
30:01that's going to win it for them, isn't it?
30:03Got names, ages, locations, pets.
30:07Focus.
30:09Think of one thing at a time.
30:10How old is everybody?
30:11I think there's nerves.
30:13Yeah.
30:13Kicking in here.
30:16Take me time, take me time, but not too much time.
30:18That's a great name for a fish.
30:21Oh, no, he's critiquing some of the pet names.
30:23Oh, nobody likes the Popeye for a fish.
30:25He's quite inspired, let's face it.
30:26Yeah.
30:27Okay.
30:28I think I just need to get on with this.
30:30That's interesting.
30:31Amy spent less than two minutes looking at that wall.
30:34And that's an awful lot of information to digest
30:36in such a short time as well, isn't it?
30:41Names, okay.
30:45Would you like to review the picture wall?
30:48No.
30:48Do I want to look at the wall?
30:49Of course I don't want to look at the wall.
30:50Names, I get people's names.
30:52Let's bring on the question.
30:55Names, okay.
30:56I can do names.
30:58Which player's name is hidden in this sentence?
31:01To be a secret genius, the tool lies in resourcefulness,
31:07solving problems, and decrypting clues.
31:12Okay.
31:13Is there any double S's?
31:14Because I can rule out there is, but it's not.
31:17So I can rule out Jess.
31:18Are there any J's in that?
31:21No, so Jess isn't there.
31:23Okay, that also rules out her jar.
31:24That's so clever, doing that.
31:26I'm looking to see whether the words amalgam into anybody.
31:32Olly.
31:32I don't think Olly's in there.
31:34Oh, no, Olly is in there.
31:35Olly's right there.
31:36Tool lies.
31:37O-L-L-I-E.
31:38So, Olly, final answer.
31:41Okay.
31:41He's doing this so quickly.
31:44The answer isn't jumping out to me.
31:46That's frustrating.
31:47It's not going to derail me.
31:49Look at a different option.
31:51Which player's name?
31:52Olly.
31:53O-L-L-I-E.
31:55O-L-E.
31:56Olly.
31:56My final answer is Olly.
31:58Can I have the next category, please?
32:01Locations.
32:05Again, I do not wish to return to the picture wall.
32:09Which player's location?
32:12His mum put him forward for this as well, so I'm sure she's very proud.
32:17You know, Carol Waldemann's mum put her forward for a countdown.
32:21No, really?
32:21She wrote a letter without telling Carol.
32:23My mum doesn't put me forward for anything.
32:25No.
32:26I love Nathan.
32:27If he can win this, I think it would give him some self-confidence, which I think he lacks.
32:33It's Colchester.
32:34Colchester.
32:35Colchester.
32:35Straight away.
32:37Doesn't even think twice.
32:39Yeah.
32:39Which player?
32:41It's got to be Rosie.
32:42I'm Rosie.
32:43That's my final answer.
32:45He's doing this so quickly.
32:48This is an anagram for which player's location.
32:51Oof, okay.
32:52C-O-L.
32:53Are there two Cs?
32:54No.
32:54Well, there are two Cs.
32:56Colchester.
32:56Rosie's location.
32:57My final answer is Rosie.
33:01Right.
33:01Here comes the next question.
33:04It's a great age.
33:06Okay.
33:10No.
33:11Back yourself, Amy.
33:12You don't need the wall.
33:13No, I do not want to look at the wall.
33:18Yes.
33:18I'm going to return to the picture wall.
33:20I'm having that battle in my head of do I check and do I make sure?
33:24But I'm trying, maybe for one of the first times, not to think about time.
33:29Because I know if I think about time, I might get flustered.
33:32So I focus on accuracy.
33:34It's only 60 seconds, which actually, in the long run,
33:37if you get the valuable information that you need, it's the right decision.
33:40There's a 27-year-old than me, I remember that.
33:43You and me, Hatcher, they're both around 40.
33:47The sum of Richard, Selina, Nathan and one of the players age is 148.
33:52Who is the missing player?
33:53Your 60 seconds are up.
33:57The sum of Richard, Selina, Nathan and one of the other players age is 148.
34:01Okay.
34:02I'm 25.
34:04Did he say 25?
34:07Nathan's got his age wrong.
34:08He's 26.
34:10Unbelievable.
34:12Well, this is the final.
34:13And under stress, even the biggest brain can misfire.
34:15Nathan is 26.
34:18So, without Nathan, that makes that 122.
34:21Selina is 44.
34:23So, take 22 off 100, gives me 78.
34:27So, 78 minus 33 gives me 45.
34:31My final answer is Nick.
34:35Spot on.
34:3633 and 44 is 77.
34:39Adds 25 to that is 102.
34:43So, I'm looking for 36.
34:46Was that someone who was 36?
34:48Oh, Christ, I'm not sure who there was.
34:50There's no one aged 36.
34:53Come on, Nathan.
34:55Um...
34:56I've added up the ages and it's not quite come out to what I think it's going to be.
35:01So, I have a bit of a guess.
35:03Oh, God.
35:04Okay.
35:05I'm going to say Sarah.
35:07Final answer.
35:08Oh.
35:09Do you reckon that's going to affect his confidence?
35:11He might feel knocked by that one.
35:13Mmm.
35:14But we need to remember, the game's not over yet.
35:36Okay, I'm going to review the board.
35:38Yeah.
35:38Okay.
35:40Yes.
35:43Okay.
35:44At Oxford University,
35:45our two remaining finalists are battling it out in an epic endgame
35:50so that one can be crowned the UK's first secret genius.
35:57Um...
36:00Um...
36:00Nathan does seem a bit flustered.
36:03He really, really needs to stay focused now.
36:06So far, village pharmacist Amy has inched ahead of civil servant Nathan.
36:13Tinker the guinea pig.
36:15Buster and Hazel rabbits.
36:18Muffy the cat.
36:19Misha the cat.
36:20Hetty the hamster.
36:21Hetty the hamster.
36:22That works.
36:22Muffy the cat.
36:23That's funny.
36:24Because it's, yeah, a bit rude.
36:26Looking back at the board, I'm trying to make patterns.
36:29I'm trying to see similarities.
36:30If I can just associate it with the right person.
36:32Megan, Molly, those are great names.
36:34Double M's.
36:37Victoria has two cats, Pepsi and Cola.
36:40Okay, Pepsi, Cola, I can remember that.
36:42It could be about the names of the pets.
36:45Popeye, Hetty.
36:46Popeye the fish.
36:47It makes sense.
36:47Your 60 seconds are up.
36:49You can move back when you're ready.
36:52These pet names follow the same rule.
36:54Hetty, Molly, Holly.
36:54The word letters also follows this rule.
36:57It's seven letters.
36:57So Hetty was, oh, oh.
37:01That was a hamster.
37:02Molly.
37:04Oh, God.
37:05It's about a pattern in words.
37:07And I think at first it's maybe about the length of letters
37:10in the type of animal.
37:12So it's name the owner of the other pet that follows this rule.
37:17Molly.
37:18He's trying to remember the owners, but he needs to see the pattern.
37:23Double letter, double letter, double letter, double letter.
37:27Who else has a double letter?
37:29What was the gerbil's name?
37:30Hetty, Hampstead, Molly.
37:32Oh, but they've got double letters as well.
37:33It's obviously double letters.
37:36So...
37:37Muffy.
37:38So that was Justin.
37:40So, Justin, final answer.
37:42He's remembered Justin's Muffy.
37:46I can't.
37:48I'm feeling like if I let myself focus in, I'm going to panic.
37:52So let's just divert.
37:55I'm not going to waste time.
37:56I'm going to have to pass on this question.
37:57My final answer is to pass.
37:59Oh, she's going to pass on this one.
38:02There's not much between them, is there?
38:04If it comes down to time, I have to say Nathan may have this.
38:09Oh!
38:11This is a big one.
38:14Occupation.
38:17Nope.
38:18Nope.
38:19I do not want to review that picture wall.
38:21It's do or die.
38:22Oh, it's do or die.
38:23Look at that.
38:25Do you know, my hands are all sweaty.
38:31Oh, Christ.
38:32This is the really tricky one.
38:34It's just put all the occupations in alphabetical order.
38:37Which one is third?
38:39Oh, my God.
38:40OK.
38:42I can spend time here remembering what everyone's jobs are.
38:45Or I can spend time here working through the alphabet.
38:48I think that's my best bet in this situation.
38:52OK.
38:52Ollie is an ambulance tech, so she's first.
38:55Any that start with B.
38:57Any that start with C.
38:59Hajar is a comedian and singer.
39:01Any that start with D.
39:03That's going to take a while, isn't it?
39:05I'm a civil servant.
39:06Delivery driver.
39:08Would there be anything else?
39:09Let me think.
39:09Let me think.
39:10Let me think.
39:11Oh.
39:12Oh, hang on.
39:13Richard's a chef.
39:14But did they say chef or did they say pastry chef?
39:20OK.
39:22Hajar.
39:22My final answer is Hajar.
39:24Comedian and singer.
39:26I'm going to say it's Jess being the coder.
39:31So Jess is my final answer.
39:38Great.
39:39Ow.
39:45Amy was quick as well, wasn't she?
39:48They were both absolutely brilliant.
39:51It's over.
39:52Oh, my God, it's over.
39:53Don't get overwhelmed.
39:55Don't get overwhelmed.
39:59I've really no idea whether or not I've done enough,
40:02but of all the things to mess up in a memory game,
40:05your own age, I mean, come on.
40:09I need to go and collapse into a puddle now.
40:12Oh, wow.
40:13Wow.
40:15I think I've gone a little bit delirious.
40:19Yeah.
40:19I think that's just...
40:20Definitely.
40:20Me too.
40:22Oh, my God.
40:23What a ride.
40:24I know.
40:25It's tough to say whether I've done enough to win.
40:28If I won, it would be such a massive confidence boost,
40:31and that's got to help me feel better about myself
40:33in every which way.
40:34What would your genius superhero name be?
40:37I would be...
40:39I would be the secret genius.
40:44I have done enough to win, because I've done my best.
40:48I've given everything that I've got.
40:50Well, I underestimate myself, so maybe lady underestimation.
40:54But that hasn't got a ring to it, has it?
41:01It's now time for Amy and Nathan to find out
41:04who will be crowned our winner.
41:07I think it would mean a lot to Nathan, to be fair.
41:09He's very competitive.
41:11But then I think it would mean a lot to Amy as well.
41:14Cheering them on today are some familiar faces they've competed with
41:17to get them to this point.
41:19I'm nervous for all of them.
41:21I'm nervous.
41:24Welcome.
41:29Welcome back.
41:32We've got people from the previous heat.
41:34My sister from another mister.
41:37We've got CJ.
41:38We've got Vazilla, Simon, Carl, Helen, Debs.
41:43I thought we'd got rid of you, but you're back.
41:46So, should we bring out the finalists?
41:49Yay!
41:50Come on out.
41:51It's Amy and Nathan!
41:54Oh, yes!
42:05Are you emotional already, Amy?
42:08It's all these faces.
42:10Lots of old friends.
42:11Yeah, it's...
42:13There's Joe.
42:15Joe.
42:15You brought me here.
42:17Oh, that's so sweet.
42:20So, I've got to ask you two,
42:22apart from finding out that Justin's cat was called Muffy
42:25and Ollie's fish is called Popeye,
42:28what else have you learnt on your journey?
42:30To have a little faith.
42:32Yeah.
42:32I think I'd better start.
42:34Yes, I think so too.
42:35You really should.
42:37And what about you, Nathan?
42:39Yeah.
42:40It's the belief in yourself.
42:41The belief that you might just be what you think you are.
42:45Yeah.
42:45And that you can back yourself.
42:46You can say as well to people that say you're not,
42:48well, here I am.
42:50Yeah.
42:50Look at us now.
42:51Here you are.
42:51So, do you think you're going to take some lessons for the wider world?
42:54Oh, yeah.
42:54Oh, yeah.
42:54100%.
42:55That's brilliant.
42:55100%.
42:56Albert Einstein, Alan Turing,
42:59the man who invented the Finder's crispy pancake.
43:03Geniuses come in all shapes and sizes.
43:05And as we come to the end of the road,
43:08one of you will be joining those legends of old.
43:12All those weeks ago, we started with 48 competitors from all over Britain,
43:17from all walks of life.
43:19And now, it's just you two.
43:22The moment of truth has come.
43:24And it's come down to speed and precision.
43:29The winner of the first secret genius is...
43:46Nathan.
43:51You're cooking fantastic.
43:53You're cooking fantastic.
43:54Oh, I'm so sorry about that.
43:59Honestly, it could have gone either way.
44:01Oh, it's incredible.
44:03Oh, it's so funny.
44:04Congratulations.
44:06Well done.
44:09He's not a secret genius anymore.
44:12Everyone knows.
44:20This is mental.
44:23This is mental.
44:24This competition has already changed my life.
44:27I think the confidence I've gained in this process will set me up for a long, long time.
44:31This trophy?
44:32I need to find a place for it.
44:34But, um...
44:35Maybe join me in bed tonight.
44:36We can have a little cuddle.
44:38Holly!
44:39I did it for all.
44:40I did it for all.
44:41You did well.
44:42I have gained so much through this process.
44:45I may not have won the trophy, but I still feel like a secret genius because I never realised I
44:50had this in me.
44:51I'm going to carry this with me forever.
44:54It's the best feeling in the world.
44:55What are you going to say to your mum?
44:57Thanks for sending me the link.
45:03So there we have it.
45:04Britain's first secret genius.
45:07And that man's name is...
45:09Nathan!
45:16Nathan, I've got one more question for you.
45:18What is a genius?
45:20I think...
45:21I think a genius is me.
45:49ε‘ and the classrooms are...
45:54Oh!
45:55There you go!
46:14Theγγ£γ¬ Islands
46:14To apply for a potential future series of secret genius,
46:19go to Channel 4, take part.
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