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Secret Genius - Season 1 - Episode 06: The Final
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00:05Susie! 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.
00:16Thing 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 deck? Oh, definitely.
01:20I wasn't nervous. Now I am. Twelve 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 didn't miss the final rule. Let's do or die. Because
01:52only one of them can be crowned. The winner of Secret Genius is...
02:08I 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
02:23the other two. Today, our hunt to discover Britain's biggest
02:27brain will reach its denouement, which Susie Dent has just informed me means the end. Oh,
02:33no. Being in the final four is a huge, huge privilege. I'm up against some really tough
02:38people. I know Selina is absolutely fantastic. Nathan is quite a dark horse. So, yeah, I'm
02:44just going to trust my gut and either smash it out of the park or get completely destroyed.
02:49At Oxford University, the birthplace of Mensa, two epic games stand between the final four
02:56players and winning the title of the UK's first Secret Genius. Oh, my gosh. There we go. Final.
03:05I'll squeeze in. How's everyone feeling? Are you feeling a bit fresher? I am. Yeah. As much
03:10as I want to win it for myself, now I've got, like, all the family, like, backing and excited
03:14about it. Like, I'm just as much here for them now as myself. I did not expect to go
03:20this far. I think I was worried that I'd be walking into a room full of people and be all
03:26absolute brain boxes and, you know, oh, can you name your favourite polymer? And I'd be like,
03:30how? No, I can't. Can't you? What is your favourite polymer? Propane.
03:35I did. Hi, guys. Hi. 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
04:11new level. Yes. She's not kidding. And I did make a point of checking the Geneva Convention
04:18and they 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 a 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.
04:55So if I can just keep myself here, topple off it. Then I'm sorry guys, you know.
05:01So are we going down? Is that what you're saying?
05:02You're going down.
05:07Right, here we go. Our final four.
05:09I just hope they don't let the pressure get to them.
05:12First up, Amy.
05:14Well, good luck. Come on, Amy.
05:16Smash it out of the park, mate. You'll be fine.
05:18Yes. Well, this composition, even just getting here, it's shown me that I'm worth something,
05:26I guess. See you on the other side. One, two, three, four, consonants, 28. Okay.
05:32Isn't it amazing when you see it just click?
05:34In the quickfire round, Amy pushed her nerves aside and showed razor sharp logic.
05:40It's 126 miles to genius district.
05:42It is 126. Well done, Amy.
05:45Well done.
05:47School wasn't the easiest.
05:49Being held up as clever, I got a lot of flack for that.
05:54So it was just easier for me to put on a mask each day.
05:57You don't realise what you're dumbing down until suddenly you don't have 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.
06:19So shall I tell you how this works?
06:20Please do.
06:20This is the genius hall of fame and it's our most fiendish game yet.
06:26In the first part of this challenge, they have to follow an intertwined and quite complicated set of rules on
06:31the board
06:32to work out which genius belongs in which square.
06:36And no one rule stands alone.
06:38They all work together like a really complex puzzle.
06:41Turing must be in an orange or pink square.
06:44He is east of Einstein and diagonal to Curie.
06:46This is a logic puzzle.
06:48Oh my god, they could have made this game for me.
06:51Processing all seven rules and working out the correct placements will take exceptional brain power.
06:57So they have to juggle all that in their heads?
07:00Yep.
07:01I can't even juggle one ball.
07:04Right, okay, focus. Don't get overconfident.
07:07My strategy is let's just do one clue at a time, put them in a logical spot and move what
07:13I can logically think needs moving.
07:15So he can't be that pink because he's got to be east.
07:18This is also a race against the clock.
07:20They have 15 minutes, so this is high-speed deductive reasoning.
07:25So let's stick him over there for now.
07:27Let's just play with this.
07:28We are really going to test how quickly their brains work to the limit.
07:33Curie must be in yellow or green.
07:34She is west of Turing and must be in the second column from the east.
07:40So east, that's the first column, that's the second column.
07:42So she's in here.
07:44She's yellow or green, so 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.
07:54That is a crucial anchor point for the other clues.
07:58Newton must be in green or blue.
08:00He is diagonal to Einstein, not in the same column as a woman.
08:04That rules him out here.
08:06Green or blue.
08:06There's no green or blue here.
08:08So he's over here and diagonal to Einstein.
08:14OK, so let's just stick him in a thing for a second.
08:16Newton, green or blue.
08:19Let's stick you there.
08:21Shakespeare must be in a blue square.
08:23Same row as Newton.
08:25Right, so Newton isn't here because there's no blue square, so let's stick you there then.
08:29Just for argument's sake.
08:31This is a bit like chess, but really, really hard.
08:34So actually, just like chess.
08:38Nightingale must not be in an orange square.
08:40She is in a row of men.
08:43Einstein must be in a green square.
08:45He's the only one in his row.
08:49And there must be one row that is completely empty.
08:52This is phenomenal, Alan.
08:54She 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 Titchmarsh, obviously.
09:04It hasn't gone green, so that's not right.
09:06At the end, if they have placed all the geniuses correctly, the floor will turn green.
09:11Ah, okay.
09:13Right, Turing must be orange or pink square.
09:17Maybe he's you then, or maybe that's the only thing I've got wrong.
09:24Oh, hearts.
09:26Wow.
09:29Right, this second game is an anagram, and once they solve it, it'll point to one of the geniuses that
09:35they've just placed on the grid.
09:37Solve the anagrams.
09:38Oh, good God.
09:39To lock in your answer, stand next to the correct genius, then say, my final answer is, and give the
09:42name of the genius, press stop.
09:44Button to finish.
09:45I can see it's a sentence.
09:47Well, that helps.
09:47The answer is, west of Turing, south of Curie, and east of Newton.
09:59It's like it's not even an anagram.
10:01That's amazing.
10:02That's so impressive.
10:03West of Turing, east of Newton, south of Curie.
10:06My final answer is William Shakespeare.
10:12Yes.
10:14Happy days.
10:15She's done it in less than a third of the time.
10:194.57.
10:20That's amazing.
10:25Oh.
10:30I couldn't have done any better.
10:32I've got to just be happy with that.
10:34If I go out, then, my God, I'm up against the flash, and I'll shake her hand.
10:41Right now, I feel like I can win this whole thing.
10:44Bring it on.
10:48It's been lovely to hang out with people who are able to do similar things to you.
10:54It was nice not to be, like, the minority in the room.
10:57You know, it's just the norm.
10:58Not to be the freak.
10:59Of them being the one that stood out.
11:00They're the freak.
11:01We were all freaks together as well.
11:02Next to tackle genius hall of fame is 44-year-old Selina.
11:08I'm constantly underestimated.
11:10The first time a lot of people see me is as a waitress.
11:14Selina.
11:15Oh, good luck, mate.
11:17I do have this other person inside me that people don't fully know.
11:23Oh, I thought it was going to be harder to work out.
11:24I guess it's there.
11:25I feel like Selina is the quiet assassin.
11:28Super bright, super sharp.
11:29She's very good.
11:31In the first game of the finals, Selina was the top-performing player, solving both quickfire games in the fastest
11:38time.
11:39Yes!
11:39Well done, Selina.
11:40Selina!
11:43I've surprised myself all along the way.
11:45There's been this little voice inside me saying, like, you 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 so they sit on their correct squares.
12:11Once 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 a second column from the east.
12:26Okay, so Curie's...
12:29Going to 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 Curie's west of Turing.
12:43I know there's some very speedy players, so I'm being a bit slower than I would like to be at
12:48this point.
12:49I'm thinking, don't panic, don't let that get to you.
12:51Got to be an orange or pink.
12:53Let's just go with...
12:54So it's this one or this one.
12:58And this one or this one.
13:09I think she's a bit confused.
13:11That's not like Selina, is it?
13:13She's not as confident as she normally is.
13:14No.
13:15This is high pressure, let's face it.
13:17Hold on a second.
13:19Is it new and green or blue square?
13:21Got to be in the same row as...
13:23Oh, I should have started with this.
13:25Never mind.
13:26I think I should have read all of the rules first and then started to move pieces around.
13:31It's a bit like when you get, like, homework at school and the final rule is the most important one.
13:36Oh, if this was a piece of paper, it'd be so much easier.
13:39She's trying lots of combinations and keeps not getting there, so I think her frustration is just mounting here.
13:45Oh, fuck.
13:46I'm standing at the front of all the pieces, thinking 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, my God.
14:05Jeez, 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 favourite thing.
14:18The answer is west of Turing, south of Curie.
14:25Wow.
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, but just see how the others do.
14:43That was 10 minutes, 32, but 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 and, like, all the oily fish.
15:12Yeah.
15:13In the heart of Oxford University, four players remain, all 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.
15:27I eat like crap.
15:28Do you eat like a student?
15:30I do.
15:31I eat like a student.
15:32I now live in Leeds, moved for work, would probably say I'm living the bachelor lifestyle at the moment.
15:38I tend to buy a lot of ready meals.
15:40It's quite bad, but I'm the sort of person where, you know, if I tried to make toast, I'd burn
15:45my kitchen down.
15:46People, particularly people who I've had kind of more romantic relationships with, frequently say, I've never met anyone like you.
15:56And I've kind of accepted that I might have a more difficult time finding people who really gel with me.
16:03People like to pick on things that are different, because they stand out.
16:08You didn't, like, change your diet leading up to this, like, at all?
16:11No, no, no.
16:11I just did the same as usual, but I guess my thinking is it's worked for me so far.
16:15But who knows, maybe I'm holding myself back from super, ultra, mega genius level,
16:21and I could, you know, learn to move objects with my brain if I just ate some more fish or
16:26something.
16:28Nathan's like Usain Bolt.
16:30To earn his place in the top four, Nathan has blazed through the competition with his lightning-fast processing speed...
16:37Wow!
16:38..and extraordinary memory.
16:40That's incredible. He 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, and 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, we've all gained something at this point.
17:13The hard evidence to back myself in future and say, actually, you know what?
17:17You doubting me, I did that.
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, and the confidence that will give
17:37me would help me be myself.
17:52A common phrase in much of my life has been people telling me that I haven't quite reached my full
17:59potential.
17:59But mum and dad, when he was alive, were 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 for 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 intention since I wore my first pair of Spanx.
18:30Right, using the rules provided, rearrange 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 because 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.
19:00Anastine green square.
19:02Let's just get him on there for a start.
19:04Shakespeare must be in a blue square.
19:06Where's Shakespeare?
19:08Let's just get them on.
19:09Probably not going to be right, but give myself a chance.
19:12Just hearing that slightly ragged breathing there, I got my first hint of Nathan being quite nervous, which is not
19:17like 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, but his first move is actually correct.
19:33Shakespeare must be in a blue square.
19:35He's in the same row as Newton.
19:37I'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 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, and she's on a row of men.
20:17Let's knock on green.
20:19Oh, he's so close.
20:21Come on, Nick.
20:22You can do this.
20:26Shakespeare must be in a blue square.
20:28It's the same row as Newton.
20:32Nightingale must not be an orange square, and 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.
20:53The...
20:54OK.
20:55I'm not getting that word.
20:58Must be in the second column from the east.
21:01So, Turing, can you be here?
21:07That's got to be it.
21:10There must be one row that's completely empty.
21:13OK.
21:14How is that going to happen?
21:16West.
21:17The something is west of...
21:21Turing, orange, or pink.
21:24Come on, Nathan.
21:24You're so close.
21:27Q-E-R.
21:32Surely.
21:34So...
21:34Oh, thank God.
21:35Right.
21:35He moves on to the anagram.
21:37That means they're neck and neck now.
21:39OK.
21:39F-Rowin-C-T...
21:40OK.
21:41I'm not going to read that out.
21:42West of Turing, south of Curie, east of Newton.
21:51The answer is...
21:53Well, let me just check.
21:55No, you've got it.
21:56Trust yourself, Nick.
22:00South of Curie, the 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.
22:21It took too long.
22:22It took 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 OK about it.
22:29But I know the competition's really tough now, and a performance that's average probably isn'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.
22:48OK, I think it's quite clear who our frontrunner 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.
23:02Joint third.
23:02Yes.
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 and reveal that based on the speed and
23:22accuracy 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.
23:49Hey, hello.
23:51How are you?
23:53After the most complex game so far, the four Oxford finalists are about to discover which of them has made
24:00it through to the final game.
24:04The two that are going through to battle it out to be the UK's first secret genius are.
24:24Amy and Nathan.
24:30Oh.
24:32Wow.
24:32Well done.
24:33Well done, guys.
24:35Well done.
24:36Well done.
24:37I'm thanking my lucky stars.
24:39I'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.
24:47It's been absolutely brilliant, start to finish.
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.
24:59Pleasure.
25:00Good luck.
25:01Thank you so much.
25:02I'm not really feeling 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
25:10through this.
25:11I hope seeing someone like me makes people think twice when they're thinking about waitresses.
25:17You never know where secret geniuses are actually hiding.
25:23Hiya, darling.
25:25Hiya.
25:25Are you OK?
25:26Yeah.
25:27I'm going to cut to the chase.
25:29OK.
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.
25:59Oh, what if we walk in that room and it's like the chess game in that movie?
26:03Where the people are all on chess pieces and then move.
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?
26:1616?
26:1732?
26:1732, so...
26:18No.
26:19Yeah.
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.
26:42I know.
26:42If you feel nervous, how do you think that I feel?
26:45It's the final one, Erlen.
26:48Oh, look at this.
26:49You've pulled out all the stops for the final one.
26:53Recognise 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.
27:06So 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.
27:28OK.
27:29Why would you call a cat Muffy?
27:31No idea, Erlen.
27:32So before each question, they will be given a category, such as this, names.
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, poor 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.
28:10OK.
28:12If I am a secret genius, I think I'd feel a bit more self-assured, and I'm already proving
28:19to myself that that's OK.
28:21I'm going to be 41 this year, and if not now, then when?
28:27I feel how in 26 for me now is, I'm kind of becoming boring.
28:33I live in a flat, and I go to work, and I do my job.
28:36And next year, it'll probably be the same.
28:39It would always be a confidence boost to have someone say, you 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.
29:25They've got so many details to remember.
29:28Yeah.
29:28But this isn't just about memory recall.
29:32It's also testing their fluid reasoning, you know, their raw brain power, their ability
29:36to reason on the spot.
29:41It's my mate.
29:45Some of this stuff is straightforward, but some of it is really, really not.
29:49OK, so they might be tempted to rush this.
29:51It is against the clock after all, but they would do really well to use the three minutes
29:56they've been given to memorise everything.
29:58Yeah, speed matters, but it's actually accuracy that's going to win it for them.
30:31Yeah.
30:32It's just a few minutes looking at that wall.
30:34And that's an awful lot of information to digest in such a short time as well, isn't it?
30:41Names, OK.
30:45Would you like to review the picture wall?
30:47Well, no, do I want to look at the wall?
30:49Of course I don't want to look at the wall.
30:51Names, I get people's names.
30:52Let's bring on the question.
30:55Names, OK.
30:56I can do names.
30:58Which player's name is hidden in this sentence?
31:00To be a secret genius, the tool lies in resourcefulness, solving problems, and decrypting clues.
31:12OK.
31:13Is there any double S's, because I can rule out the R's, but it's not, so I can rule out
31:17J's.
31:18Are there any J's in that?
31:21No.
31:22So, J's isn't there.
31:23OK.
31:23That also rules out her jar.
31:24That's so clever, doing that.
31:26I'm looking to see whether the words amalgamate 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.
31:39So, Olly, final answer.
31:41He's doing this so quickly.
31:45The answer isn't jumping out at 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-L-I-E.
31:55O-L-L-I.
31:56My final answer is Olly.
31:58Can I have the next category, please?
32:01Locations.
32:06Again, 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.
32:18You know Carol Walderman's mum put her forward for Countdown?
32:21No, really?
32:21She wrote a letter without telling Carol.
32:22My mum doesn't put me forward for anything.
32:25No.
32:25I 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.
32:35Colchester, straight away.
32:37Doesn't even think twice.
32:38Yeah.
32:39Which player?
32:41Which player?
32:41It's got to be Rosie.
32:42Rosie.
32:43That's my final answer.
32:45He's doing this so quickly.
32:48This is an anagram for which player's location.
32:51Oh, okay.
32:52C-O-L.
32:53Are there two Cs now?
32:55Well, there are two Cs.
32:56Colchester.
32:56Rosie's location.
32:57My final answer is Rosie.
33:01Right, here 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, I'm going to return to the picture wall.
33:21I'm having that battle in my head of do I check and do I make sure, but I'm trying, maybe
33:26for one of the first times, not to think about time, because I know if I think about time,
33:31I might get flustered.
33:32So I focus on accuracy.
33:34It's only 60 seconds, which actually, in the long run, if you get the valuable information
33:38that you need, it's the right decision.
33:47The sum of Richard, Selina, Nathan, and one of the other players' age is 148.
33:52Who is the missing player?
33:54Your 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, and under stress, even the biggest brain can misfire.
34:16Nathan is 26.
34:18So without Nathan, that makes that 122.
34:21Selina is 44.
34:24So take 22 off 100 gives me 78.
34:28So 78 minus 33 gives me a 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.
34:49I'm not sure who there was.
34:51There's no one aged 36.
34:52Come on, Nathan.
34:56I've added up the ages, and it's not quite come out to what I think it's going to be.
35:02So I have a bit of a guess.
35:03Oh, God.
35:04Okay, I'm going to say Sarah.
35:07Final answer.
35:09Do you reckon that's going to affect his confidence?
35:12He might feel knocked by that one.
35:13But we need to remember, the game's not over yet.
35:36Okay, I'm going to review the board.
35:38Yeah, okay.
35:40Yes.
35:42Okay.
35:44At Oxford University, our two remaining finalists are battling it out in an epic endgame,
35:50so that one can be crowned the UK's first secret genius.
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, hamster.
36:21Hetty, the hamster.
36:22That works.
36:22And Muffy, the cat.
36:23That's funny, because 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, Megan, Molly, those are great names, double 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, it makes sense.
36:52These pet names follow the same rule, Hetty, Molly, Holly.
36:55The word letters also follows this rule.
36:57It's seven letters.
36:57So Hetty was, oh, oh, it was a hamster.
37:02Molly.
37:04Oh, God.
37:06It's about a pattern in words.
37:07And I think at first it's maybe about the length of letters in the type of animal.
37:11Um, so 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?
37:31Hetty, Hamster, Molly.
37:32Oh, but they've got double letters as well.
37:33So it's double letters.
37:35Um, so...
37:37Muffy.
37:38So that was Justin.
37:40So, Justin, final answer.
37:42He's remembered Justin's Muffy.
37:44Oh!
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?
38:03If it comes down to time, I have to say Nathan may have this.
38:09Oh!
38:11This is the big one.
38:14Occupation.
38:17Nope.
38:18Nope.
38:19I do not want to review that picture all.
38:21It's do or die.
38:22Always do or die.
38:23Look at that.
38:25Do you know, my hands are all sweaty.
38:30Oh, 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.
38:40Okay.
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.
38:52Okay.
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.
39:07Delivery driver.
39:08Would there be anything else?
39:09Let me think, let me think, let 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?
39:17Jeff?
39:20Okay.
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.
39:39Oh.
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.
39:54Don'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, little, 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,
40:46because I've done my best.
40:48I've given everything that I've got.
40:50Well, I underestimate myself,
40:52so 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
41:16they've competed with to get them to this point.
41:19I'm nervous for all of that.
41:21I'm nervous.
41:24Oh!
41:28Welcome.
41:29Welcome back.
41:31We've got people from the previous heat,
41:34my sister from another mister.
41:37We've got CJ,
41:38we've got Vazilla, Simon,
41:40Carl,
41:41Helen,
41:42Debs.
41:43I thought we'd got rid of you,
41:44but 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!
42:00Oh!
42:05Are you emotional already, Amy?
42:08Oh!
42:09It'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 learned on your journey?
42:30To have a little faith.
42:32Yeah.
42:32I think I'd better start.
42:34Yes, I think so too.
42:36You really should.
42:37And what about you, Nathan?
42:39Yeah, it's the belief in yourself,
42:40the belief that you might just be what you think you are
42:45and that you can back yourself.
42:46You can say as well to people that say,
42:48you're not, well, 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
42:53for the wider world?
42:54Oh, yeah.
42:55100%.
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,
43:14we started with 48 competitors
43:16from all over Britain,
43:17from all walks of life.
43:19And now it's just you two.
43:21The 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.
43:47Nathan.
43:51You were cooking fantastic.
43:53You were 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 good.
44:04Congratulations.
44:06Well done.
44:09He's not a secret genius anymore.
44:12Everyone knows.
44:21This is mental.
44:23It's mental.
44:24This competition has already changed my life.
44:27I think the confidence I've gained in this process
44:29will set me up for a long, long time.
44:31This trophy, I need to find a place for it.
44:34But maybe join me in bed tonight.
44:36We can have a little cuddle.
44:38Molly.
44:39I did it for all.
44:40I did it for all.
44:42I have gained so much through this process.
44:45I may not have won the trophy,
44:47but I still feel like a secret genius
44:48because I never realised I had 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.
45:02So there we have it.
45:04Britain's first secret genius.
45:07And that man's name is...
45:09Nathan.
45:10Yay!
45:16Nathan, I've got one more question for you.
45:18What is a genius?
45:20I think...
45:22I think a genius is me.
45:25Do you want me?
45:26I think it's my passion.
45:41I don't want to say anything.
45:48There you are.
46:14MUSIC CONTINUES
46:18Genius, go to Channel 4, take part.
46:51MUSIC CONTINUES
46:54MUSIC CONTINUES
46:55MUSIC CONTINUES
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