Episode 2 Britain's Brightest

We scoured the land for ordinary people with extraordinary powers.

My fastest time for

solving a Rubik's cube is 7.91 seconds.

It was an unusual talent search.

What is nine times 12? 108.

Nine times 12, 108.

Not everyone was up to the mark...

-How old is The Queen?

-I thought she was 101?

..As we searched for Britain's Brightest.

I've got what it takes to go the distance.

They had to pass brain-busting tests...

-Oh, you are horrible!

-..show feats of dexterity.

Oh, God!

Finally, 24 made it through.

Yeah!

-Well done!

-CHEERING

They come from all walks of life.

If I could win Britain's Brightest, it would be incredible.

It's really important to show that actually being bright is a really good thing.

But just one can win £50,000 and be crowned Britain's Brightest.

The other contestants do need to watch out.

I will fight tooth and nail to win.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host, Clare Balding.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Britain's Brightest,

a new kind of talent competition

that is testing the power of the brain.

It's all about sharp thinking, and we'll test every part

of the mind, from spelling to maths,

logic, emotions, puzzles and memory.

Our team has found 24 amazing minds and tonight, six of them

will compete for a place in the final and a £50,000 first prize.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So, let's meet out first two contestants.

I'm Clare, I live in Warrington. No, I don't. That's rubbish!

SHE LAUGHS

I'm Clare. I live in London,

but I'm originally from Warrington and I'm a midwife.

I think there's lots and lots of reasons why I love being a midwife,

but the main thing really is about being part of somebody's memories.

You meet somebody as soon as they're pregnant and you see them

all the way through until their baby's kind of three or four

weeks old, and it's just a really lovely experience.

On a daily basis I multi-task and I work well under pressure.

I have to read people's emotions.

I think emotional intelligence is one of my strengths.

I'm not convinced I'll be massively wonderful at my English or spelling, things like that.

Generally people see me as kind of the bubbly blonde that's maybe not so intelligent.

Keep an eye out, because I think I'm somebody that will maybe go

under the radar a little bit and then come to bite them on the bum!

My name's Lynn. I come from Old Dilton, which is a tiny hamlet in Wiltshire, and I'm a childminder.

I have the same IQ as Einstein, which is 153.

But he couldn't add up and I can.

That's a bit rude, isn't it, poor Einstein.

I have a daughter called Erin.

She's 19 and I've been a single parent to her all my life.

-Oh, not all my life, obviously.

-SHE LAUGHS

I'm absolutely so proud of her.

Erin does quite a lot of showjumping with her horse, Fred,

and this is her rosette board.

This is Freddie. He's really, really good at showjumping.

He's like a jumping machine.

Erin is absolutely ecstatic that I'm going on Britain's Brightest.

She's always got an answer to everything.

I think one of my attributes is that I'm quite self-assured and I'm quite calm under pressure.

Yes, she's really, like, as cool as a cucumber.

If I won Britain's Brightest, I'd like to go on a world tour with Erin.

Oh, my God!

I know that I can do anything that's put in front of me,

so the other contestants should not underestimate me.

I'm a bit wary of saying things like that,

because I could go on there and make a complete idiot of myself!

Please welcome Clare and Lynn.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Hello, you two.

-Hello, Clare.

-Welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

-You're quite excited about being on, aren't you, Clare?

Just a little.

-How do you show that you're really excited?

-TAPS FEET RAPIDLY

-LAUGHTER

-Now listen, last year, London 2012, extraordinary experience,

it was for me and I know it was for you, as well.

It certainly was, yeah. I was lucky enough to be one of the volunteers,

so I was an NOC Assistant and looked after Team Namibia.

So I got the really difficult task of, kind of, ferrying them around

to the events and had to go and watch some amazing sport in amazing seats.

Really tough, I find. Very difficult isn't it?

You just think, "how can I carry on doing this"?

Yeah. For my country, I did it. LAUGHTER

Now Lynn, in terms of your brightness,

what do you think you've got up here?

Well, I know I've got a brain that works well.

I always seem to know the answer when other people don't seem to know,

so I kind of feel I've got an edge somewhere.

I can't quite define it, but I just know that I am quite bright.

And your daughter Erin says that you are cool under pressure,

which should be crucial in these circumstances.

I am, actually, I don't feel any kind of nerves.

No shaky hands, no heart beating.

I just enjoy it so much that I don't think about being nervous.

Well, good luck to both of you. Are you ready?

-We're ready.

-Yes.

Let's reveal your first weighty challenge.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

In front of you are 26 people.

From their appearance, you must use all of your powers of judgement

to estimate how much each of them weigh.

-So, good luck with that.

-CLARE AND LYNN LAUGH

In a moment you'll be given a target weight and you must then

select people whose weights will match that target.

Throughout our lives, though, we've been told not to talk about peoples' weights

because it's rude, and here we are asking you to estimate exactly what they weigh.

But Clare, being a midwife, obviously there aren't any babies there,

-cos you'd be really good at it if it's babies, wouldn't you?

-LAUGHTER

-I'm good at that.

-Yeah.

-I think even with women.

So we always ask about weight at women's book-ins,

so with the women up there I might have a better idea with them than with the men, but we shall see.

And Lynn, what about you? Are you good at assessing people's weights?

I don't think I'm very good,

but I think it's not very helpful with the clothes on.

Well, that's true.

If they could all take them off. CLARE AND LYNN LAUGH

Indeed! That's why Ashley came without his shirt.

But you're right, you've got to take into account what they're wearing.

Their boots or hats or whatever. All the gear, as well.

So, let's set our first target weight, and we'll make it relatively

simple by just asking you to pick one person who matches this target.

OK.

12 stone.

You're looking for one person whose weight is closest to 12 stone.

You'll have noticed there's Ken Morley, formerly of Coronation Street,

and John McCririck's here, as well, who I know very well.

And Clare has made her selection, she's gone for Deryn. Thank you very much, Deryn.

-We have Deryn and we have Thomas.

-APPLAUSE

So, Clare, let's find out how close you are to 12 stone with Deryn.

How much do you weigh, please?

12 stone, 5lbs that's very good.

5lbs over but very, very good.

APPLAUSE

Now Lynn, what was it about Thomas that said,

"I'm a man who weighs 12 stone?"

Well, it was his quite large shoulders which

-I now begin to think is just the jacket.

-LAUGHTER

If you're closer than 5lbs

either over or under,

then you will win this first round.

Thomas, how much do you weigh?

-So he's even bigger under the jacket than he looks.

-Yes, absolutely.

It means that Clare, you win Round One, you are closest to 12 stone.

Congratulations and thank you to Deryn and Thomas.

Thank you very much. Well, done.

So we are now going to test your mathematical skill

as well as your social perception,

because we are looking for two weights that add up to a target figure.

This is your target weight.

30 stones. You go.

-You will have noticed at home a couple of famous faces, here.

-CLARE LAUGHS

Clare goes running through them, she wants Jack.

That was a sudden sprint.

A bit of athletic ability being tested here, as well!

Now, this is testing something called social perception,

and almost automatically we use height, age, posture,

even clothes to estimate weight.

Danielle is being selected by Lynn,

and Lynn makes her second selection, which is Ben.

Ben the chef. And Clare has selected Sam.

APPLAUSE

So, Clare, you were very, very keen to get your hands on Jack.

I was. LAUGHTER

Why was that?

Well, I think it's easier to judge weight in terms of somebody muscly

than somebody that has got a few extra pounds.

Right, so how much do you think Jack does weigh?

Maybe 17 or 18 stone?

OK. Shall we find out? Jack, how much do you weigh?

I think you've underestimated how much muscle weighs.

Should have left him to me, you see.

I think I need to go and feel those muscles!

That's it.

Now, that means that you need Sam to be

8 stone 8lbs to be spot-on.

LAUGHTER

So, Sam, how much do you weigh?

-15 stone and 2lbs.

-Wow!

Which, if we add that on to Jack's weight, I'm afraid means that

-you go over by 6 stone and 8lbs, with 36 stone 8lbs.

-CLARE AND LYNN LAUGH

The good thing is that you're laughing about it.

LAUGHTER

So am I!

Lynn's rubbing her hands in glee. Hello!

So, Lynn, you picked Danielle. How much do you think she weighs?

I thought Danielle probably weighed 8 stone 11.

OK. Well, let's find out. Danielle how much do you weigh, please?

9 stone 4. That's all right.

That's lovely.

So, you need Ben to be 20 stone and 10lbs to be spot-on.

Don't let me down, Ben.

People shouting, "Come on, Ben"!

LAUGHTER

He can't do anything about the answer!

Let's find out how much Ben weighs. Please reveal your weight.

-GASPS

-24 stone and 3lbs, which means that...

33 stone and 7lbs, you're three and a half stone over,

but you are closest to the target weight of 30,

so, Lynn, you win this round. Well done.

APPLAUSE

And many thanks to Jack and Sam, to Ben and to Danielle. Thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We have one final target weight for you to find.

You're going to find two people whose weights add up to this.

25 stone. Go for it.

We'll see whether Clare suddenly speeds up at the end, here

-as she gets closer.

-Can I have you, please?

She's going straight for Ashley.

Ashley and Debbie are the selections from Clare.

Lynn has picked out John.

And she has also picked Ellie.

Well, done.

So, Lynn, your target was 25 stone, how much do you think Ellie weighs?

I think that Ellie weighs about eight stone.

Well, let's find out how close you are. Ellie how much do you weigh, please?

seven stone 12, you are 2lbs within what you thought she was,

-that's excellent.

-Yes! Thank you Ellie.

Now, that means that John needs to be 17 stone and 2lbs.

John, how much do you weigh, please?

-20 stone and 4lbs.

-John, you let me down! Oh, no.

3 stone and 2lbs over.

Gosh, I was miles off.

So, Clare. With Debbie, what were you thinking?

I basically wanted to pick somebody that I thought would match Ashley

in terms of going for Ashley being about 16 stone.

So you need Debbie to be about nine?

-Yes.

-OK. Debbie. How much do you weigh?

-8 stone 12.

-Well, done Clare.

Very good. So, within 2lbs of what you thought.

Do I get a hug if we're right?

-A hug with Ashley if you're right?

-LAUGHTER

Is that why you selected Ashley, Clare?

So, you need Ashley to be 16 stone 2lbs

to be spot-on the target.

-Ashley...

-Come on, Ashley.

-Be 19 stone.

-How much to do you weigh?

-13 stone 7.

-GASPS

Man! Never!

So, you come out with 22 stone 5lbs.

-Whoa!

-Which is 2 stone 9lbs off target,

but fractionally closer than Lynn, so you win the third round.

-You've done the dance!

-APPLAUSE

Thank you to John McCririck, thank you to Ken, thank you to

all of our crowd who have so graciously revealed their weights.

And after that game, please don't think you can go up to strangers

and guess their weight, we will not be responsible for the consequences.

Clare, you scored four points in that round, Lynn, you scored two.

There's still plenty more time to increase those points.

Ladies and gentlemen, for now, we will see them again later,

-Lynn and Clare.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now, you don't just find amazing minds in the bar at Mensa on a wet Wednesday,

you can find them anywhere if you know what you're looking for.

Here's where we found our next two contestants.

Hi, I'm Mike from Blackburn in Lancashire

and I'm studying economics at the University Of Leeds.

Studying economics has given me

a really good range of number skills and analytical skills.

I'm a Blackburn Rovers supporter.

I find watching football to be like a really good, kind of, cathartic release.

I am into photography.

You have to have a good eye for angles and subjects.

Whenever I go anywhere worth taking photos of, I always have the camera with me.

I'd definitely love, you know, to be able to take some time

and actually go and do some proper stuff.

I'm really competitive, always have been.

Me and my dad and my brother have watched University Challenge

together with a score sheet. I always tend to come out on top,

though my dad would dispute that.

Being younger than some of the other contestants will prove to be

an advantage for me.

I'm definitely doing it for the title and not for the money.

I'm David, I'm from High Wycombe and I'm a telemarketing agent.

My children think that I've always been a bit of a smart aleck,

but ever since I found out I was going to be on the show,

they think I've been in mega smug mode and haven't been talking to me.

I play Scrabble every week.

My highest word score was for "magnetos" - that scored 158

and it went across two triple letter scores.

I'm very pedantic about words and grammar.

Here I have a letter and they're talking about the principal sum,

which they've spelt P, L, E, and of course anybody

who speaks English will know that that's spelt P, A, L.

It is important to me to win.

There's a saying that it's not the winning, it's the taking part,

but that's what losers say.

Being called Britain's Brightest would be something I'd be proud of.

In fact, I'd probably incorporate it in my e-mail signature.

Please welcome David and Mike.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Hello, you two, welcome to the show.

-Thank you very much.

-Hello, Clare.

-David, in terms of your intelligence...

-Yes.

..you clearly are a very learned man.

Are there any chinks in your armour?

Not that I'm going to admit to on national television.

-He's psyching you out already, Mike. Are you feeling this intimidation?

-Poker face.

Feeling the fire burning off David. Very intimidating.

Now, what will your advantages be, do you think?

I think over anything else it's got to have to be youth.

I'm a pretty quick thinker and even though experience comes with age,

I think speed remains with the young, so... Ready for it.

Fighting talk.

It's not about how quick you are, it's about what you know,

and I think having been around a few years longer than Mike, I might just have the edge there.

Well, Mike, David, good luck to both of you.

We are about to undertake a spelling test,

but you won't need pen and paper, we're going high tech.

Come over here and you will see words appear in the air around you.

APPLAUSE

So, for example here are three words associated with the brain.

I would eliminate the two that I believe are incorrectly spelt,

"Synapce" and "Coortex", leaving "neuron" as the correctly-spelt word.

Now, there are three rounds in this challenge,

the words will get progressively harder.

-David I know you're a stickler for correct spelling.

-Correct.

What was the last word that you publicly corrected?

Well, my wife and I went to a supermarket recently

and they had some stationery for sale and the word "stationary"

was spelt with an A, R, Y at the end. So I got a felt-tip pen out of their stationery

and changed it to E, R, Y.

-Which, of course, is perfectly normal.

-Absolutely.

-Yes.

-LAUGHTER

Mike, you are very quick, you're young, obviously you're agile.

There is a bit of dexterity to this, do you think that might play to your strengths?

I'm hoping so. I think I've got pretty good co-ordination,

so I'm hoping I'll be able to use that in the game.

Mike, I'm going to send you backstage so you can hear and see nothing.

David, you're first up, so take to the spot and let's go.

So, here we go, David - you will receive three words

-and you will strike out the two words that are incorrectly spelt.

-OK.

-Happy?

-Yep. Fine.

-Let's play.

Correct. "Aisle" is correctly spelt.

Correct. "Chamois" is the right answer.

"Typhoon" is correct.

Your last one in this round.

Oh!

David you struck out "Abseil" and it was correctly spelt.

I must have misread that.

-So, three out of four in your first round. For now, David, thank you.

-APPLAUSE

Let's say goodbye to you and welcome back Mike to the spot.

-Hello, Mike.

-Hello, Clare.

-Are you happy? Are you relaxed?

-I'm very happy and relaxed.

-Looking forward to it?

-I am. Let's do it.

-Let's play.

Oh! "Aisle" was correctly spelt.

Correct. Well done, you got one on the board.

"Typhoon" is correct, well done. Into your rhythm now.

No, "abseil" was the one that was correctly spelt. What happened?

Massive let down. I'm not really sure what happened there.

At the end of that first round, Mike, you've scored two out of a possible four.

David scored three out of four, so he has taken the first round.

Mike, for now, thank you, let's let you go backstage and we welcome back David.

APPLAUSE

David, you will be pleased to hear that you won the first round with three out of four.

For the second round you need to knock out the three incorrectly-spelt words,

your time starts now.

Oh, that's wrong.

Hesitation, and a mistake on the first one.

-I'm afraid you timed out, there.

-Ah.

-I'm doing badly, here.

-The pressure of time forcing you into a mistake there.

-Yes.

Your last one, David.

"Zabaglione" is correct, well done, but you score only one out of a possible four.

-Yeah. A chance for Mike to come back.

-David, for now, thank you.

APPLAUSE

And we welcome back Mike for his second-round challenge.

This time, Mike, you're going to see four words,

three of them are incorrectly spelt, leave the one right answer

and Mike, your time starts now.

Oh, he went straight for "vermilion", which was the correct spelling.

No, "colonnade" was correctly spelt.

Well, done. "Demiurge" is correct. Your last one on this round.

Congratulations, Mike, "zabaglione" is correct, you scored two out of four.

APPLAUSE

You're looking nervous, because you think that's not enough.

-I do think that's not enough.

-Will you be relieved and pleased

when I tell you it IS enough to have won the round? Well done, Mike.

APPLAUSE

-David, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-It is now one round all.

-Yes.

Your third round. Again, four words, three of them incorrectly spelt,

-also the time is slightly shorter.

-Yep.

-So here we go, Round Three, are you ready?

-I am ready.

Your time starts now.

Correct. Well done, David. "Bergamot" correctly spelt.

"Silhouette" is correct, well done.

Hesitated but got it right. "Spaghetti" is correctly spelt.

This is your last one. Well, done, "guillotine" correctly spelt.

-Well, done David, that's more like it.

-That's more like it.

On the hardest round you have scored four out of four.

-David, well done and thank you.

-All right, thank you.

And let's welcome back Mike.

APPLAUSE

And your time starts now.

Well, done. "Bergamot" correct.

"Silhouette" is correct.

"Spaghetti" is correct.

-"Guillotine" is correct. Well done, Mike, four out of four.

-Better.

If you'd like to come over here, and David will come back out.

Now, interesting. So, David, you won the first round, Mike, you won the second round.

In the third round you were tied with four out of four,

so now you will answer as many as you can in a row, and the player

that completes the longest sequence will take the points for the third round. Understood?

-Yep. Great.

-David, you will go first.

-OK.

-Take to the spot.

So, David, your time starts now.

Oh!

"Garrison" was correctly spelt, I'm afraid, and it's the first one

you struck out, and that is the end of your challenge. What happened?

I looked at that wrong, somehow. Never mind.

Oh, I'm so sorry, David, but thank you.

APPLAUSE

And Mike comes in. You ready, Mike?

-Yes, I am.

-Let's play your tie-break.

"Garrison" is correct.

And Mike, the challenge can stop there because,

and you do look perplexed,

-with just one correct answer, you have beaten David, well done.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And at the end of the spelling challenge it means that David,

you take two points, Mike, you win the game with four.

There are still plenty of chances to win more points,

-but ladies and gentlemen, for now, David and Mike.

-APPLAUSE

Let's meet tonight's last two contestants putting their minds to the test

in the battle to become Britain's Brightest.

I'm Zoe, I live in London,

and I'm managing director of a small software company.

When I was about five, what I really wanted to be was a ballerina,

but sadly I wasn't very good at it. At school I was always

really good at maths, and so by the time I was about 12

I decided I wanted to be a professional mathematician or physicist

and I went to university in Cambridge and studied mathematics.

When I set myself goals, I always follow through and achieve them,

so I set myself the goal of becoming managing director of my company, which I did in 2012.

I think the other competitors have to watch out because I come across

as very nice and very friendly, but underneath, I am absolutely ruthless.

I'm so competitive that if things aren't going the way I want, then everyone will know about it.

I've been playing backgammon since 2002, and in 2010 I became Ladies' World Champion.

And you get used to going, "Yeah, I'm Zoe Cunningham, Ladies' World Backgammon Champion",

so, similarly it would be great to be able to go, "I'm Zoe Cunningham, Britain's Brightest".

My name is Roual.

I was born in Britain, raised in Jamaica

and I'm a customer service advisor for Croydon Council.

My wife Hannah is very supportive of me being on the show.

I think he'll do very well. Very, very quick thinker, he is.

I was born here, but my parents decided to go back to Jamaica when I was five.

Jamaica to me is very much a second home.

When I'm there, I'm more Jamaican than I am British.

I'm a bit of a phone freak.

Nokia 5146, 6150...

I eat, sleep, breathe mobile phones.

Sony Ericsson...

-I think it's a passion.

-An obsession.

-THEY LAUGH

I've just always been into technology and gadgets.

Samsung Galaxy Ace.

I didn't go to university, and some of my competitors might think

they have an advantage, but I'm not dumb.

I mean, I'm clever, but he's bright. HE CHUCKLES

This might be Jamaica's fastest, but THIS is Britain's Brightest.

Please welcome Zoe and Roual.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Welcome to both of you. Thank you for playing.

-And Roual, we saw in that film how much you love Jamaica.

-Yes.

What is it about Jamaica that makes you feel so warm towards it?

Well, I grew up in Jamaica and it is just home to me.

The people there are just really, really warm, you know,

so there's nowhere in the world to me just like Jamaica.

-So, Zoe, or should I say, Zoe, Ladies' World Backgammon Champion 2010?

-Indeed.

Now, backgammon is a game all about strategy and thinking ahead, isn't it?

Actually, backgammon's a combination of lots of different approaches.

You do need strategy, but you also need to know about tactics.

You need to be able to count quickly,

you need to be able to do some quite complicated maths in your head,

and, all importantly, you need quite a bit of luck.

Well, good luck to both of you. It's time to get some

points on the leaderboard for you, come over this way.

APPLAUSE

I'm going to give you both your own personal volcano.

You'll be faced with a number of questions,

and you need to say what comes next.

Give me the right answer and you build up lava in your volcano.

But get it wrong, and it goes to your opponent.

The first to make their volcano erupt is the winner.

Now, this is going to be tricky because you need to make

creative connections, but under the pressure of time, your thinking

tends to become more cramped and less creative.

So, best of luck. Would you like to give your volcanoes names?

I would, I'd like to call my volcano Smokey, because that was

the name of my first cat and also an appropriate name for a volcano.

I like it. And what about you, Roual?

I think I'll go with Blue Mountains,

because as we all know, I grew up in Jamaica

and the Blue Mountains are the most famous mountains in Jamaica.

-So what about Bluey for short?

-Bluey? Bluey's fine.

OK. So we've got Bluey and Smokey the volcanoes.

Now, the first thing we're going to do is play for control of the game.

So, the first to buzz in and answer this question correctly

will take control of the first round.

Your first question is...

What comes next?

-Roual, you buzzed in.

-32.

Is 32 the correct answer?

It is correct. They are all half the previous number, well done.

So, Roual, you take control of the first round.

So, Bluey the volcano comes forward, and this is your first question.

What's next in this sequence?

You'll be out of time in a minute.

Out of time, I'm afraid.

The answer was 34, they were all part of the Fibonacci Sequence.

That means that your lava

passes to Zoe.

Zoe, Smokey your volcano comes forward,

and this is your question.

What comes next in this sequence?

-29.

-Is 29 correct?

29 is correct.

They're all prime numbers

-in ascending order. Well done, Zoe.

-APPLAUSE

Roual, your turn.

What's next in the sequence?

-277.

-Is 277 correct?

It is correct,

the increase doubles each time,

Well done. Zoe, your question is...

What's next in that sequence?

-170.

-170. Is that correct?

It is correct.

Roual, if you get this question wrong, you'll pass your lava to Zoe

and her volcano will erupt. And this is your question.

What's next?

614?

So, is 614 the correct answer?

It's not, I'm afraid.

The correct answer is 623.

The difference between the numbers is three times larger each time.

That means that your lava passes to Zoe, and this happens.

APPLAUSE

Smokey has exploded! A very, very tough round.

-Two points go to Zoe for winning the first round. Well done.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Roual, you started the first round,

that means Zoe you will start Round Two. We can bring Smokey the volcano forward.

Your first question is this:

Wise is to Morecambe as Pace is to...?

Hale.

Is Hale the correct answer?

It is, they are all comedy double acts.

Roual, this is your question:

Murder is to crows as parliament is to what?

Badgers.

You say badgers. Is badgers the correct answer?

It's not, I'm afraid, it's owls.

Those are the collective nouns for those animals.

That means your lava passes to Zoe and you get this question:

The US House Of Representatives is to 435 as the US Senate is to what?

135.

Is that answer correct?

I'm afraid it's not, the correct answer is 100.

They are the number of seats in the two houses of Congress,

so your lava passes to Roual.

You're doing each other a favour, here. And Roual,

this is your question:

Constantinople is to Istanbul as Eboracum is to what?

Or, indeed, where?

I've no idea.

Leeds?

You say Leeds. Is Leeds the correct answer?

The correct answer is York,

because they are both ancient names of those places.

So, your lava passes to Zoe and Zoe,

get this next question correct,

and your volcano will erupt.

Psycho is to Hitchcock as Some Like It Hot is to who?

Scorsese?

You say Scorsese. It's not, I'm afraid. The correct is Wilder.

Billy Wilder was the director

and Alfred Hitchcock was the director of Psycho.

So, your lava passes to Roual.

Here's your question:

Robin is to Batman as Doiby Dickles is to who?

The Green Lantern?

And is The Green Lantern correct?

It is correct.

They are both superhero sidekicks.

Well done. This is all in your hands, Zoe,

this will decide the round one way or the other.

If you get it right, your volcano will explode,

if you get it wrong, Roual's volcano, Bluey, will explode.

Brasilia is to Brazil as Abuja is to where?

Gabon?

Is that the correct answer?

It's not, I'm afraid.

The correct answer is Nigeria.

They're all newly-created or planned capital cities

and that means this...

It means your lava passes to Roual, and his volcano erupts.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, it's one round apiece, two points apiece, well done.

Roual, it's your turn to start.

Let's bring Bluey the volcano forward.

Here's your first question:

Z, X, V - what's next in the sequence?

T

Is T the correct answer? T is the correct answer, why?

It's doing the alphabet backwards

skipping every other letter.

Brilliant. Absolutely fantastic. Well done, Roual.

So Zoe, let's bring Smokey back up and ask you your first question,

which is this:

What comes next in this sequence - G, L, Q,

then what?

T?

Is T the correct answer?

T is incorrect, I'm afraid.

The correct answer is V,

they go in alphabetical order,

skipping four each time.

Zoe, your lava passes to Roual.

This is your question:

A, C, F - what comes next in that sequence?

I

Is I correct?

I is wrong, I'm afraid. It's J.

They go up in alphabetical order

skipping one extra letter each time.

That means Zoe, you get the bubbling lava,

and you have this question:

P, L, I -

what's next in that sequence?

G

Is G correct?

G is correct. Well done. They go in reverse alphabetical order

skipping one less letter each time, congratulations.

So, Roual, here is your question:

I, F, Y - what's next in that sequence?

W

You say W. Is W the correct answer?

It's not, I'm afraid. The correct answer is M.

They are all the first letters of increasingly large imperial measurements.

So inch, foot, yard

and then M for mile.

It means your lava passes to Zoe, and Zoe,

if you get the next question correct, you will win this final round.

R, O, Y - what comes next in that sequence?

G

Is G correct?

-G is correct.

-Whoo-hoo!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

They are the colours of the rainbow in sequence.

That means, Zoe, you win the third round, and overall in this challenge you take four points.

-Roual, you take two, thank you both so much for playing volcano.

-Thank you.

Come and join the others over here.

And let's welcome back Clare, David, Mike and Lynn.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now, you've all gone head-to-head, and this is how the leaderboard is looking.

In joint first place with four points

it's Clare, Mike and Zoe.

And with ground to make up,

it's David, Lynn and Roual,

all with two points.

After the next game, whoever's at the bottom of the leaderboard

will be leaving Britain's Brightest. But everything could now change,

as the next challenge is worth 12 points to the winner.

Here comes our first group game,

a TV first as we combine mathematics with bouncing.

Please welcome, Everything Acrobatic.

MUSIC: "Down With The Trumpets" by Rizzle Kicks

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Your task is to do some simple adding and subtracting,

but of course it won't be that simple. Here's how it works.

For every performer that bounces on the trampoline to the left, you have to add one.

For every performer that bounces on the trampoline to the right, you have to subtract one.

So, for example - a bounce on the plus side

and one is added.

A bounce on the minus side, subtract one,

so the answer would there be zero.

So watch carefully all the ups and downs - at the end of each round you must give me the overall total.

Let's see the first one.

MUSIC: "Jump" by Van Halen

What number are you left with?

Let's reveal your answers.

Interesting. Five of you going for one, David has registered two.

Let's reveal the correct answer

and the correct answer is one. I'm sorry, David,

you must have seen an extra bounce that wasn't there.

-There were four on the plus side, three on the minus side, that left us with one.

-Right.

Here comes the next sum.

MUSIC: "Jump" by Kriss Kross

Enter the total you think you're left with.

Let's reveal the final answer.

Everyone this time in agreement with three,

let's find out whether you are all correct or all wrong.

You are all correct as I would expect.

The answer is three. There were seven bounces on the plus side,

four on the minus side, leaves us with three.

So, watch carefully, here is your third sum.

MUSIC: "Jump" by FloRida

And let's find out what you thought this time.

All of you again going for three as the answer. Was that correct?

It was indeed. Well done to all of you.

There were 15 bounces in total, nine of them on the plus side,

six of them on the minus side, leaving us with three.

So stand by, here comes your fourth bouncing sum.

MUSIC: "Jump Around" by House Of Pain

Please enter your answers.

Clare. I could see you just laughing there as it finished. Why were you laughing?

More praying.

Well, let's find out what you said,

and what the other contestants all said. What have you come up with?

Clare, David, Lynn have gone for five. Zoe two,

Roual three and Mike six. How interesting. Are any of you correct?

Let's find out. The correct answer...

..is five. So, well done, Clare - even though you looked confused,

-thought you hadn't taken it in, you got it right.

-APPLAUSE

Well, done to David, well done to Lynn, as well.

There were 21 bounces in total, 13 of them were on the plus side,

eight were on the minus side, that left us with five.

You want to trust your brain, Clare! It's there!

-I'll try, I'll try.

-You can do this.

-CLARE LAUGHS

So, fifth round. Let's play.

MUSIC: "Higher" by Taio Cruz

If you would like to enter your answers into your keypad.

I hope everyone's following this at home, because it's fantastic to do.

Let's have a look, see what you said.

Zoe, you went for two, so did Roual.

Lynn and Mike have entered four.

David thinks three and Clare thinks five.

The correct answer is...

-..four.

-APPLAUSE

There were 30 bounces in total. 17 of them were on the plus side,

13 of them were on the minus side, which left us with four.

-Well done to Mike and to Lynn.

-APPLAUSE

Now, for our final sum, we've decided just to make it a little bit

more interesting and a little bit more difficult,

so, if you see anyone in a red shirt, they don't count.

OK? Good luck to all of you.

MUSIC: "Over And Over " by Hot Chip

So, enter your total.

So, we have all your answers, let's now reveal what you thought the total was.

Clare and David have gone for nine.

Mike says six, Lynn says eight. Zoe says seven, Roual says 13.

The correct answer was...

-..9. Well, done to Clare and to David.

-Well, done.

Now, the reason the answer is nine is that there were 24 bounces on the plus side,

but five of them were by the trampolinist in the red shirt, so they didn't count.

That brings us down to 19, minus ten on the minus side, gives us nine as a total.

APPLAUSE

And we have joint winners.

-Clare and Lynn out in front, well done.

-APPLAUSE

Followed by David and Mike and Zoe and Roual bringing up the rear.

So, Clare what was your technique?

Every time that you had people bouncing together,

I made an effort to say "same", not a number,

so every time I had a double bounce I would just say "same, same, same."

That's exactly what I was doing, but I was completely thrown

when there was the red shirt in there. Lynn, how did you find it?

I tried to use my fingers and my toes, which sounds a bit babyish.

-Did you?

-Yes, I tried to.

-So, if we watch it back we can actually

-see your feet wiggling and your fingers?

-I hope not.

-LAUGHTER

So, Clare and Lynn, you both receive ten points.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

David and Mike, you're both tied in third place, you both receive three points,

and Zoe and Roual were tied in fifth place, you receive one point each.

So this is it. Six players started the game, but now one must leave.

Let's see what those scores have done to the leaderboard.

Well, done Clare, you're in first place with 14 points.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Lynn is in second with 12,

Mike, you have seven in third place,

David is in fourth with five points.

Zoe with five points also.

Roual, sadly it means you take bottom spot and you are going home.

-AUDIENCE: Aww.

-Have you enjoyed the experience?

It has been absolute fun, it has been mentally stimulating

and definitely an experience that I'll not forget.

You have a brilliant mind, Roual, thank you so much for playing.

Ladies and gentlemen, Roual.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now, Zoe, fair bit of pressure on you right now, and on David.

You're right there at the bottom of the leaderboard.

-Zoe, what do you need to do?

-I need to, well, score points.

LAUGHTER

Score points is the basic thing, indeed. And David, what about you?

I need to up my game, so I've really got to focus on this one.

Well, we've got lots more wonderful challenges ahead and plenty

more points to be won, but are you ready for a fantastic fact?

The brain can't feel pain.

I'm not willing to test that myself,

but I know someone who loves experimenting on the British public.

Here we are outside the 11th Century castle of Tamworth.

It's the kind of place that would be haunted if ghosts were real,

so let's do a spooky experiment.

-I've got Deborah and Faye here. Hello.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-So, for this experiment, Deborah, you have to feel Faye's nose, right.

-Right.

But you have to do it in a special way. You need to get like this,

and then Faye you need to turn around.

OK, and so what I want you to do is be stroking Faye's nose,

like this, with a finger and thumb,

and stroking your nose at the same time with your other hand,

-and doing it exactly the same way. So, mirror what you're doing.

-THEY GIGGLE

So, keep stroking, and mirror it and don't laugh.

Keep stroking, and then you have to stop stroking your nose

but keep stroking Faye's nose. Does it feel weird?

-It makes it feel like my nose is very long.

-Does it?

So, this is called the Pinocchio illusion because you can

persuade yourself that you have a really long nose by associating the

sensation of touch on your nose with the sensation of touching a nose with your fingers.

The Pinocchio effect is a fun thing to try, but it also shows us

how easy it is to trick our brains into thinking something else

is part of our bodies.

I want to show you just how powerful this effect is.

It's time to introduce the severed hand.

OK. So, for this experiment I'm just going to

start stroking this rubber hand with a brush,

but I'm going to be stroking your hand, as well.

'In this experiment, the volunteer's real hand is hidden from her

'behind a board, with the fake hand in plain sight.'

The longer I continue to do this,

the more it should start to feel like this is your hand.

OK, don't look away.

SHE GASPS

How was that? You seem a bit shocked.

Yeah, a little bit.

Keep concentrating, don't look away.

-How was that?

-It was terrifying.

It's really strange, my hand is still tingling

as if I was really hit by a hammer. It's a bit eerie, to be honest.

I had to really check afterwards.

Don't look away.

Well, it felt like he was hitting my actual hand.

Sort of, when I moved it back, I thought, ugh, I don't know..

Don't look away.

SHE GASPS

Oh, my God!

So, what's happening is our brains are receiving information from all our senses

and trying to put together a picture of the world that makes sense.

Sometimes our sense of sight can override the other senses.

So, if you're seeing a hand being stroked

and you're feeling your hand being stroked, then that must be your hand.

It overrides your sense of where your limbs really are in space.

'So, what you see is not always what you get.'

APPLAUSE

So interesting. But here we are, and we only have five.

Here comes our next group game. I'm going to show you a series of pictures.

When you put them together, they're going to make a name.

So I could show you a picture of a chair,

a padlock

and some houses.

And using the power of creative association, what have you got?

Chair, lock, homes. Sherlock Holmes.

Understood? There are two rounds with four picture puzzles in each.

Once you've buzzed in and given me a correct answer,

you can step back and relax for the rest of that round.

But if you give me a wrong answer, you'll be locked out for the rest of that question.

So, let's have a look at our first picture clue.

Buzz in straight away if you think you know the answer.

If you get it right, you won't have to play for the rest of this round.

Let's have a look, this is your second picture.

Anyone going to buzz in?

The final picture coming up now.

-Zoe.

-Jane Austen.

Jane Austen you say.

We saw a chain, Australia, which would be Oz, and a tin.

Is Jane Austen correct?

Is it correct. Well done, Zoe, you can step back,

you have won the first round. Well done.

Let's show you your second puzzle.

Picture one.

Anyone willing to take the chance and buzz in on that first picture?

Second picture.

This is your third clue.

-David.

-Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan, you say. First picture is someone running.

The second picture is somebody old. That is a ray gun.

Let's see.

Ronald Reagan is correct! Well done, David. You step back.

Let's have a look at your next picture puzzle.

Anyone want to take the chance on the first picture?

Second picture coming now.

Mike.

Britney Spears.

Britney Spears. Let's have a look at the third picture.

Which was two spears, you are right. Britney Spears. Well done, Mike.

So Lynn and Clare,

one of you will score a point here, the other will not.

Let's have a look at your next picture puzzle.

Either of you want to come in on the first picture?

Here's the second picture.

No idea? Either of you? No, shaking your heads, aren't you?

OK, let's show you the third picture.

Clare.

Sol Campbell?

Sol Campbell. Is Sol Campbell the footballer of those pictures there?

It is indeed. Well done, Clare.

If you would all like to step forward once again.

Just to confirm, Zoe, you were first to answer, then David,

then Mike, then Clare.

Lynn, you failed to score any points there in round one.

Yes.

Let's play round two.

Anyone willing to jump in on the very first picture?

Zoe, very brave. What do you think?

I'm going to go for Winston Churchill.

You say Winston Churchill on the basis of the very first picture.

Let's have a look at the second picture, which is a stone.

The third picture is a church.

The fourth picture is somebody who is ill.

Winston Churchill is correct.

So, Zoe, for the second time, you are the first person to answer.

Well done, you have won the second round. Congratulations.

And let's have a look at the second picture puzzle.

Shall we have a look at the second one? Here it is.

Any ideas?

Let's show you the third picture.

The final picture is coming to you now.

-Lynn.

-Nicole Kidman.

Nicole Kidman.

A nick of the finger, old, kid and a man.

Nicole Kidman. Well done, Lynn!

Lynn, you scored no points in the first round,

finishing second in our second round. Well done.

So we have three remaining, Mike, David and Clare.

Let's have a look at your next puzzle.

Here's your second picture clue.

Mike.

I'm going to go for Andy Murray.

Andy Murray.

Andy Murray is incorrect.

You're locked out for the rest of this puzzle.

So David and Clare, I will show you the third picture.

-Clare.

-Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol, you say.

The "and" the "tea" giving you Andy.

That picture of the tanks giving you "war"?

Let's have a look and see what the fourth picture would have been?

And a hole. Andy Warhol is correct. Well done, Clare.

You take the points.

So Mike and David remain. This is your last picture puzzle.

Either of you want to buzz in?

I'll show you the second picture. Here it is.

-Mike.

-Jessica Ennis.

Jessica Ennis, you say. Because "chess", somebody being sick...

Let's have a look at the third picture.

It's a car, and the fourth picture is someone playing tennis.

Jessica Ennis is correct. Well done, Mike.

So if the rest of you would step forward again.

Well, Zoe, as you were the clear winner, you will receive 12 points.

The rest of you were all tied which means you get four points each.

And let's see how that round has affected the leaderboard.

It means that Clare, you are still out in front,

just by one point now from Zoe.

Lynn is in third, Mike is fourth,

but David, I'm afraid we are losing you at this stage.

David, I'm very sorry. It just hasn't quite worked out, has it?

No, a couple of early mistakes have let me down

and that's the result.

Well, thank you very much for playing.

Ladies and gentlemen, David!

Now whenever a cartoon character has an idea, a light bulb goes on

over their head, but that image is in fact based on truth,

because your brain actually generates enough energy

to light a 25-watt bulb.

So we decided to see how many lights were on in Britain.

'If you ever felt like your eyes were playing tricks on you,

'well, you could be right.'

Hey guys, come and have a look.

This shape and this shape, are they the same? Are they different?

'Take these two tables.

'The top one appears to be much longer than the bottom one,

'but in fact, it's just an optical illusion.

'The two tables are exactly the same size.'

Isn't that crazy?

Sometimes you'll see things one way when the reality

is completely different and that's because your mind is constantly

trying to make sense of the world based on familiar past experiences.

Wow!

And there's one thing that we see every day that creates

possibly the most powerful optical illusion of all.

Shadows.

'In fact, I'm so confident in the power of shadows,

'I'm willing to risk a bit of money on it.'

Cake. Free cake for everyone! Who wants free cake?

'I will offer free cake to any shopper if they can get

'the right answer to my next question.

'Which of these surfaces is darker? The top one or the bottom one?

'This could be costly.'

Is this lighter or darker than this? Or are they the same?

The top is darker.

Yeah? The top's darker?

All right, well I've got a little swatch to test it.

So there you go. So these two are the same colour, right?

-Yes.

-So if I move this down we should see that this is darker than this?

-Yes.

-OK, do you want to do that?

You take it for me, you might as well do it.

Oh, no.

That's weird, isn't it?!

'Sorry, no cake for you. Next!'

So do you think this is darker than this?

OK, so there it is, same colour, move it down...

It's the same colour!

This is more darker than this.

This is darker, right?

Yes.

-They look the same!

-They're the same, can you believe that?!

To me it seems magic.

That is amazing.

'So how is it that everyone's getting this wrong?

'Well, your brain has learnt to trust the shadows

'created by our single light source, the sun.'

These shadows here tell our brain that this is an object

that's well lit and this is an object that's in shadow.

So this must be a darker object and this must be a lighter object.

But in reality, these two shades of grey are exactly the same.

'But you know what? There's always one Smart Aleck around.'

-Same.

-You think they're the same?

-Yeah.

-OK, well let's test that out.

OK, here we go, here's a patch so you can tell the difference

and they're exactly the same. Ahhh!

-So where's my cake?

-It's the first cake that I've had to buy someone!

-Unbelievable. Have you seen this before?

-I've never seen this one.

-But you're familiar with the concept?

-I am.

'Ah well, you can't win 'em all.'

Looks like a BBC chocolate cake, right here.

Now, you see, he should be on Britain's Brightest,

but the four who remain are in front of me now.

They have one more challenge, and as this will decide

who's going straight through to the final,

it's one of our very toughest. Because your challenge

is to estimate when 19 seconds have passed and then hit this button.

If you press on exactly 19 seconds you will get ten bonus points.

But you won't be able to see a clock

and you are also busy trying to make as many four-letter words

as you can from the grid that will be in front of you.

Each word you make is worth three points.

But go over 19 seconds and you lose points.

We're going to play this game in alphabetical order,

which means, Clare, you're going to be first.

Clare, take to the chair and make yourself comfortable.

So if the three of you would please leave.

Thank you very much. Clare, are you comfortable?

-Yes.

-Good luck.

Thank you.

We're putting 19 seconds on the clock.

And your time starts now.

Now, time is measured by part of the brain called the parietal lobe,

but that part also deals with paying attention,

which you'll need for working on the word puzzle.

And since that part of the brain can't do both at once,

something's got to give.

Will it be time or the puzzle?

Now straight away, Clare's struggling to find the words,

she cannot see the four-letter associated words

and she's pressed the button with no words at all.

What happened?

Every time I tried to look at the words, I lost my count.

So I figured that the best way to gain the most points

was to be right on time,

because you get ten points for being right on time.

So the key factor here is, are you bang on the time?

Because if you're not bang on 19 seconds, you've scored nothing.

So let's find out - what was your time?

This is crucial, because it's all you've got. Your time...

..was 23 seconds, you were four seconds over.

So Clare, minus four is your score.

That's OK! Let's see how good the others do.

Clare, for now, thank you. We'll see you again in a moment or two

and let us welcome Lynn into the chair.

Now, Lynn. Is this a challenge that will suit you?

Yes.

Excellent, that's very confident. Good luck. Let's play.

Your time starts now.

This is the first time Lynn has seen the grid so she's looking

for four-letter words, the letters need to be next to each other.

She scores "maul". They can be horizontally, vertically,

or in a square next to each other.

Two words very quickly scored. Now, this is where the brain struggles

because it's concentrating on the words.

And loses track of time.

Three words and she's hit the button.

Lynn, you made three words, we can confirm all those words are correct.

You will get three points for each of them.

How much time would you estimate you took?

Probably about 23 seconds in the end.

You think 23 seconds?

You have three words at three points each, is nine points.

You'll lose a point for every second over. Your time, Lynn, was...

..31 seconds.

Oh, no!

So you were 12 seconds over.

That means that your score is minus three.

I was looking forward to that and I thought I'd do better, I must admit.

Lynn, we'll wait and see whether that is good enough.

For now thank you very much. Lynn!

And we welcome to the chair Mike. Welcome back, Mike.

Now, how do you feel about this challenge?

I have been told that I'm a good multi-tasker.

So hopefully that'll pay off, but I have my doubts.

-Good luck, Mike.

-Thank you.

Your time starts now.

Now, Mike's very quick and straight away he has a word on the board

"rite" and "maul", very fast work here in terms of the word-making.

He says he's a good multi-tasker.

You can see he's lost track of time here and he's got confused

by the words.

Two words there, Mike. Now, do you know what happened?

-You tried to put "rite" in twice.

-Yeah.

So you have two words at three points each, that's six points.

-How did you think you were for time?

-Genuinely not a clue. No idea.

-No idea, did you lose track?

-Yes. Absolutely.

The time you took was... 35 seconds.

Ooh!

16 seconds over, so minus ten are your points for this round.

It's hard. Definitely.

We'll have to see where that puts you.

For now, thank you very much, Mike.

And our final contestant into the chair is Zoe.

-You happy?

-Yep.

Zoe, good luck. Your time starts now.

Now, Zoe's trying to count,

which may hinder her ability to make words.

But she gets "help" straight away. Could be a message!

She's trying to count and you can see the rhythm of her head,

but that limits her ability to make words.

She's gone for it. She's hit the button.

One word, Zoe, and I wondered whether it was a message!

So it will all come down to your time.

The time you took was?

23 seconds, four seconds over, that means your score is minus one.

Let's find out where that puts you in relation to the other

three contestants, if they would like to come back in.

Zoe, take your place in the line-up.

Tactics played a part, timing played a part, word-making played a part.

All three combined together meant that minus one

was a very good score and Zoe, you have won this challenge

with a score of minus one, despite going over the time

and making one word, which was "help".

Lynn, you're in second, you get seven points.

Clare, you come in third, which gives you four points

and Mike, I'm afraid you have fourth place and therefore zero points.

Now we're going to see the final leaderboard.

In fourth place is Mike with 11 points.

In third place, Clare with 22.

In second place, Lynn with 23 points.

And that means tonight's winner and straight through to the final

of Britain's Brightest is Zoe with 29 points.

Well done!

-Zoe, congratulations.

-Thank you so much.

And that must feel like a real stamina test.

Absolutely and I feel a bit like I've done it backwards,

because I was so low after the trampolining round

because it was such a hard test

and I felt really kind of a bit flummoxed by it.

And what have you made of your fellow contestants?

They've been absolutely amazing.

I am so pleased and honoured to have met all of them.

I really am. And we've all exchanged contact details and we're going to stay in touch.

Oh, that's lovely to hear. Well, well done, Zoe, you are tonight's winner.

Very sadly, though, Mike,

I'm afraid you are now out of Britain's Brightest.

How have you found it and what have you learnt from the experience?

Ultimately, a couple of things I should have got that I didn't.

I think the pressure might have got to me a bit.

Well, we wish you luck in your career, in your life, in everything.

Mike, thank you very much. Mike, ladies and gentlemen!

Now, the good news for Clare and Lynn is that it's not all over

because you've got one last chance to stay in the competition.

Are you ready to Fight for Survival?

We are!

Now, your scores to this point have been wiped.

It's now very simple.

The winner will go through to a final play-off,

the loser leaves the competition.

On the screen is a grid of numbers.

You must pick a number to reveal a question or puzzle.

It could be a word puzzle, a conundrum,

or even a maths brainteaser.

At that point your clock will start counting down

and time will tick away until you give me a correct answer.

Then your opponent must pick a number and tackle a challenge

as their own clock starts ticking.

If either of you simply can't answer the puzzle, you can pass

and chose another number on the grid.

If your clock runs out of time, you're out of the competition.

And since every second counts, there won't be time for me

to give the answers, but they are all on our website

at bbc.co.uk/britainsbrightest.

We've put 90 seconds on the clocks.

Clare, it starts with you. Pick a number to start the clock.

Number three.

Three.

Gary Rhodes.

-Incorrect. Pick another number.

-Number two.

Two.

20p.

Stop the clock. Lynn, pick a number.

-Four.

-Four.

Time.

Time. Correct. Pick a number, Clare.

11.

11.

Pass.

-Pass. Pick another number.

-Number one.

One.

D.

-D is incorrect. Pick another number.

-Seven.

Seven.

Fill in the gaps to allow an eight-letter animal to be spelt out

clockwise around the wheel.

Pass.

-Pick another number.

-Number 12.

12.

Mate.

Mate. Correct, stop the clock. Lynn, pick a number.

-Seven.

-seven.

E, O.

E and O for hedgehog. Stop the clock.

-Clare.

-19.

-19.

-C.

-Incorrect. Pick another number.

Clare, you are out of time. I'm so sorry.

But well done to Lynn.

You have secured a place in our play-off.

You could yet be through to the final of Britain's Brightest.

Clare, first of all. You started so well,

you've been leading this competition right until the penultimate test.

I'm gutted!

But to be honest, I am really proud that I got this far.

You said you came here with a point to prove,

do you think you've proved it?

I think I've done a good enough job.

I think you've been outstanding, Clare,

you've been a wonderful contestant.

But Clare is going home.

Lynn wins our head-to-head and what's your reaction, Lynn?

I must say I did expect to do fairly well,

but it was a lot tougher than I thought.

I'm just sad that I had to beat Clare to go through

because we have got quite good friends over the day, so...

You can still be friends! Oh, isn't that nice?

Thank you, you've both been wonderful.

Thanks to all our incredible contestants.

Congratulations particularly to Zoe who we will see again in the final.

Thanks also to Everything Acrobatic, to John McCririck and Ken Morley.

Join us next time as the hunt continues for Britain's Brightest.

Good night.

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