Britain's Best Brain
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Britain's Best Brain | |
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Format | Game show |
Presented by |
Jamie Theakston Zoë Ball |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Location(s) | The Fountain Studios |
Running time | 60mins (inc. adverts) |
Production company(s) |
Group M Entertainment Tiger Aspect Productions |
Distributor | Endemol UK |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | Channel 5 |
Picture format | 16:9 |
Original run | 28 October 2009 – 16 December 2009 |
Chronology | |
Related shows |
The Krypton Factor Britain's Brightest |
Britain's Best Brain is a television programme running in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 and saw ordinary members of the public undertake various tasks, all scientifically designed to test different parts of the brain. The show ran every Wednesday and was aired from 28 October to 16 December 2009. The winner, crowned 'Britain's Best Brain 2009', was Matt Clancy, a 29 year-old marketing consultant from London.
The show was hosted by former Live & Kicking presenters Jamie Theakston and Zoë Ball.
A free to play browser game was launched on 3 October 2009 and was commissioned by Tiger Aspect Productions and developed by Fish in a bottle.[1]
Rounds
- Calculation: designed to test the parietal lobe.
- Memory: designed to test the temporal lobe.
- Recognition: designed to test the occipital lobe.
- Co-ordination: designed to test the cerebellum.
- Risk: designed to test the frontal lobe.
Qualifying leaderboard
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1 | Matt Clancy | 29 | London | 2 | 1040 |
2 | Mike Park | 22 | Warrington | 4 | 982 |
3 | Andrew Copley | 36 | Cambridgeshire | 4 | 971 |
4 | Jo Knight | 39 | County Durham | 3 | 940 |
5 | Chris Teear | 42 | Northampton | 2 | 917 |
did not qualify | |||||
6 | Jess Brice | 25 | Chesterfield | 3 | 901 |
7 | Dan Whelan | 20 | Cambridge | 2 | 896 |
8 | Niall ?? | 48 | Belfast | 6 | 874 |
9 | Emma ?? | 27 | Bristol | 6 | 872 |
10 | Su Crown | 30 | London | 2 | 850 |
11 | Kirk ?? | 2 | Cleveland | 6 | 841 |
12 | David ?? | 29 | Pitlochry | 6 | 822 |
13 | Matt Walters | 39 | Leicester | 3 | 807 |
14 | Sharon Forbes | 54 | Chippenham | 2 | 781 |
15 | Ryan Howle | 24 | Manchester | 1 | 754 |
16 | Chris ?? | 48 | Crawley | 4 | 740 |
17 | Marcia ?? | 46 | Sutton | 6 | 729 |
18 | Kevin Laing | 20 | Stevenage | 3 | 727 |
19 | Karyn Cooke | 19 | County Durham | 7 | 717 |
20 | Natalie Keane | 35 | Edgware | 3 | 712 |
21 | Jackie McCoan | 42 | Pembrokeshire | 1 | 678 |
22 | Owen Hughes | 21 | Derbyshire (Long Eaton) | 5 | 667 |
23 | Andy ?? | 36 | Conwy | 5 | 666 |
24 | Stacey ?? | 26 | Berkshire | 5 | 649 |
25 | Lesley ?? | 36 | Leeds | 7 | 615 |
26 | Gemma ?? | 28 | Bridgend | 7 | 605 |
27 | Moez ?? | 23 | Manchester | 4 | 579 |
28 | Catherine Cran | 25 | London | 1 | 576 |
29 | Sonia Ashta-Sidhu | 29 | Middlesex | 1 | 557 |
30 | Helen ?? | 39 | West Sussex | 5 | 542 |
31 | Anthony ?? | 34 | Cambridgeshire | 5 | 536 |
32 | Jules May | 47 | Montrose | 1 | 530 |
33 | Samantha ?? | 37 | Middlesex | 4 | 485 |
34 | James ?? | 41 | Epsom | 7 | 476 |
35 | Edward ?? | 59 | Galashiels | 7 | 309 |
Grand Final leaderboard
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Calculation | Memory | Recognition | Co-ordination | Risk | Total | ||||
1 | Matt Clancy | 29 | London | 162 | 270 | 120 | 255 | 0 | 807 |
2 | Jo Knight | 39 | County Durham | 162 | 178 | 142 | 277 | 0 | 759 |
3 | Andrew Copley | 36 | Cambridgeshire | 135 | 231 | 102 | 254 | 0 | 722 |
4 | Mike Park | 22 | Warrington | 109 | 240 | 168 | 184 | 0 | 701 |
5 | Chris Teear | 42 | Northampton | 147 | 25 | 52 | 234 | 0 | 458 |
References
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