Britain's Best Brain

Jamie Theakston and Zoe Ball

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Britain's Best Brain

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Test your skills: calculation, memory, co-ordination, recognition and risk.


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First look: Britain's Best Brain

How do you go about finding Britain's Best Brain? Jamie and Zoe reveal all in our brand new promo video.

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Q&A: Jamie Theakston

How does it feel to be working with Zoe again after almost ten years?
It's like we've never been away. I think it's good we do a sh…

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Video: Episode 5 - Memory

Welcome to the memory test with a twist! This week’s contestants are put through their paces with a brain challenge, all set to see how much t…

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Video: Episode 5 - Recognition

Is your mind playing tricks? Those shapes really do look very similar when faced with this particular challenge. It’s all about the angles in …

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Video: Episode 5 - Risk

Come on; you know you love it. It’s the biggest balloon on telly! The air goes in; the tense competitors stare unblinking into their screens. …

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Video: Episode 6 - Calculation

This week the contestants are put through their paces as the mental maths challenge proves to be more than a little demanding. Will they be quic…

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Video: Episode 6 - Co-ordination

Roll up; roll up! It’s time to see this week’s contestants being spun around and upside down, whie at the same time trying to keep enough of…

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Video: Episode 6 - Risk

And so the balloon approaches... It's the almighty finish, the very heart of what they’ve all been competing for: a place in the final. Cover …

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Jamie Theakston

Jamie has presented many television shows, including Top of the Pops, Live and Kicking, The Priory and With a Little Help From My Friends.

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Zoe Ball

After presenting the much loved Live & Kicking in 1999, Zoe was the first woman to front the Radio 1 Breakfast Show alone.
 
Zo…

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