Battle of the Brains (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Battle of the Brains


caption =
format =
runtime = 30 minutes
creator =
presenter = Paddy O'Connell
country = UK
network = BBC Two
first_aired = 28 July 2008
last_aired = 22 August 2008
num_episodes = 20 (as of 22 August 2008)

"Battle of the Brains" is a game show hosted by Paddy O'Connell and produced by Shine Limited for BBC Manchester. It is broadcast weekdays on BBC Two at 6:00pm, and started on 28 July 2008. Two teams of 6 members plus a team captain play a series of games focusing on different parts of the brain.

Round 1

Each captain chooses one member from their team of 6 to take part in one of 6 different tests of skill in one of 15 different categories. This happens 5 times in the first round and any member of the team can play except the team captain. If the player is successful they rejoin their team, if not, then the player is eliminated. If one one team is totally successful, then they would have all 6 players intact, while the other team would be down to one.

The 6 different types of challenge are:
*Accuracy - The players are asked three nearest-to-the-mark questions. The person who gets the nearest to the correct answer wins a point. The first to 2 wins. If both players type in the same answer, both get a point and it would become the first to 3 correct answers who would win.
*Identity - The players are asked to identify one thing related to the chosen subject. Clues are read out by Paddy one at a time. The player who answers the question first wins the round. If the player answers incorrectly, they are frozen out of the next clue.
*Memory - The players have to take it turns to name things of a list relating to the chosen subject. The round ends when an incorrect answer is given, an answer is repeated or if no answer is given within 5 seconds.
*Nerve - Like a penalty shootout, each player is answered a question each. If Player 1 answers correctly, then Player 2 would have to answer correctly or lose. If Player 1 answered incorrectly and Player 2 answered correctly, then Player 1 would lose. If both players did the same, the round will continue.
*Speed - The players will be asked questions about the chosen subject on the buzzer. The winner is the first person to answer three questions correctly.
*Wisdom - Both players will have 60 seconds on the chosen subject to answer as many questions as possible. The person with the most correct answers wins. If there is a tie, a sudden death tie-breaker question on the buzzers is asked.

The 15 different categories are:
*Animal Kingdom
*Art
*Classical World
*Film & TV
*Food & Drink
*Geography
*Great Britain
*History
*Literature
*Music
*Nature
*Politics
*Science
*Sport
*Transport & Technology

Round 2

In the second round, the players who won the head-to-heads in round 1, along with the player who didn't play compete in a series of questions. The captain of the opposing team chooses which player to answer the question. If the answer is correct, the player stays, if the answer is wrong, the player is eliminated. This continues until one team has no players left.

Final Round

The winning team gets all their players regenerated. They have 90 seconds to get 6 consecutive questions correct. The question is read out, the captain chooses a player. If they get it right their light is turned on and they can't answer another question. If they answer wrong, then everyone's light is turned off. If all 6 lights are on the team wins £2,000.

Captain's Question

Following the final round the team captain has to answer a question correctly. With the captain turned around, so no signals of any kind can be made, Paddy offers the team 2 questions. They have to pick which one their captain will know the answer to. If the captain answers correctly the team can return to the next show. If answered incorrectly the team are eliminated and 2 new teams appear on the next show. (Incidentally, the captain gets asked the other question to see if he/she would have known the right answer.)

Results

"*Key: If the team answer the "Captain's Question" correctly, the team name will be in bold. If they completed the final round, they have a star next to their name."

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:

:colorbox|#EE82EE -- indicates Team 1 won.

:colorbox|#32CD32 -- indicates Team 2 won.

{| class="wikitable"
-! colspan="5"
-! Episode #! Air date! Team 1! Players left after Round 1! Team 2
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
1
28 July 2008
Di's Diamonds*
5 - 2
Poachers
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
2
29 July 2008
Di's Diamonds
6 - 1
Volunteers
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
3
30 July 2008
Di's Diamonds
4 - 3
Guilders
- bgcolor="#32CD32"
4
31 July 2008
Di's Diamonds
3 - 4
Ignorance Is Bliss
- bgcolor="#32CD32"
5
1 August 2008
Wykeham Wonderers
2 - 5
Oxford Martyrs
-
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
6
4 August 2008
Life's Too Short
3 - 4
Oxford Martyrs
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
7
5 August 2008
Annie's Boys
5 - 2
Quizmasters
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
8
6 August 2008
Annie's Boys*
4 - 3
Chalkheads
- bgcolor="#32CD32"
9
7 August 2008
Saints & Sinner
3 - 4
Why Keep Fit?
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
10
8 August 2008
Swampbeasts
5 - 2
Why Keep Fit?
- bgcolor="#32CD32"
11
11 August 2008
Liccle 'Ommers
3 - 4
The Clayheads
- bgcolor="#32CD32"
12
12 August 2008
Ashford Road Club
1 - 6
The Clayheads
- bgcolor="#32CD32"
13
13 August 2008
We Love I.T.
2 - 5
The Clayheads
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
14
14 August 2008
The Ant Hill Mob
3 - 4
The Clayheads
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
15
15 August 2008
The Ant Hill Mob
5 - 2
Oscar Lives
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
16
18 August 2008
The Ant Hill Mob
4 - 3
Loitering Within Trent
- bgcolor="#32CD32"
17
19 August 2008
Titans
3 - 4
Olé!*
- bgcolor="#32CD32"
18
20 August 2008
Tetsudo
2 - 5
Dreadnoughts
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
19
21 August 2008
Bridge Too Far
3 - 4
Dreadnoughts
- bgcolor="#EE82EE"
20
22 August 2008
Bridge Too Far
4 - 3
Towns Womens Guild
-! colspan="5"