Brain of Britain 2015 Final

OK people, I'd like to talk about the Brain of Britain final. Please do not read on if you did not hear the show on Monday and are waiting for the Saturday night repeat.

The four contestants in the final were Brian Chesney, David Good, Nigel Jones and Neil Wright.

Now, Mr Good is a good quizzer, having won both UC and Fifteen-to-One, but he just didn't get the right questions in this final, and struggled to score, as did Mr Wright. Messrs Chesney and Jones, however, scored pretty consistently well throughout, with Mr Chesney taking a big lead at one point, but Mr Jones pulling back to within a couple of points.

By half time, and the traditional Beat the Brains break, with last year's winner Mark Grant supplying both questions, it had become a two-horse race between Messrs Chesney and Jones. Over the next couple of rounds, the two men both ran up their scores, with Mr Chesney just staying a nose in front.

Then, in the final round, Mr Jones managed a surge to tighten the scores. And then came the crucial moment: Mr Wright passed his final question, throwing it open for a bonus; Mr Good knew it was one of two answers, saying both out loud, but picked the wrong one as his final answer. Mr Jones shot in and said the other answer, which was correct, to take the point. (He may well have known it anyway of course) And so the final scores were:
Mr Good - 3
Mr Wright - 5
Mr Chesney - 20
Mr Jones - 21

So, by the narrowest of narrow margins, Nigel Jones is the new Brain of Britain champion! Well done to him, and unlucky to the others, Mr Chesney in particular, all of whom played well throughout the series.

So, now that Brain of Britain is over, the Spring quiz lull is officially on, until UC returns in July. Until then, I guess I'll either be going through with my OC Series 1 retro-review plan, or something else I can think of. Watch this space either way; I'm sure I'll come up with something.