Britain's Best Brain is a British game show that aired on Channel 5 from 28 October to 16 December 2009 and hosted by Jamie Theakston and Zoe Ball. It 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.
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 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 Parton 25 Cleveland 6 841 12 David Jobson 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 Bland 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 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
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