Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Brain of Britain

Games & Quizzes

Factual

General knowledge in which listeners compete for the title of Brain of Britain.

The nationwide general knowledge contest in which 48 listeners from all parts of the UK fight their way to the final. The prize is a silver salver and the title Brain of Britain.

BBC Radio 4 LW

Brain of Britain: 10/12/2012

10/12/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Brain of Britain, 10/12/2012

The ever-popular nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies.

Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. Competing in the third heat are contestants from Liverpool, Norwich, Leeds and Lincoln.

(3/17)
Which film actor was known as 'The Great Stone Face'? And which Welsh rugby coach is credited with first using the phrase 'get your retaliation in first'?

The competitors in Brain of Britain will have to come up with the answers, and many others, as they face Russell Davies' questioning in the third heat of the current series. The programme comes from Salford and the contestants this week hail from Liverpool, Norwich, Leeds and Lincoln. If their general knowledge carries them through to the next stage in the new year, they'll stand a real chance of becoming the sixtieth holder of the prestigious quiz title, 'Brain of Britain'.

As always, a Brain of Britain listener stands to win a prize, as the competitors try to answer a pair of fiendish questions he or she has devised.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Brain of Britain

10/12/2012

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4