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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.

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Brain of Britain: Semi-Final 2, 2016

11/04/2016

Semi-Final 2, 2016

BBC Radio 4 - Brain of Britain, Semi-Final 2, 2016

Russell Davies chairs the second semi-final in the 2016 series of the challenging quiz.

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Russell Davies welcomes four more semi-finalists to the Radio Theatre in London, competing for a place in the 63rd Brain of Britain Final.

This week's competitors, from Edinburgh, Leicester, Buckinghamshire and Merseyside, are all either heat winners or top-scoring runners-up from earlier in the series. To win through to the Final they'll need to know the name of the battle commemorated by the climactic section of Tchaikovsky's '1812' overture, the surname of the Goods' neighbours in the sitcom The Good Life, and the sporting tournament whose winner is awarded the Wanamaker Trophy.

There'll also be the usual opportunity for a listener to 'Beat the Brains', with fiendish questions of his or her own devising.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

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