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*Beat the Brain*
Beat the Brain
Genre	Quiz show
Presented by	John Craven
Voices of	Josie Lawrence (The Brain)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	30
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Over the Top Productions and Objective Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	11 May –; 22 June 2015

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Beat the Brain is a BBC quiz show that has aired on BBC 2 from 11 May to 22 June 2015 and is hosted by John Craven with Josie Lawrence as the voice of "The Brain". The brain sometimes answers back quite daringly to the other contestants.

Gameplay

Each contestant plays 1 subject. There are 6 subjects; Logic, Memory, Orientation, Language, Observation and Multi-Tasking. The Brain selects 1 subject, and 1 player is selected by the team to play. Each subject contains 2 games, each containing 3 questions each, in which 3 sec can be won. This means a total of 9 sec can be won per game, 18 per player. When this contestant has played, they move back to next to their teammates and another contestant is selected. This process repeats itself until all the contestants have played. 72 sec are up for grabs throughout the game.

In the endgame, the number of seconds won in the main game are added to 2 min. For example, if the team have answered 19 questions correctly, 57 sec is added to make a total of 2 min 57 sec. The team must give 8 correct answers - 2 from each player - to win the jackpot of £3,000; each contestant must give 2 correct answers for The Brain to move on to the next contestant. When the clock dips below 2 min, each sec expired loses £25. The games here are only the games used in the main game.

Reception

Ian Wolf of On The Box described it as "perfectly enjoyable" but at the same time lamented the asininity of the questions being posed by The Brain, further berating its low prize fund of just £750 per person. He also commended the fact that "just about anyone can have a go. Whether you know all the prime ministers or the elements of the periodic table is irrelevant. It is all about mental ability, short-term memory, basic arithmetic, spelling and so forth".^[1]

Christopher Stevens of the Daily Mail was more negative, commenting that "the show still needs a bit of work" and that its graphics resembled that of "1 of Alan Sugar's old Amstrad PCs", further berating the show's "childishly easy" challenges. He summed up by saying that "the show has potential, but its computer brain just wasn't clever enough. It was obviously a mistake to use an Amstrad".^[2]

International versions

Legend: Currently airing Ended Future version

Country	Local title	Host	Network	Premiere	Top Prize	The size of the prize (in £)
Russia^[3]	Человек против мозга Chelovek protiv mozga	Victor Vasilyev	Che	18 Jan 2016	60,000 р.	£533,92

References

^ Wolf, Ian (11 May 2015). "A new logical, mental workout with John Craven and Josie Lawrence". On The Box. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ Stevens, Christopher (11 May 2015). "CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Benefits Street and Beat The Brain". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ Человек против мозга — GameSHOWS.ru (Russian)

External links

[1] Wolf, Ian (11 May 2015). "A new logical, mental workout with John Craven and Josie Lawrence". On The Box. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

[2] Stevens, Christopher (11 May 2015). "CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Benefits Street and Beat The Brain". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

[3] Человек против мозга — GameSHOWS.ru (Russian)

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-'''''Beat the Brain''''' is a [[BBC]] quiz show that has aired on [[BBC Two]] from 11 May to 22 June 2015 and is hosted by [[John Craven]] with [[Josie Lawrence]] as the voice of "The Brain". The brain sometimes answers back quite daringly to the other contestants.
+Beat the Brain is a [[BBC]] quiz show that has aired on [[BBC Two|BBC 2]] from 11 May to 22 June 2015 and is hosted by [[John Craven]] with [[Josie Lawrence]] as the voice of "The Brain". The brain sometimes answers back quite daringly to the other contestants.
 ==Gameplay==
-Each contestant plays one subject. There are six subjects; Logic, Memory, Orientation, Language, Observation and Multi-Tasking. The Brain selects one subject, and one player is selected by the team to play. Each subject contains two games, each containing three questions each, in which three seconds can be won. This means a total of nine seconds can be won per game, eighteen per player. When this contestant has played, they move back to next to their teammates and another contestant is selected. This process repeats itself until all the contestants have played. Seventy two seconds are up for grabs throughout the game.
+Each contestant plays 1 subject. There are 6 subjects; Logic, Memory, Orientation, Language, Observation and Multi-Tasking. The Brain selects 1 subject, and 1 player is selected by the team to play. Each subject contains 2 games, each containing 3 questions each, in which 3 sec can be won. This means a total of 9 sec can be won per game, 18 per player. When this contestant has played, they move back to next to their teammates and another contestant is selected. This process repeats itself until all the contestants have played. 72 sec are up for grabs throughout the game.
-In the endgame, the number of seconds won in the main game are added to two minutes. For example, if the team have answered nineteen questions correctly, fifty seven seconds is added to make a total of 2 minutes 57 seconds. The team must give eight correct answers - two from each player - to win the jackpot of £3,000; each contestant must give two correct answers for The Brain to move on to the next contestant. When the clock dips below two minutes, each second expired loses £25. The games here are only the games used in the main game.
+In the endgame, the number of seconds won in the main game are added to 2 min. For example, if the team have answered 19 questions correctly, 57 sec is added to make a total of 2 min 57 sec. The team must give 8 correct answers - 2 from each player - to win the jackpot of £3,000; each contestant must give 2 correct answers for The Brain to move on to the next contestant. When the clock dips below 2 min, each sec expired loses £25. The games here are only the games used in the main game.
 ==Reception==
 Ian Wolf of On The Box described it as "perfectly enjoyable" but at the same time lamented the asininity of the questions being posed by The Brain, further berating its low prize fund of just £750 per person. He also commended the fact that "just about anyone can have a go. Whether you know all the prime ministers or the elements of the periodic table is irrelevant. It is all about mental ability, short-term memory, basic arithmetic, spelling and so forth".<ref>{{cite web |last=Wolf |first=Ian |date=11 May 2015 |url=http://channelhopping.onthebox.com/2015/05/11/beat-the-brain/ |title=A new logical, mental workout with John Craven and Josie Lawrence |publisher=On The Box |accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref>
-Christopher Stevens of the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' was more negative, commenting that "the show still needs a bit of work" and that its graphics resembled that of "one of Alan Sugar's old Amstrad PCs", further berating the show's "childishly easy" challenges. He summed up by saying that "the show has potential, but its computer brain just wasn't clever enough. It was obviously a mistake to use an Amstrad".<ref>{{cite web |last=Stevens |first=Christopher |date=11 May 2015 |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3077321/Back-Benefits-Street-druggies-want-star-treatment-CHRISTOPHER-STEVENS-reviews-night-s-TV.html |title=CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Benefits Street and Beat The Brain |publisher=[[Daily Mail]] |accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref>
+Christopher Stevens of the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' was more negative, commenting that "the show still needs a bit of work" and that its graphics resembled that of "1 of Alan Sugar's old Amstrad PCs", further berating the show's "childishly easy" challenges. He summed up by saying that "the show has potential, but its computer brain just wasn't clever enough. It was obviously a mistake to use an Amstrad".<ref>{{cite web |last=Stevens |first=Christopher |date=11 May 2015 |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3077321/Back-Benefits-Street-druggies-want-star-treatment-CHRISTOPHER-STEVENS-reviews-night-s-TV.html |title=CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Benefits Street and Beat The Brain |publisher=[[Daily Mail]] |accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref>
 ==International versions==
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 ! Country
 ! Local title
-! Host(s)
+| Host
 ! Network
 ! Premiere
 ! Top Prize
-! The size of the prize<br />(In British Pounds)
+| The size of the prize (in £)
 |-
 | style="background-color: #FF7777" | {{flag|Russia}}<ref>[http://gameshows.ru/wiki/Человек_против_мозга Человек против мозга — GameSHOWS.ru] (Russian)</ref>
-| ''Человек против мозга''<br />''Chelovek protiv mozga''
+| ''Человек против мозга'' ''Chelovek protiv mozga''
 | [[Victor Vasilyev]]
 | [[Che (TV Channel)|Che]]
-| 18 January 2016
+| 18 Jan 2016
 | 60,000 [[Russian ruble|р.]]
 | [[British Pound|£]]533,92