"Fresh from his victory as the last traitor standing in The Celebrity Traitors, and elevation to national treasure status, the Chatty Man is co-presenting Secret Genius with Countdown's dictionary-botherer, the lexicographer and author Susie Dent. On second thoughts, given the lead times for these things, this is probably better billed as What Alan Carr was contracted to do next but no matter. We are here to have fun and fun we shall!"
"Though, this being a reality-competition show in which people take part in regional heats to find out who among them is one of the estimated million undiscovered geniuses in the UK (no definition of the term given Dent, you had ONE JOB), it comes with a buffet of sob stories, a side order of stress and a hefty dollop of whatever the word is for that patented mix of schadenfreude and voyeurism on which the genre depends."
Alan Carr co-presents Secret Genius alongside lexicographer and author Susie Dent. The show stages regional heats to identify so-called undiscovered geniuses, claiming there may be an estimated million in the UK without defining the term. The series mixes heartfelt personal backstories, visible stress and the genre's familiar schadenfreude-voyeurism blend. The first heat features a dozen contestants from north-west England and Northern Ireland, nominated by themselves or by acquaintances. Challenges include identifying a missing letter required to spell the months, rearranging letters to form words, and arranging numbers to meet row totals. Performance varies widely between contestants.
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