Are You an Egghead? 5–3 in the final round. Match One: David Rainford v. Barry Simmons: Barry came from behind after the head-to-head rounds to book his place in the final. Dave had won 3 to Barry's 2 but one slip up in the final round from David and with Barry going first saw him win 5–3. Match Two: Mark Kerr v. Shaun Wallace: Shaun eventually prevailed over Mark in the longest game of the competition before the final. Trailing 3–2 to Mark from the head-to-heads, the match went all the way to sudden death before Shaun finally won 8–7 to move into the
Pat Gibson Radio 4 quiz show "Brain of Britain", becoming only the fourth person after Roger Pritchard, Kevin Ashman and Chris Hughes to win both that and "Mastermind". In 2008 he finished third in BBC Radio 4's Brain of Brains, behind Egghead Chris Hughes and the eventual winner, 2008 World Quizzing Champion Mark Bytheway. Gibson competed in both the first and second series of "Are You an Egghead?", a series seeking a new panellist to join the resident team on the BBC Two / 12 Yard quiz show "Eggheads". In the first series, he was beaten in the quarter-finals by Mark Kerr.