Are You an Egghead? head-to-heads to James' 2. However Dr. Bayley, surprisingly, slipped up on 2 consecutive questions in the final round and James answered his 4 correctly to win 4–2. Match Three: Alan Morgan v. David Edwards: Alan Morgan defeated David Edwards in a contest that was neck and neck all the way. Alan won 3 head-to-heads to David's 2 and with the final round level at 3–3 David slipped up on his final 2 questions to hand the advantage to Alan who won 4–3. Match Four: Shanker Menon v. Barry Simmons: In another close contest, Barry Simmons defeated Shanker Menon. Barry won
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.