Series 3

Season 3 · 2010 · 15 episodes

Episodes

1Archers Admirers v Music LoversA team of three civil servants with a shared love of Radio 4's The Archers pit their wits against a trio of music lovers who between them perform or enjoy everything from pub rock to choral sung mass.
2Polymaths v StrategistsThe Polymaths pool their disparate skills in chicken husbandry, musical theatre, and urban geography to challenge the brainpower of the Strategists, a team unified by their love of sophisticated strategy board games.
3Choir Boys v Brasenose PostgradsThree members of the Brighton and Hove (Actually) Gay Men's Chorus square up to a trio of postgraduates of Brasenose College, Oxford.
4Philosophers v HitchhikersThree philosophy students pit their wisdom against a trio of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy fans.
5Neuroscientists v Rugby FansThree neuroscientists hailing from Australia, South Africa, and Canada scrum down against the intellectual brawn of three rugby fans.
6Exeter Alumni v GourmandsThree former flatmates and graduates of Exeter University pit their wits against a news producer, a civil servant, and an IT consultant who share a passion for fine food.
7Insurers v GamblersA team of insurance professionals face off against a trio of committed gamblers.
8Booksellers v BowlersThree senior managers from a national bookstore face off against a team drawn together by their love of London's retro bowling alleys.
9Archers Admirers v Exeter AlumniIn the first of the quarter-finals, three fans of the Archers radio series take on the combined knowledge of three flatmates who all met up at Exeter University.
10Brasenose Postgrads v HitchhikersIn the second of the quarter-finals, three postgraduate students from Brasenose College, Oxford, pit their wits against a trio of Douglas Adams fans who call themselves the Hitchhikers, in honour of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
11Neuroscientists v StrategistsIn the third of the quarter-finals, three studying for their PhDs at Oxford set out to challenge the brainpower of the Strategists, a team unified by their love of sophisticated strategy board games.
12Gamblers v BowlersIn the last of the quarter-finals, three committed gamblers take their chances against a team unified by their love of ten-pin bowling.
13Archers Admirers v GamblersIn the first of the Semi Finals, three lovers of the pastoral world of Radio 4's The Archers face a team of confirmed Gamblers.
14Hitchhikers v StrategistsIn the second semi-final, three fans of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy lock horns with the cunning of the Strategists, a team bound by their love of obscure European board games.
15Gamblers v StrategistsIn the series final, cunning and tactics combine with logic, recall, and tangential inspiration, as three committed Gamblers resist the temptation to take too many risks and the Strategists fight the impulse to err on the side of caution.