If there is one theme that has been consistent across the inaugural series of Secret Genius, the brilliant Alan Carr and Susie Dent-fronted Channel 4 gameshow that has scoured the width and breadth of the country for undiscovered Einsteins, it is that women tend to shockingly underestimate their abilities.
The show has seen regular Joes – and Joannes – from all walks of life compete in fiendish, Mensa-produced puzzles designed to test the skills that make up an IQ score. As it turns out, women have just as high an aptitude for this kind of thing – or possibly even higher, if the show is anything to go by – as men. Although the final, airing on 1 March, is an even gender split of two female and two male contestants, the semi-final lineup was two-thirds women.
