The headline news (though it’s not in a headline on the BBC) is that they’ve had to put Brain of Britain on hold until 2026. So, I won’t be in it this year, after all.
I feel okay about it. I mean, disappointed obviously - I’ve angled all my learning towards this summer (I know my cocktails now) - but not as disappointed as you might think. There’s at least a little relief swirling around in the glass.
The reason (said the email) is that the production team have left. There’s obviously nobody steering the ship, which seems like a good time to tow the thing into harbour. I did find myself wondering whether it really would be back next year, but the email was hopeful about 2026. And, after all, the show is what you might call a grandee of Radio 4 - I can’t see them not patching up the sails and hiring new crew for such a long-running programme. I messaged back with my original deferred ‘automatic place’ offer attached, asking them to confirm whether that too would roll into 2026.
Despite the information piling up in my head and the time it’s taken to get it there, I have to say, I don’t even know that I’d be terribly disappointed if they now said I had to start at square one and audition all over again! It’s already three years since I first applied, so at this point… well maybe there’s an extra shot of relief in the cocktail. I might not want to go through all that again.
And if they do say I’m in the 2026 season, then great! Yet another year to prepare for it. And as I said last time, somehow the learning, the reading, the accumulation, has been the best thing about the process.
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