Boisterous backstabber Alan Carr proved himself an erudite fibber on Celebrity Traitors and so is the perfect host for Secret Genius (Channel 4, Sunday, Monday 9pm), a gimmicky reality series that aims to do for misunderstood brain boxes what X Factor did for Jedward – ie, make them famous whether they deserve it or not.
The premise of the show is that intelligence is underrated in the world today and that many gifted people are denied the opportunity to shine. But while it is always heartening to see those who lack confidence or have been told they won’t amount to much receiving a reassuring pat on the back, the actual format is 50 shades of sleep-inducing. By the end of part…