School's Out (TV series)

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School's Out
Format Game show
Created by Hugh Rycroft and Jeremy Salsby
Presented by Danny Wallace
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 14 (as of 1 September 2007)
Production
Running time 35 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One

School's Out is a BBC television series hosted by Danny Wallace. Based on the premise of school subjects, celebrity contestants are asked questions they would have been asked at school.

Contents

[edit] Rounds

  • The General Knowledge Round - Each contestant is asked four questions on any subject, the contestants are asked at random
  • The Timetable round - A School timetable is shown, five days with six subjects per day. Contestants pick a day and then one subject in the morning and one in the afternoon and are asked a question based on that subject. Five points awarded for a single subject question and ten points for a double.
  • The French Oral Round - French Oral. French Teacher Virginie Hopstein asks each contestant individually to answer questions she asks in French. Points out of twenty are awarded afterwards
  • The Project Round - Project Round. A Subject is given to the students and three questions are asked, points awarded for each question.
  • The Music Round - Orchestra. Each contestant is given a recorder and has to play a part of a song when asked (from series 2 onwards)
  • The Quick Fire Round - The overall winner is given a timetable similar to the one in Round Two, they are given a minute to get from Monday to Friday answering a question correctly to progress. They must answer one double subject along the way.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Series One

Airdate Contestant 1 Contestant 2 Contestant 3
5 April 2006 Richard Bacon Runner-Up Richard Hammond Winner Shelley Rudman Last Place
19 April 2006 Matt Dawson Winner Mel Giedroyc Runner-Up Adam Woodyatt Last Place
26 April 2006 Marcus Brigstocke Runner-Up James Cracknell Winner Myleene Klass Last Place
3 May 2006 Sarah Cawood Last Place Tony Hawks Winner James Martin Runner-Up
10 May 2006 Angela Griffin Liz McClarnon Russell Watson
17 May 2006 Natalie Cassidy Bonnie Langford DJ Spoony

[edit] Series Two

Airdate Contestant 1 Contestant 2 Contestant 3
30 June 2007 Rory Bremner Winner Patrick Kielty Last Place Shaun Williamson Runner-Up
14 July 2007 Adrian Edmondson Runner-Up Jenni Falconer Winner Nick Knowles Last Place
21 July 2007 Tina Hobley Last Place Graham Norton Winner Dominic Wood Runner-Up
28 July 2007 Ricky Groves Winner Duncan James Last Place Sandi Toksvig Runner-Up
4 August 2007 Jo Brand Last Place Hardeep Singh Kohli Runner-Up Dermot Murnaghan Winner
11 August 2007 Sally Lindsay Runner-Up Bill Turnbull Winner Hannah Waterman Last Place
25 August 2007 Matt Allwright Runner-Up Laurie Brett Last Place James Fleet Winner
1 September 2007 Josie D'Arby Last Place Stephen Gately Runner-Up Meera Syal Winner

Matt Dawson is the highest scoring "pupil" ever, scoring 94 out of a possible 100.

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