| Britain's Brainiest Kid | |
|---|---|
| Format | Game show |
| Presented by | Carol Vorderman |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Celador |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original run | 9 August 2001 – 2002 |
Britain's Brainiest Kid was a British television quiz show produced by Celador, which originally aired in a one-off special format on ITV on August 9, 2001, hosted by Carol Vorderman. A subsequent series was aired in late 2002.
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The original featured 4 different rounds:
The winner of the original special was Laura Hibbert of North Yorkshire, whose specialist subject was Charles Dickens.[1]
Alex "Brains" Marshall was runner up. His specialist subject was the United Arab Emirates. Richard "Helium" Thomas came third. His specialist subject was the Plantagenets
For 2002, the show was resurrected, with ten half-hour heats and qualification to a 90 minute grand final show. The heats were presented by Tess Daly, and the grand final by Carol Vorderman again. There was also a format change in 2002, with tie breakers being replaced by "Codexs" after the mammoth tie-break in the 2001 show. There were also several spin off shows, such as Britain's Brainiest Footballer and Britain's Brainiest Cabbie after the success of the 2001 show. However the 2002 show was not as successful and Celador eventually announced that the series would not return for a third series.
The winner of the 2002 series was Christopher Guerin (specialist subject: Thomas Becket)[2]
The runner-up of the 2002 series was Dushiyanthi Arumuganesan
| Country | Name | Host | Channel | Year aired |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australia's Brainiest Kid | Sandra Sully Samuel Shaed |
Seven Network Network Ten |
5 November 2004 25 September 2005 |
| Belgium (Dutch) [3] | Het Verstand Van Vlaanderen | Koen Wauters Rani De Coninck |
VTM | 2004-2008 |
| Belgium (French) [4] | Le Grand Concours des Enfants | Alain Simons | RTL-TVI | 2006 |
| Denmark [5] | Danmarks Klogeste Barn | Thomas Mygind | TV Danmark | 31 August 2005 |
| France | Le Grand Concours | Carole Rousseau | TF1 | 23 March 2002 |
| Georgia [6] | ყველაზე ჭკვიანი Qvelaze chkviani |
Nino Khoshtaria | Rustavi 2 | 2004 |
| Germany [7] | Deutschland klügste kinder | Bärbel Schäfer | RTL II | 2009 |
| Italy | Il Migliore sfida D'Intelligenza | Mike Bongiorno | Rete 4 | 2006 - 2007 |
| New Zealand [8] | New Zealand's Brainiest Kid | Bernadine Oliver-Kerby | TVNZ | February-March 2006 |
| Poland [9] | Dzieciaki z klasą | Martyna Wojciechowska | TVN | 23 March 2004 |
Russia and Ukraine |
Самый умный Samyi umnyi |
Tina Kandelaki | CTC | 2003 |
| Singapore [10] | Singapore's Brainiest Kid | Cheryl Fox | MediaCorp Channel 5 | |
| Sweden | Sveriges smartaste barn | Viktor Sandström | TV3 | 2007 |
| Turkey [11] | Bilen Parmak Kaldırsın | Cemil Büyükdöğerli | TRT Çocuk | 20 March 2009 |