Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums

Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Sarah Morgan Ged Parsons George Sawyer Colin Swash
Directed by	Mike Bradley Samuel Wilkinson Richard Valentine
Presented by	Dara Ó Briain
Starring	Marcus du Sautoy
Theme music composer	Marc Sylvan
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Richard Watsham Katherine Parsons Phil Morrow
Producer(s)	Mike Bradley Samuel Wilkinson Helen Younger
Editor(s)	Simon Hornbrook Malcolm Finch
Location(s)	BBC Television Centre, London
Running time	Series 1 - 30 minutes Series 2 - 36 minutes Series 3 - 45 minutes
Production company(s)	Fujisankei Productions Wild Rover Productions
Distributor	UK Gold Services Ltd.
Broadcast
Original channel	Dave
Picture format	16:9 (1080i HDTV)
Original run	16 April 2012 (2012-04-16) – 22 April 2014 (2014-04-22)
External links
Official website

Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums is a British comedy game show about the subject of mathematics and it is based on the Japanese show Comaneci University Mathematics.^[1] The programme is broadcast on Dave and is presented by Dara Ó Briain and stars Marcus du Sautoy. Each episode is themed and Ó Briain, along with a guest or guests, attempts to solve various conundrums set by du Sautoy.^[1] At the end of each episode, Ó Briain sets homework questions for viewers; the answers can be checked on the show's website.^[2]

Transmissions

Episodes

A pilot episode was produced with the title Dara O'Briain's University of Practical Mathematics, but this was never broadcast.

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:

     – indicates Dara ('Brains') won

     – indicates the guest(s) ('Brawn') won

     – indicates the maths students won (Series 1 and 3 only. In Series 2, the Maths Students were on the 'Brains' team.)

     – indicates the game ended in a draw

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

References

External links

• Official website
• Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums at the Internet Movie Database
• Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums at the British Comedy Guide
• Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums at UKGameshows.com
• Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums at TV.com