Top Class

Top Class
Genre
Directed by Tony Grech-Smith
Presented by
Composer(s) Craig Brown
Country of origin Britain
Original language(s) English
No. of series 2 + 2 specials
No. of episodes 28
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Simon Marsh[1]
  • Melissa Hardinge
Running time 28 minutes
Production company(s) ITV Studios
Release
Original network CBBC
Picture format 16:9 1080i
Audio format Stereo
Original release 12 September 2016 (2016-09-12) – Present
External links
www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/top-class

Top Class is a British children's quiz show hosted by Susan Calman. The show is produced by ITV Studios for CBBC[2] that began on 12 September 2016. The show involves teams of children answering questions in the National Curriculum. A second series of 15 episodes began on 25 January 2017.[3][4] A third series has been confirmed and will air in 2017.[5] Series 1 aired every weekday at 15:55, whilst series 2 aired weekly at 17:00 and then 17:30 from episode 10.

Format

All primary schools across the UK were invited to enter Top Class, with a team of 4 pupils. All competitors are in year 6 (primary 7 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).

Each round includes questions taken from the National Curriculum Key Stage 2 as well as other rounds including a 'News' round with questions on topics from the wider world; a ‘pet subject’ round selected by the team and in one special round, the team nominate one of their teachers to play for them, the teacher must answer questions against the clock on popular culture.

The subjects includes Maths, English, Science, History, Geography and News. There is also Test the Teacher where the class' teacher answers pop-culture questions and Pet Subjects, where the class chooses a subject to be questioned on. Pet Subjects chosen include The Dumping Ground and Capital Cities.

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
11512 September 2016 (2016-09-12)30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
Christmas Special13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)
21525 January 2017 (2017-01-25)3 May 2017 (2017-05-03)
Celebrity Special7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)

Series 1 (2016)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Director Original air date[6]
11"Round One"Tony Grech-Smith12 September 2016 (2016-09-12)

In this first heat Halton Holegate Church of England Primary School from Lincolnshire take on Newbridge Preparatory School from the West Midlands.

  • Winners: Halton Holegate
22"Round Two"Tony Grech-Smith13 September 2016 (2016-09-13)

In this heat West Leigh Junior School from Essex take on St Pius X Preparatory School from Lancashire.

  • Winners: St Pius
33"Round Three"Tony Grech-Smith14 September 2016 (2016-09-14)

In this heat Hadrian Academy from Bedfordshire take on Conisborugh Ivanhoe Primary Academy from Yorkshire.

  • Winners: Hadrian
44"Round Four"Tony Grech-Smith15 September 2016 (2016-09-15)

In this heat Brandhall Primary School from the West Midlands take on Millburn Primary School from County Londonderry.

  • Winners: Millburn
55"Round Five"Tony Grech-Smith16 September 2016 (2016-09-16)

In this heat Bolsover Church of England Junior School from Derbyshire take on Bowes Primary School from London.

  • Winners: Bowes
66"Round Six"Tony Grech-Smith19 September 2016 (2016-09-19)

In this heat Esgob Morgan Primary School from Denbighshire take on St James' Church of England Academy from Dorset.

  • Winners: St James'
77"Round Seven"Tony Grech-Smith20 September 2016 (2016-09-20)

In this heat Kirkshaws Primary School from Lanarkshire take on St Martin's Church of England Primary School from Somerset.

  • Winners: St Martin's
88"Round Eight"Tony Grech-Smith21 September 2016 (2016-09-21)

In this heat Greenland Community Primary School from County Durham take on St Michael's Church of England Primary School from Manchester.

  • Winners: Greenland
99"Quarter-Final One"Tony Grech-Smith22 September 2016 (2016-09-22)

In this first quarter-final St James' Church of England Academy from Dorset take on Halton Holegate from Lincolnshire.

  • Winners: St James'
1010"Quarter-Final Two"Tony Grech-Smith23 September 2016 (2016-09-23)

In this quarter-final Greenland Community Primary School from County Durham take on Millburn Primary School from County Londonderry.

  • Winners: Millburn
1111"Quarter-Final Three"Tony Grech-Smith26 September 2016 (2016-09-26)

In this quarter-final Bowes Primary School from London take on Hadrian Academy from Bedfordshire.

  • Winners: Bowes
1212"Quarter-Final Four"Tony Grech-Smith27 September 2016 (2016-09-27)

In this quarter-final, St Martin's Church of England Primary School from Somerset take on St Pius X Preparatory School from Lancashire.

  • Winners: St Pius
1313"Semi-Final One"Tony Grech-Smith28 September 2016 (2016-09-28)

It's the first semi-final and St James' Church of England Academy from Dorset take on Millburn Primary School from County Londonderry.

  • Winners: St James'
1414"Semi-Final Two"Tony Grech-Smith29 September 2016 (2016-09-29)

It's the second semi-final and Bowes Primary School from London take on St Pius X Preparatory School from Lancashire.

  • Winners: St Pius
1515"Grand Final"Tony Grech-Smith30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)

It's the final and the two remaining teams St James' Church of England Academy from Dorset and St Pius X Preparatory School from Lancashire battle it out.

  • Winners: St Pius

Christmas special (2016)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Director Original air date[7]
161"Christmas Special"Tony Grech-Smith13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)

Celebrity teams compete as Turkeys (Lindsey Russell from Blue Peter, Ricky Martin from Art Ninja, and Dick and Dom) take on Sprouts (Nick James from Hank Zipzer, Stacy Liu from The Dumping Ground, Ben Shires from Officially Amazing, and Richard David-Caine from Class Dismissed) - but who will be Top Class this Christmas, the Turkeys or the Sprouts?!

  • Winners: Sprouts

Series 2 (2017)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Director Original air date[8]
171"Round One"Tony Grech-Smith25 January 2017 (2017-01-25)

Mossneuk Primary School from South Lanarkshire take on Whitehorse Manor Junior School from Surrey.

  • Winners: Mossneuk
182"Round Two"Tony Grech-Smith1 February 2017 (2017-02-01)

Pant Primary School from Merthyr Tydfil take on Stone Church of England Combined School from Buckinghamshire.

  • Winners: Stone
193"Round Three"Tony Grech-Smith8 February 2017 (2017-02-08)

Sheringham Community Primary School from Norfolk take on St Patrick's Primary School from County Down.

  • Winners: Sheringham
204"Round Four"Tony Grech-Smith15 February 2017 (2017-02-15)

In this heat, Hayshead from Angus take on Little Sutton Primary School from the West Midlands.

  • Winners: Little Sutton
215"Round Five"Tony Grech-Smith22 February 2017 (2017-02-22)

Hampstead Parochial Church of England School from London take on Tilston Parochial Church of England Primary School from Cheshire.

  • Winners: Tilston
226"Round Six"Tony Grech-Smith1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)

Blaenavon Heritage Primary School from Torfaen take on Calside Primary School from Dumfries.

  • Winners: Calside
237"Round Seven"Tony Grech-Smith8 March 2017 (2017-03-08)

Glengarnock Primary School from Ayrshire take on Wootten Wawan Church of England Primary School from Warwickshire.

  • Winners: Glengarnock
248"Round Eight"Tony Grech-Smith15 March 2017 (2017-03-15)

Sidlesham Primary School from West Sussex take on Delamere Church of England Academy from Cheshire.

  • Winners: Delamere
259"Quarter-Final One"Tony Grech-Smith22 March 2017 (2017-03-22)

In this first quarter-final Calside Primary School from Dumfries take on Stone Church of England Combined School from Buckinghamshire.

  • Winners: Calside
2610"Quarter-Final Two"Tony Grech-Smith29 March 2017 (2017-03-29)

It's the quarter-finals and Mossneuk Primary School from East Kilbride take on Tilston Parochial Church of England Primary School from Cheshire.

  • Winners: Tilston
2711"Quarter-Final Three"Tony Grech-Smith5 April 2017 (2017-04-05)

Sheringham Community Primary School from Norfolk take on Little Sutton Primary School from the West Midlands.

  • Winners: Little Sutton
2812"Quarter-Final Four"Tony Grech-Smith12 April 2017 (2017-04-12)

Delamere Church Of England Primary School from Cheshire take on Glengarnock Primary School from Ayrshire.

  • Winners: Delamere
2913"Semi-Final One"Tony Grech-Smith19 April 2017 (2017-04-19)

Calside Primary School from Dumfries take on Little Sutton Primary School from the West Midlands.

  • Winners: Little Sutton
3014"Semi-Final Two"Tony Grech-Smith19 April 2017 (2017-04-19)

Tilston Parochial Church Of England Primary School from Cheshire take on Delamere Church Of England Primary School from Cheshire.

  • Winners: Tilston
3115"Grand Final"Tony Grech-Smith3 April 2017 (2017-04-03)

Tilston Parochial Church Of England Primary School from Cheshire take on Little Sutton Primary School from the West Midlands.

  • Winners: Tilston

Celebrity special (2017)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Director Original air date[9]
321"Celebrity Special"Tony Grech-Smith7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)

Amy's Pack (Lauren Platt, Leona Vaughan, Amy-Leigh Hickman and Ella Marshall-Pinder) take on Millie's Pack (Louis Payne, Millie Innes, Cleo Demetriou and Isabel Clifton)

Winners: Amy's Pack

Christmas special (2017)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Director Original air date[10]
TBATBA"Christmas Special[11]"Tony Grech-SmithTBA
Jingle Bells (Barney Harwood, Naomi Wilkinson, Ed Petrie and Alex Riley) have been confirmed so far

References

  1. ↑ Prior, David (16 August 2016). "Comedian to lead CBBC's search for Britain's smartest school". Prolific North.
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/top-class-be-on-a-show
  3. ↑ http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fh6k7j/top-class--s2-e1-round-1
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/SusanCalman/status/712221680878407681
  5. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/top-class-be-on-a-show
  6. ↑ http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/fcftcd/top-class
  7. ↑ http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/fcftcd/top-class
  8. ↑ http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/fcftcd/top-class
  9. ↑ http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/fcftcd/top-class
  10. ↑ http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/fcftcd/top-class
  11. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BUj5NUDAsPM/
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