Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums
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| 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) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Richard Watsham Katherine Parsons Phil Morrow |
| Producer(s) | Mike Bradley Samuel Wilkinson Helen Younger |
| Location(s) | BBC Television Centre, London |
| Editor(s) | Simon Hornbrook Malcolm Finch |
| 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. |
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| Original network | Dave |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Original release | 16 April 2012 – 22 April 2014 |
| 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. 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. At the end of each episode, Ó Briain sets homework questions for viewers; the answers can be checked on the show's website.
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:
Readers of UKGameshows.com named it on a two way tie, the seventh best new game show of 2012 in their "Hall of fame" poll.
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