Top Class
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| Genre | |
| Directed by | Tony Grech-Smith |
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| Composer(s) | Craig Brown |
| Country of origin | Britain |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 + 1 special |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
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| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Production company(s) | ITV Studios |
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| Original network | CBBC |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 12 September 2016 – Present |
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| Website | |
Top Class is a British children's quiz show hosted by Susan Calman. The show is produced by ITV Studios for CBBC that began on 12 September 2016. The show involves teams of children answering questions in the National Curriculum. A second series of 15 episodes has been confirmed and will start on 25 January 2017.
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 choses a subject to be questioned on. Pet Subjects chosen include The Dumping Ground and Capital Cities.
In this first heat Halton Holegate Church of England Primary School from Lincolnshire take on Newbridge Preparatory School from the West Midlands.
In this heat West Leigh Junior School from Essex take on St Pius X Preparatory School from Lancashire.
In this heat Hadrian Academy from Bedfordshire take on Conisborugh Ivanhoe Primary Academy from Yorkshire.
In this heat Brandhall Primary School from the West Midlands take on Millburn Primary School from County Londonderry.
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