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Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums
British game show From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums was a British comedy game show about the subject of mathematics, based on the Japanese show Comaneci University Mathematics.[1] The programme was broadcast on Dave, was presented by Dara Ó Briain, and starred Marcus du Sautoy. Each episode was themed and Ó Briain, along with a guest or guests, attempted to solve various conundrums set by du Sautoy.[1] At the end of each episode, Ó Briain set homework questions for viewers; the answers could be checked on the show's website.[2]
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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:
| Brains | Dara O'Briain ("Brains") won |
| Brawn | Guests ("Brawn") won |
| Students | Maths students won (Series 1 and 3 only. In Series 2, the maths students were on the Brains team.) |
| Draw | Draw |
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
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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.[3]
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