Patriot Brains

Not to be confused with the 2015 episode of iZombie.

Patriot Brains is a New Zealand comedy panel game show, airing on TVNZ 2 in New Zealand and SBS Viceland in Australia since April 2021.

Patriot Brains
Genre	Comedy panel game
Presented by	Bill Bailey (series 1) Sue Perkins (series 2)
Composer	James Dansey
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	44 minutes
Production company	thedownlowconcept
Original release
Network	TVNZ 2, SBS Viceland
Release	7 April 2021 (2021-04-07) – present

Premise

The show, hosted by English comedian Bill Bailey in series 1 and Sue Perkins in series 2,^[1][2] focuses on the trans-Tasman rivalry by pitting two teams of three comics from Australia and New Zealand against each other.^[3][4][5] The host asks the teams a series of general knowledge questions about their respective countries from a revolving pool of categories.^[6][7]

Production

New Zealand production company thedownlowconcept produces the series, which receives funding from NZ On Air.^[8]

Broadcast

The first series of Patriot Brains aired in early 2021 in Australia and New Zealand, and the second series was broadcast in February 2023 in New Zealand.^{[citation needed]}

Episodes

Series 1

No. in series	Team Australia	Team New Zealand	Original release date
1	Mel Buttle, Rhys Nicholson, Tom Ballard	Melanie Bracewell, Guy Montgomery, Madeleine Sami	7 April 2021 (2021-04-07) (NZ) 13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) (AU)
2	Mel Buttle, Rhys Nicholson, Harley Breen	Hayley Sproull, Josh Thomson, Ray O'Leary	14 April 2021 (2021-04-14) (NZ) 20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) (AU)
3	Mel Buttle, Aaron Chen, Tom Ballard	Mel Bracewell, Hayley Sproull, Josh Thomson	21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) (NZ) 27 April 2021 (2021-04-27) (AU)
4	Mel Buttle, Laura Davis, Aaron Chen	Mel Bracewell, Rhys Darby, Laura Daniel	28 April 2021 (2021-04-28) (NZ) 4 May 2021 (2021-05-04) (AU)
5	Mel Buttle, Aaron Chen, Tom Ballard	Mel Bracewell, Kura Forrester, Ben Hurley	5 May 2021 (2021-05-05) (NZ) 11 May 2021 (2021-05-11) (AU)
6	Mel Buttle, Rhys Nicholson, Harley Breen	Mel Bracewell, Ben Hurley, Laura Daniel	12 May 2021 (2021-05-12) (NZ) 18 May 2021 (2021-05-18) (AU)
7	Mel Buttle, Aaron Chen, Harley Breen	Mel Bracewell, James Nokise, Guy Montgomery	19 May 2021 (2021-05-19) (NZ) 25 May 2021 (2021-05-25) (AU)
8	Mel Buttle, Laura Davis, Tom Ballard	Mel Bracewell, Justine Smith, Pax Assadi	26 May 2021 (2021-05-26) (NZ) 1 June 2021 (2021-06-01) (AU)
9	Mel Buttle, Laura Davis, Tom Ballard	Mel Bracewell, Hayley Sproull, Josh Thomson	2 June 2021 (2021-06-02) (NZ) 8 June 2021 (2021-06-08) (AU)
10	Mel Buttle, Aaron Chen, Harley Breen	Mel Bracewell, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Ben Hurley	9 June 2021 (2021-06-09) (NZ) 15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) (AU)

Note: Winners are listed in bold.

Series 2

No. in series	Team Australia	Team New Zealand	Original release date
1	Becky Lucas, Nath Valvo, Brett Blake	Angella Dravid, Josh Thomson, Guy Montgomery	10 February 2023 (2023-02-10) (NZ) 14 June 2023 (2023-06-14) (AU)[1]
2	Alex Ward, Luke McGregor, Brett Blake	Dai Henwood, Ben Hurley, Hayley Sproull	17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) (NZ)
3	Becky Lucas, Nath Valvo, Brett Blake	Urzila Carlson, Hayley Sproull, Pax Assadi	24 February 2023 (2023-02-24) (NZ)
4	Nazeem Hussain, Alex Ward, Harley Breen	Josh Thomson, Angella Dravid, Ben Hurley	3 March 2023 (2023-03-03) (NZ)
5	Becky Lucas, Nath Valvo, Heath Franklin	Becky Umbers, Chris Parker, Guy Montgomery	10 March 2023 (2023-03-10) (NZ)
6	Becky Lucas, Suraj Kolarkar, Nazeem Hussain	Hayley Sproull, Urzila Carlson, Josh Thomson	17 March 2023 (2023-03-17) (NZ)
7	Becky Lucas, Nazeem Hussain, Heath Franklin	Chris Parker, Urzila Carlson, Guy Montgomery	24 March 2023 (2023-03-24) (NZ)
8	Alex Ward, Luke McGregor, Brett Blake	Josh Thomson, Angella Dravid, Ben Hurley	31 March 2023 (2023-03-31) (NZ)
9	Luke McGregor, Alex Ward, Harley Breen	Ray O'Leary, Becky Umbers, Ben Hurley	14 April 2023 (2023-04-14) (NZ)
10	Luke McGregor, Alex Ward, Claire Hooper	Ray O'Leary, Becky Umbers, Dai Henwood	21 April 2023 (2023-04-21) (NZ)

Note: Winners are listed in bold.