Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums

Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums is 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]

GenreComedy

Written bySarah Morgan
Ged Parsons
George Sawyer
Colin Swash

Directed byMike Bradley
Samuel Wilkinson
Richard Valentine

Presented byDara Ó Briain

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Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums
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	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	24
Production
Executive producers	Richard Watsham Katherine Parsons Phil Morrow
Producers	Mike Bradley Samuel Wilkinson Helen Younger
Production locations	BBC Television Centre, London
Editors	Simon Hornbrook Malcolm Finch
Running time	Series 1: 30 minutes Series 2: 36 minutes Series 3: 45 minutes
Production companies	Fujisankei Productions Wild Rover Productions
Original release
Network	Dave
Release	16 April 2012 (2012-04-16) – 22 April 2014 (2014-04-22)

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