Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums
- TV comedy
- U&Dave
- 2012 - 2014
- 24 episodes (3 series)
Dara O Briain presents a comic entertainment show about maths, based on an Emmy Award-nominated Japanese format. Stars Dara O Briain and Marcus du Sautoy.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
Further details
This week, the team uses maths, physics, chemistry, logic and all those hidden mechanics of the world we don't see to solve problems that have the theme of 'location, location, maths'.
So... there are three houses and three utilities, and the team must draw a line from each house to each utility without crossing the lines.
Then there's the question of how do you connect four cowsheds in each corner of a field that need to be connected without laying paths?
If that wasn't enough, they're faced with a toughie - a student has been on a serious night out on the town and has found that his 13 mates have stolen his 13 items of clothing. They're split across five different locations, so where's the best meeting place that keeps the combined distance travelled by all his mates to an absolute minimum?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 23rd April 2012
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Length
- 40 minutes
Cast & crew
Dara O Briain | Host / Presenter |
Marcus du Sautoy (as Prof Marcus Du Sautoy) | Self |
Alex Horne | Guest |
Thomas Crawford | Self |
Samiha Ismail | Self |
Sarah Morgan | Writer |
Ged Parsons | Writer |
George Sawyer | Writer |
Colin Swash | Writer |
Mike Bradley | Director |
Samuel Wilkinson | Director |
Richard Valentine | Director |
Sean Miller | Series Producer |
Mike Bradley | Producer |
Samuel Wilkinson | Producer |
Helen Younger | Producer |
Richard Watsham | Executive Producer |
Katherine Parsons | Executive Producer |
Phil Morrow | Executive Producer |
Simon Hornbrook | Editor |
Malcolm Finch | Editor |
Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
Marc Sylvan | Composer |
Video
Episode 2 Preview
Alex Horne joins Dara O'Briain and Marcus du Sautoy for the second episode of the maths-based show.
Featuring: Prof Marcus Du Sautoy, Dara O Briain & Alex Horne.