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 4
Further details
Dara O'Briain returns for more mathematical mayhem, and this week he is joined by comedian Andi Osho. With no mathematical training at all, Dara and Andi will attempt to solve problems posed by Oxford University professor, Marcus du Sautoy.
The theme for this week's show is that you can't argue with logic and in the first challenge, Marcus challenges Dara and Andi to use logic to re-label some mixed up bottles of wine, without being able to see what they are. We needed a stiff drink after trying to work it out, but Andi manages to figure out what should go where by applying the principles of logic.
More fun experiments include using weights to find a fake coin and working out how many trips in the lift a virgin would have to take to not get killed by a vampire. It sounds like a right pain in the neck, but it's completely logical - honest.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 7th May 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 |
Andi Osho | Guest |
Graham Benham | Self |
Innes Lee | 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 4 Preview
Clips from the third episode of the show.
Featuring: Prof Marcus Du Sautoy, Dara O Briain & Andi Osho.