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 5
Dara's back, proving again that mathematics can save the day in almost any circumstance. This week he tackles problems that you might come across in an Italian restaurant.
Further details
Dara's back, proving again that mathematics can save the day in almost any circumstance. This week the Mock The Week host tackles problems that you might come across in an Italian restaurant.
Comedian David O'Doherty is on hand to help with the puzzles, all set by the fiendishly logical, Oxford university professor, Marcus du Sautoy.
The first conundrum comes from counting dough balls. When the menu offers a choice of 6, 9 or 20 dough balls, Marcus wants to know the largest amount of dough balls that cannot be ordered.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 14th 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 |
| David O'Doherty | 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 |