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 6
Dara O'Briain examines how maths saves lives. He has comedian Alex Horne on hand to help him.
Further details
One problem that the two funny men have to solve involves four full shot glasses. That sounds like a fun problem to have, but one shot glass contains a deadly poison, and you have to drink three of them. So how do you know which one contains the poison?
Fortunately, you have 2 test tubes which detect the presence of poison and you can take drops of liquid from any shot glass and place them in any test tube. Will Dara and Alex use the test tubes correctly, or will it be a shorter series than we'd planned for?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 21st 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 |
| 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 |