| Genre: | Comedy |
| Director: | Mike Bradley Samuel Wilkinson Richard Valentine |
| Presenter: | Dara Ó Briain |
| Starring: | Marcus du Sautoy |
| Theme Music Composer: | Marc Sylvan |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 3 |
| Num Episodes: | 24 |
| List Episodes: |
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| Executive Producer: | Richard Watsham Katherine Parsons Phil Morrow |
| Producer: | Mike Bradley Samuel Wilkinson Helen Younger |
| Editor: | Simon Hornbrook Malcolm Finch |
| Location: | BBC Television Centre, London |
| Runtime: | Series 1: 30 minutes Series 2: 36 minutes Series 3: 45 minutes |
| Company: | Fujisankei Productions Wild Rover Productions |
| Channel: | Dave |
Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums is a British comedy game show about the subject of mathematics and it is based on the Japanese show Comaneci University Mathematics.[1] The programme is broadcast on Dave and is presented by Dara Ó Briain and stars Marcus du Sautoy. Each episode is themed and Ó Briain, along with a guest or guests, attempts to solve various conundrums set by du Sautoy.[1] At the end of each episode, Ó Briain sets homework questions for viewers; the answers can be checked on the show's website.[2]
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 April 2012 | 4 June 2012 | 8 | |
| 2 | 1 May 2013 | 19 June 2013 | 8 | |
| 3 | 4 March 2014 | 22 April 2014 | 8 |
A pilot episode was produced with the title Dara O'Briain's University of Practical Mathematics, but this was never broadcast.
The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:
| Dara O'Briain ("Brains") won | ||
| Guests ("Brawn") won | ||
| Maths students won (Series 1 and 3 only. In Series 2, the maths students were on the Brains team.) | ||
| Draw |
Readers of UKGameshows.com named it on a two way tie, the seventh best new game show of 2012 in their "Hall of fame" poll.[3]