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Britain's Brainiest

Britain's Brainiest is a British television quiz show produced by Celador and aired on ITV. The show originally aired as a one-off special ad Britain's Brainiest Kid on 9 August 2001, hosted by Carol Vorderman. An adult series ran from 2 January to 6 February 2002 and a subsequent kids series aired from 9 to 31 December 2002.

Format

2001 special

The original featured four different rounds:

The winner of the original special was Laura Hibbert of North Yorkshire, whose specialist subject was Charles Dickens.[1]

Alex "Brains" Marshall was runner up. Marshall's specialist subject was the United Arab Emirates. Richard "Helium" Thomas came third. His specialist subject was the Plantagenets.

2002 adult series

Information needed

2002 kids series

The show was resurrected, with ten half-hour heats and qualification to a 90-minute grand final show. The heats were presented by Tess Daly, and the grand final by Carol Vorderman again. There was also a format change in 2002, with tie breakers being replaced by "Codexs" after the mammoth tie-break in the 2001 special.

The winner of the 2002 series was Christopher Guerin, from Birmingham (specialist subject: Thomas Becket).[2] He went on to receive three mathematics degrees including one at the University of Cambridge, and as of 2023 is a maths teacher and assistant secondary school principal.[3]

International versions

Legend:  Currently airing    No longer airing    Upcoming or returning version  

References and notes

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  9. ^ "Rustavi 2". Rustavi 2. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  10. ^ "RTL 2 - Moderatorin". 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  11. ^ テレビ朝日｜Brainiest（ブレイニスト）. Tv-asahi.co.jp. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  12. ^ "Min Byaarif / Season 2". Lebanon: MTV. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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  16. ^ In common with Ukraine
  17. ^ "Singapore's Brainiest". Archived from the original on 3 January 2009.
  18. ^ "Bilen parmak kaldırsın". Cicicee.com. 13 March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  19. ^ Канал "Україна" відновить формат шоу "Найрозумніший", але без Тіни Канделакі. Telekritika.ua. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  20. ^ Програму "Найрозумніший. Дорослі ігри" на "1+1" вестиме Павло Скороходько. Telekritika.ua. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  21. ^ In common with Russia
  22. ^ "Chinh Phục - Vietnam's Brainiest Kid". Retrieved 14 May 2014 – via Facebook.

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