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Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums

Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums

  • TV comedy
  • 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 2

Dara O'Briain continues on his journey into the realms of pure logic. Once again he's helped by Oxford University maths professor Marcus du Sautoy and is joined by comedy guest Alex Horne.

Preview clips

Further details

This week, the team uses maths, physics, chemistry, logic and all those hidden mechanics of the world we don't see to solve problems that have the theme of 'location, location, maths'.

So... there are three houses and three utilities, and the team must draw a line from each house to each utility without crossing the lines.

Then there's the question of how do you connect four cowsheds in each corner of a field that need to be connected without laying paths?

If that wasn't enough, they're faced with a toughie - a student has been on a serious night out on the town and has found that his 13 mates have stolen his 13 items of clothing. They're split across five different locations, so where's the best meeting place that keeps the combined distance travelled by all his mates to an absolute minimum?

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 23rd April 2012
Time
8pm
Channel
Dave
Length
40 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 24th April 2012 11:00pm Dave
Wednesday 25th April 2012 10:20pm Dave
Sunday 29th April 2012 6:00pm Dave
Sunday 15th July 2012 12:40pm Dave
Sunday 15th July 2012 7:20pm Dave
Tuesday 29th October 2013 11:40pm Dave
Saturday 6th September 2014 1:15am Dave
Wednesday 5th November 2014 2:45am Dave
Wednesday 4th March 2015 2:40am Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Dara O Briain Host / Presenter
Marcus du Sautoy (as Prof Marcus Du Sautoy) Self
Guest cast
Alex Horne Guest
Thomas Crawford Self
Samiha Ismail Self
Writing team
Sarah Morgan Writer
Ged Parsons Writer
George Sawyer Writer
Colin Swash Writer
Production team
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 2 Preview

Alex Horne joins Dara O'Briain and Marcus du Sautoy for the second episode of the maths-based show.

Featuring: Prof Marcus Du Sautoy, Dara O Briain & Alex Horne.

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