Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The stand-up comic and celebrity rationalist probably gets as close here as TV can to making maths fun. Fellow egghead Professor Marcus du Sautoy sets Ó Briain a series of puzzles couched in accessible, practical terms, but which get progressively harder and need real sums to answer. Maths graduate Ó Briain squeaks out attempted solutions, often rather impressively, on a Waking the Dead-style glass board. Joining him is the obligatory weekly comedian guest – David O'Doherty tonight – cast in the role you're probably playing at home: shouting answers that might, if you're lucky, be half-right.

Series details

• Title: Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-04-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-04-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: U&Dave
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 40 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5091

Cast and credited roles

• Dara Ó Briain — Presenter
• Marcus du Sautoy — Marcus du Sautoy

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-04-16; final listed air date 2012-06-04; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-05-01; final listed air date 2013-06-19; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2014-03-04; final listed air date 2014-04-22; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

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