Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums

Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums
GenreComedy
Written bySarah Morgan
Ged Parsons
George Sawyer
Colin Swash
Directed byMike Bradley
Samuel Wilkinson
Richard Valentine
Presented byDara Ó Briain
StarringMarcus du Sautoy
Theme music composerMarc Sylvan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producersRichard Watsham
Katherine Parsons
Phil Morrow
ProducersMike Bradley
Samuel Wilkinson
Helen Younger
Production locationsBBC Television Centre, London
EditorsSimon Hornbrook
Malcolm Finch
Running timeSeries 1: 30 minutes
Series 2: 36 minutes
Series 3: 45 minutes
Production companiesFujisankei Productions
Wild Rover Productions
Original release
NetworkDave
Release16 April 2012 (2012-04-16) 
22 April 2014 (2014-04-22)

Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums was a British comedy game show about the subject of mathematics, based on the Japanese show Comaneci University Mathematics. The programme was broadcast on Dave, was presented by Dara Ó Briain, and starred Marcus du Sautoy. Each episode was themed and Ó Briain, along with a guest or guests, attempted to solve various conundrums set by du Sautoy. At the end of each episode, Ó Briain set homework questions for viewers; the answers could be checked on the show's website.