Britain's Brainiest

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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:

  • A set of 12 multiple choice questions, whittling down the number of male contestants from 12 to 3.
  • A set of 12 multiple choice questions, whittling down the number of female contestants from 12 to 3.
  • A subject-based round, where contestants answered questions on two subjects, this halved the number of competitors to 3.
  • A final round, where the remaining 3 contestants were tested on their own specialist subject and that of their fellow finalists

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

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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

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Country Name Host Channel Year aired Status
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia[4] Ամենախելացին
AmenakhelatsinScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Nazeni Hovhannisyan Armenia TV 14 March 2015 – 24 December 2017 No longer airing
17 March 2019 – 22 June 2019
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Australia's Brainiest Anna Coren (2004)
Samuel Shaed 		Seven Network 5 November 2004 – 2006 No longer airing
Sandra Sully (2005–2006)
Samuel Shaed 		Network Ten
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan[5] Əlaçı Leyla Aliyeva (2015–2018) AzTV 19 October 2015 – present Currently airing
İlahə Şixlinskaya (2018–present)
AzTV
İctimai Television
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
(In DutchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)[6] 		Het Verstand Van Vlaanderen Koen Wauters (2004–2005) Vtm 2004–2008 No longer airing
Rani De Coninck (2006–2008)
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
(In FrenchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)[6] 		Le Grand Concours Alain Simons RTL-TVI 23 March 2002 No longer airing
Sandrine Dans
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark[7] Danmarks Klogeste Barn Thomas Mygind TV Danmark 31 August 2005 No longer airing
File:Flag of France.svg France Le Grand Concours Carole Rousseau (2002–2018) TF1 23 March 2002 – present Currently airing
Laurence Boccolini (2018–2020)
Alessandra Sublet (2021–2022)
Arthur (2022–present)
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland[8] Valiojoukko Satu Ruotsalainen MTV3 11 September 2004 – 18 December 2004 No longer airing
Template:Country data Georgia[9] ყველაზე ჭკვიანი
Yvelaze chkvianiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Nino Khoshtaria Rustavi 2 2004–2013 No longer airing
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany[10] Deutschlands klügste Sonja Zietlow (2001–2003) RTL Television 22 December 2001 – 2003 No longer airing
Bärbel Schäfer (2011) RTL II 22 March 2011
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Ο Πιο Εξυπνος
O Pio ExypnosScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Antonis Kafetzopoulos Mega Channel 26 January 2004 – May 2004 No longer airing
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Il migliore - Sfida d'intelligenza Mike Bongiorno Rete 4 4 May 2006 – 24 May 2007 No longer airing
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan[11] Brainiest (ブレイニスト) Yoko Oshita TV Asahi 7 January 2012 No longer airing
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon[12] مين بيعرف
Min ByaarifScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Nadia Bsat mtv 15 March 2016 – present Currently airing
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand[13] New Zealand's Brainiest Kid Bernadine Oliver-Kerby TVNZ February – March 2006 No longer airing
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland[14] Dzieciaki z klasą Martyna Wojciechowska TVN 29 March 2004 – 7 June 2004 No longer airing
6 March 2005 – 5 June 2005
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal[15] Mentes Brilhantes Bárbara Guimarães SIC 6 October 2002 – 17 November 2002 No longer airing
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Самый умный[16]
Sami‘y umni‘yScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Tina Kandelaki STS 8 March 2003 – 31 December 2012 No longer airing
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore[17] Singapore's Brainiest Cheryl Fox MediaCorp Channel 5 2003–2005 No longer airing
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Sveriges smartaste barn Sofia Wistam (2007) TV3 2007 No longer airing
Roger Nordin (2009) 2009
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey[18] Bilen Parmak Kaldırsın Cemil Büyükdöğerli TRT Çocuk 20 March 2009 No longer airing
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine[19] Найрозумніший Дорослі ігри
Nayrozumnishy'y Dorosli igryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Paulo Skorohodko[20] 1+1 24 August – 28 December 2008 No longer airing
Самый умный[21]
Sami‘y umni‘yScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Tina Kandelaki 1+1 8 March 2003 – 31 December 2012 No longer airing
Inter
Ludmila Dobrovolska Ukrayina 10 March 2013 – 17 June 2013 No longer airing
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
(National versionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)[22]Template:Primary source inline 		Chinh phục - Vietnam's Brainiest Kid Nguyễn Thanh Vân
An Huy Trần 		VTV6 4 December 2013 – 14 January 2015 (season 1–2)

25 October 2017 – 31 January 2018 (season 3)

No longer airing
VTV3
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
(Southern Regional versionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) 		Tìm người thông minh Phương Thảo HTV7 1 March 2008 – September 2008 No longer airing

References and notes

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