Britain's Brainiest Kid was a British

United Kingdom

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 television quiz show

Quiz Show

Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film produced and directed by Robert Redford. Adapted by Paul Attanasio from Richard Goodwin's memoir Remembering America, the film is based upon the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s...

 produced by Celador

Celador

Celador is a global light entertainment company originally formed as an independent production company in 1983. It has produced a number of popular light entertainment shows and is probably best known for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and co-producing the film Slumdog Millionaire which collected...

, which originally aired in a one-off special format on ITV

ITV

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 on August 9, 2001, hosted by Carol Vorderman

Carol Vorderman

Carol Jean Vorderman MBE is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 to 2008. In September 2011 she became a co-anchor of the ITV1 panel show Loose Women....

. A subsequent series was aired in late 2002.

2001 special

The original featured 4 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

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...

, whose specialist subject was Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...

.

Alex "Brains" Marshall was runner up. His specialist subject was the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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. Richard "Helium" Thomas came third. His specialist subject was the Plantagenets

House of Plantagenet

The House of Plantagenet , a branch of the Angevins, was a royal house founded by Geoffrey V of Anjou, father of Henry II of England. Plantagenet kings first ruled the Kingdom of England in the 12th century. Their paternal ancestors originated in the French province of Gâtinais and gained the...

2002 edition

For 2002, 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

Tess Daly

Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly is an English television presenter. She is married to the presenter Vernon Kay.-Early life:Daly was born in Derbyshire to Vivian , who died of emphysema, and Sylvia 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 show. There were also several spin off shows, such as Britain's Brainiest Footballer and Britain's Brainiest Cabbie after the success of the 2001 show. However the 2002 show was not as successful and Celador eventually announced that the series would not return for a third series.

The winner of the 2002 series was Christopher Guerin (specialist subject: Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion...

)

The runner-up of the 2002 series was Dushiyanthi Arumuganesan

International versions

Country	Name	Host	Channel	Year aired
Australia	Australia's Brainiest Kid Australia's Brainiest Australia's Brainiest is a television game show series produced in Australia by Crackerjack Productions, a FremantleMedia company; and currently airing on Network Ten. The format was taken from the British series entitled Britain's Brainiest Kid...	Sandra Sully Sandra Sully Sandra Sully may refer to:*Sandra Sully , Australian television presenter*Sandra Sully... Samuel Shaed	Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach... Network Ten Network Ten Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...	5 November 2004 25 September 2005
Belgium	Het Verstand Van Vlaanderen	Koen Wauters Rani De Coninck	VTM VTM The abbreviation VTM may refer to::* Vampire: The Masquerade, a popular role-playing game* Virginia Tech massacre* vtm, the main commercial television station in Flanders, Belgium...	2004-2008
Belgium	Le Grand Concours des Enfants	Alain Simons	RTL-TVI	2006
Denmark	Danmarks Klogeste Barn	Thomas Mygind	TV Danmark	31 August 2005
Early Modern France	Le Grand Concours	Carole Rousseau	TF1 TF1 TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...	23 March 2002
Georgia (country)	ყველაზე ჭკვიანი Qvelaze chkviani	Nino Khoshtaria	Rustavi 2 Rustavi 2 Rustavi 2 Broadcasting Company , better known as Rustavi 2, is the most successful private television broadcasting company in Georgia. The Rustavi, based in Tbilisi, was founded in 1994 in the town of Rustavi. It is a privately owned free to air terrestrial broadcaster that currently reaches around...	2004
Germany	Deutschland klügste kinder	Bärbel Schäfer	RTL II RTL II RTL II is a privately owned, commercial, general-interest German television channel.It was founded as a second-generation commercial broadcaster in 1993. It quickly became infamous for its perceived "trash programming", comprising lots of soft porn as well as shows such as Peep and many...	2009
Italy	Il Migliore sfida D'Intelligenza	Mike Bongiorno Mike Bongiorno Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno , known as Mike Bongiorno, was an American-born Italian television host. He started his career on Italian TV in the 1950s and was considered to be the most popular host in Italy...	Rete 4 Rete 4 Rete 4 is an Italian television station belonging to the Mediaset network. It is an Italian private commercial TV channel. Rete 4's main news programme is TG4, whose editor-in-chief is Emilio Fede since 1992.-TV Series:...	2006 - 2007
New Zealand	New Zealand's Brainiest Kid	Bernadine Oliver-Kerby Bernadine Oliver-Kerby Bernadine Oliver-Kerby 16 June 1971 is a broadcaster currently presenting the weekend bulletins of ONE News and newsreader for Newstalk Zb's Mike Hosking Breakfast.....	TVNZ	February-March 2006
Poland	Dzieciaki z klasą	Martyna Wojciechowska	TVN TVN TVN may refer to:*TVN , a horse racing channel*TVN , a public broadcaster*TVN , a television station*TVN or TVNorge, a commercial television channel*TVN , a commercial broadcaster...	23 March 2004
Russia   Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...  & Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...	Самый умный Samyi umnyi	Tina Kandelaki Tina Kandelaki Tina Kandeláki is a Russian journalist, young politician, TV presenter and producer. A co-owner of the Apostol Media Group company.- Bio :Tina’s father Givi Kandelaki was an economist and the director of a vegetable depot in Tbilisi. Lived in Moscow after his retirement. Givi Kandelaki is...	CTC	2003
Singapore	Singapore's Brainiest Kid	Cheryl Fox	MediaCorp Channel 5
Sweden	Sveriges smartaste barn	Viktor Sandström	TV3 TV3 (Sweden) TV3 is a television channel targeted at a Swedish language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded on 31 December 1987 by entrepreneur Jan Stenbeck as joint Scandinavian channel, but Denmark and Norway soon got their own versions of TV3...	2007
Turkey	Bilen Parmak Kaldırsın	Cemil Büyükdöğerli	TRT Çocuk TRT Çocuk TRT Çocuk is a Turkish television station, part of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, cartoons for children until 21:00 and broadcasts TRT Okul till 06:30 since 2011.-Cartoons:*Laura's Star*Arthur*Charlie and Lola...	20 March 2009

External links

• Britain's Brainiest Kid 2001 at Celador Productions
• Britain's Brainiest Kid 2002 at Celador Productions