Dara ÃÂ 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 ÃÂ Briain, and starred Marcus du Sautoy. Each episode was themed and ÃÂ Briain, along with a guest or guests, attempted to solve various conundrums set by du Sautoy. At the end of each episode, ÃÂ Briain set homework questions for viewers; the answers could be checked on the show's website.
A pilot episode was produced with the title Dara O'Briain's University of Practical Mathematics, but this was never broadcast.
The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:
Readers of UKGameshows.com named it on a two way tie, the seventh best new game show of 2012 in their "Hall of fame" poll.