2014 Britain TV series or program
| Ultimate Brain | |
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| Genre |
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| Based on | Gokuno by Nippon TV |
| Presented by | Duncan Wisbey |
| Starring | Imran Yusuf |
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| Country of origin | Britain |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
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| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Production company | Zig Zag Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBBC |
| Release | 26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) – 21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) |
Ultimate Brain is a British game show on CBBC about science. It is hosted by Duncan Wisbey as Dr. Brain, a monkey scientist and stars Imran Yusuf as Guinea Pig (also known as GP). Series 1 began on 26 June 2014, series 2 began on 15 August 2015 with a new set and series 3 began on 23 July 2016. It is Zig Zag Productions' first children's series.
Format
Three teams compete in each episode. Two teams (green and yellow) are made up of 10–12-year-old children. One team (blue) is made up of 'celebrities', often from another CBBC show. The teams compete in various different scientific challenges and quizzes. The winning team take home the Ultimate Brain trophy.
Cast
- Duncan Wisbey as Dr. Brain
- Imran Yusuf as Guinea Pig (GP)
Episodes
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 10 | 26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) | 24 August 2014 (2014-08-24) | |
| 2 | 10 | 15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) | 13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) | |
| 3 | 10 | 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) | 21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) | |
Series 1 (2014)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) | |
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Green Team: Aleena, Connor and Liz from Birmingham Yellow Team: Ella, Zachariya and Gabe from Roath | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) | |
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Green Team: Abi, Ellie and Jack from Bristol Yellow Team: Dali, Poppy and Sophie from London | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 2 August 2014 (2014-08-02) | |
| Celebrity Team: Khalil Madovi, Akai Osei and Ruby Morgan from 4 O'Clock Club | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 3 August 2014 (2014-08-03) | |
| Celebrity Team: Shannon Flynn, Richard Wisker and George Sear from Friday Download | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 9 August 2014 (2014-08-09) | |
| Celebrity Team: Toby Murray – Rest of team unknown from Dani's Castle | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 10 August 2014 (2014-08-10) | |
| Celebrity Team: Bobby Lockwood, Louisa Connolly-Burnham and Kedar Williams-Stirling from Wolfblood | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 16 August 2014 (2014-08-16) | |
| Celebrity Team: Nick James, Jayden Jean-Paul Denis and Chloe Wong from Hank Zipzer | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 17 August 2014 (2014-08-17) | |
| Celebrity Team: Sam Fletcher, Kelly-Anne Lyons and Marvyn Dickinson from DNN | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "Episode 9" | 23 August 2014 (2014-08-23) | |
| Celebrity Team: Ted Robbins, Ian Kirkby and Scarlet Hazeldine from The Slammer | ||||
| 10 | 10 | "Episode 10" | 24 August 2014 (2014-08-24) | |
| Compilation episode. Dr. Brain looks back at some of the craziest scientific challenges from the series. | ||||
Series 2 (2015)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "All Over the Brain!" | 15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) | |
| Celebrity Team: Iain Stirling, Chris Johnson and Ed Petrie from All Over the Place | ||||
| 12 | 2 | "Brain Peter!" | 16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) | |
| Celebrity Team: Barney Harwood, Radzi Chinyanganya and Lindsey Russell From Blue Peter | ||||
| 13 | 3 | "Dixi-Brain!" | 22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) | |
| Celebrity Team: April Hughes, Jordan Loughran and Kerry Boyne from Dixi | ||||
| 14 | 4 | "So Brainward!" | 23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) | |
| Celebrity Team: Cleo Demetriou, Sophia Dall'Aglio and Ameerah Falzon-Ojo from So Awkward | ||||
| 15 | 5 | "The Brain Factor!" | 29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) | |
| Celebrity Team: Stevi Ritchie, Betsy-Blue English and Parisa Tarjomani from The X Factor | ||||
| 16 | 6 | "Friday Brainload!" | 30 August 2015 (2015-08-30) | |
| Celebrity Team: Molly Rainford, Leondre Devries and Charlie Lenehan from Friday Download | ||||
| 17 | 7 | "Newsbrain!" | 5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) | |
| Celebrity Team: Leah Boleto, Hayley Hassall and Ricky Boleto from Newsround | ||||
| 18 | 8 | "Show Me Your Brain!" | 6 September 2015 (2015-09-06) | |
| Celebrity Team: Stacey Dooley, Robert Keene and Jasmine McAteer from Show Me What You're Made Of | ||||
| 19 | 9 | "Officially A-Brain-Zing!" | 12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) | |
| Celebrity Team: Ben Shires, Haruka Kuroda and Stephen "Sizzling Steve" Kish from Officially Amazing | ||||
| 20 | 10 | "Brain Eve!" | 13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) | |
| Celebrity Team: Eubha Akilade, Ben Cartwright and Oliver Woollford from Eve | ||||
Series 3 (2016)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | |
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| 21 | 1 | "Match of the Brain Kickabout" | 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) | |
| Celebrity Team: Tyler West, Rachel Stringer and John Farnworth from Match of the Day Kickabout | ||||
| 22 | 2 | "The Brainy Bunch" | 24 July 2016 (2016-07-24) | |
| Celebrity Team: Matilda Ramsay, Jack Ramsay, and Holly Ramsay from Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch | ||||
| 23 | 3 | "Brain O'Clock Club" | 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) | |
| Celebrity Team: Daniel Kerr, Grace McIntosh and Jade Alleyne from 4 O'Clock Club | ||||
| 24 | 4 | "Wolfbrain" | 31 July 2016 (2016-07-31) | |
| Celebrity Team: Gabrielle Green, Shorelle Hepkin and Rachel Teate from Wolfblood | ||||
| 25 | 5 | "Ultimate Girl Power" | 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) | |
| Celebrity Team: Ella Gilling from The Next Step, Isabel Clifton from Hetty Feather and Millie Innes from Millie Inbetween | ||||
| 26 | 6 | "CBBC HQ IQ" | 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) | |
| Celebrity Team: Karim Zeroual, Katie Thistleton and Lauren Layfield from CBBC HQ | ||||
| 27 | 7 | "Technobrain Download" | 13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) | |
| Celebrity Team: Frankie Vu and Marcus Bronzy from Technobabble and Harvey Cantwell from Friday Download | ||||
| 28 | 8 | "Ultimate Vets and Brainy Pets" | 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) | |
| Celebrity Team: Inel Tomlinson and Johnny Cochrane from Junior Vets on Call and Ashleigh and Pudsey | ||||
| 29 | 9 | "Ultimately Awkward" | 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) | |
| Celebrity Team: Jamie Flatters, Archie Lyndhurst and Charlie Nicholson from So Awkward | ||||
| 30 | 10 | "Whoops I Missed My Brain!" | 21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) | |
| Celebrity Team: Laura Mandeville from Whoops I Missed the Bus and Amelia and Grace Mandeville from The Mandeville Sisters | ||||
References
- "CBBC Orders More 'Ultimate Brain' | License! Global". www.licensemag.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015.
- "Ultimate Brain: Series 1, Episode 1" (Adobe Flash).
- "Ultimate Brain: Series 2, Episode 1" (Adobe Flash).
- "Ultimate Brain: Series 3, Episode 1" (Adobe Flash).
- "Diddy TV - CBBC Sketch Show". British Comedy Guide.
