Ultimate Brain

Ultimate Brain
Genre
  • Game show
Based onGokuno by Nippon TV
Presented byDuncan Wisbey
StarringImran Yusuf
Composers
Country of originBritain
No. of series3
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producers
  • Hugh Lawton
  • Danny Fenton
  • Angela Norris (2014)
  • Peter Wyles (2015)
  • Andy Scott (2016)
Producers
  • Steve Ryde (2014)
  • Chris Curley (2015)
  • Ian Curtis (2015)
  • Kim Murphy (2016)
  • Fiona Piper (2016)
Running time28 minutes
Production companyZig Zag Productions
Original release
NetworkCBBC
Release26 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).[1] Series 1 began on 26 June 2014,[2] series 2 began on 15 August 2015 with a new set[3] and series 3 began on 23 July 2016.[4] 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

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
11026 July 2014 (2014-07-26)24 August 2014 (2014-08-24)
21015 August 2015 (2015-08-15)13 September 2015 (2015-09-13)
31023 July 2016 (2016-07-23)21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)

Series 1 (2014)

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Original air date[5]
11"Episode 1"26 July 2014 (2014-07-26)

Green Team: Aleena, Connor and Liz from Birmingham

Yellow Team: Ella, Zachariya and Gabe from Roath

Celebrity (Blue) Team: Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes from Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up and Naomi Wilkinson from Naomi's Nightmares of Nature
22"Episode 2"27 July 2014 (2014-07-27)

Green Team: Abi, Ellie and Jack from Bristol

Yellow Team: Dali, Poppy and Sophie from London

Celebrity (Blue) Team: Kia Pegg, Amy-Leigh Hickman and Joe Maw from The Dumping Ground
33"Episode 3"2 August 2014 (2014-08-02)
Celebrity Team: Khalil Madovi, Akai Osei and Ruby Morgan from 4 O'Clock Club
44"Episode 4"3 August 2014 (2014-08-03)
Celebrity Team: Shannon Flynn, Richard Wisker and George Sear from Friday Download
55"Episode 5"9 August 2014 (2014-08-09)
Celebrity Team: Toby Murray – Rest of team unknown from Dani's Castle
66"Episode 6"10 August 2014 (2014-08-10)
Celebrity Team: Bobby Lockwood, Louisa Connolly-Burnham and Kedar Williams-Stirling from Wolfblood
77"Episode 7"16 August 2014 (2014-08-16)
Celebrity Team: Nick James, Jayden Jean-Paul Denis and Chloe Wong from Hank Zipzer
88"Episode 8"17 August 2014 (2014-08-17)
Celebrity Team: Sam Fletcher, Kelly-Anne Lyons and Marvyn Dickinson from DNN
99"Episode 9"23 August 2014 (2014-08-23)
Celebrity Team: Ted Robbins, Ian Kirkby and Scarlet Hazeldine from The Slammer
1010"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
111"All Over the Brain!"15 August 2015 (2015-08-15)
Celebrity Team: Iain Stirling, Chris Johnson and Ed Petrie from All Over the Place
122"Brain Peter!"16 August 2015 (2015-08-16)
Celebrity Team: Barney Harwood, Radzi Chinyanganya and Lindsey Russell From Blue Peter
133"Dixi-Brain!"22 August 2015 (2015-08-22)
Celebrity Team: April Hughes, Jordan Loughran and Kerry Boyne from Dixi
144"So Brainward!"23 August 2015 (2015-08-23)
Celebrity Team: Cleo Demetriou, Sophia Dall'Aglio and Ameerah Falzon-Ojo from So Awkward
155"The Brain Factor!"29 August 2015 (2015-08-29)
Celebrity Team: Stevi Ritchie, Betsy-Blue English and Parisa Tarjomani from The X Factor
166"Friday Brainload!"30 August 2015 (2015-08-30)
Celebrity Team: Molly Rainford, Leondre Devries and Charlie Lenehan from Friday Download
177"Newsbrain!"5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)
Celebrity Team: Leah Boleto, Hayley Hassall and Ricky Boleto from Newsround
188"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
199"Officially A-Brain-Zing!"12 September 2015 (2015-09-12)
Celebrity Team: Ben Shires, Haruka Kuroda and Stephen "Sizzling Steve" Kish from Officially Amazing
2010"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
211"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
222"The Brainy Bunch"24 July 2016 (2016-07-24)
Celebrity Team: Matilda Ramsay, Jack Ramsay, and Holly Ramsay from Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch
233"Brain O'Clock Club"30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)
Celebrity Team: Daniel Kerr, Grace McIntosh and Jade Alleyne from 4 O'Clock Club
244"Wolfbrain"31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)
Celebrity Team: Gabrielle Green, Shorelle Hepkin and Rachel Teate from Wolfblood
255"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
266"CBBC HQ IQ"7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
Celebrity Team: Karim Zeroual, Katie Thistleton and Lauren Layfield from CBBC HQ
277"Technobrain Download"13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
Celebrity Team: Frankie Vu and Marcus Bronzy from Technobabble and Harvey Cantwell from Friday Download
288"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
299"Ultimately Awkward"20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)
Celebrity Team: Jamie Flatters, Archie Lyndhurst and Charlie Nicholson from So Awkward
3010"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

  1. ^ "CBBC Orders More 'Ultimate Brain' | License! Global". www.licensemag.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Ultimate Brain: Series 1, Episode 1" (Adobe Flash).[dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Ultimate Brain: Series 2, Episode 1" (Adobe Flash).[dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Ultimate Brain: Series 3, Episode 1" (Adobe Flash).[dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Diddy TV - CBBC Sketch Show". British Comedy Guide.

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