Britain's Brainiest Kid

Britain's Brainiest Kid was a British television quiz show produced by Celador, which originally aired in a one-off special format on ITV on August 9, 2001, hosted by Carol Vorderman. A subsequent series was aired in late 2002. The original featured 4 different rounds: The winner of the original special was Laura Hibbert of North Yorkshire, whose specialist subject was Charles Dickens. Alex "Brains" Marshall was runner up. His specialist subject was the United Arab Emirates. Richard "Helium" Thomas came third. His specialist subject was the Plantagenets 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, and the grand final by Carol...