''Britain's Brightest'' is a

game show A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or Let's Play, demonstrative and are typically directed b ...

that aired on

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from 5 January to 9 February 2013 and was hosted by

Clare Balding Clare Victoria Balding (born 29 January 1971) is an English broadcaster, journalist, and author. She currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4, BT Sport, is the current president of the Rugby Football League (RFL) and formerly presented the ...

Format

''Britain's Brightest'' is an adaptation of the German format '' Der klügste Deutsche'' (internationally promoted as ''The Nation's Brightest''). The format is for 24 ordinary people to have their intelligence tested in a variety of ways including

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, speed and

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. It is thus similar to other game shows which aimed to test a range of mental faculties such as ''

The Krypton Factor ''The Krypton Factor'' is a British game show produced by Granada Television for broadcast on ITV. The show originally ran from 7 September 1977 to 20 November 1995, and was hosted by Gordon Burns and usually broadcast on the ITV network on ...

'' and ''

Britain's Best Brain ''Britain's Best Brain'' is a British game show that aired on Channel 5 from 28 October to 16 December 2009 and hosted by Jamie Theakston and Zoe Ball. It saw ordinary members of the public undertake various tasks, all scientifically designed t ...

''. The competition is staged as a knock-out in which the winner is the best all-round performer. The contestants compete for a prize of £50,000. There are VTs of Street Science presented by Steve Mould testing the public with science stunts and amazing facts.

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* *{{UKGameshow, Britain's_Brightest 2010s British game shows 2013 British television series debuts 2013 British television series endings BBC television game shows Television series by Banijay