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The show centralises along the three main cores of "science" for all key stages in British education including chemistry, physics and biology (to a lesser extent) harnessing these via a more entertaining approach. The show depicts researchers who are capable of thinking in a more lateral way. It is broadcast in the UK and the Republic of Ireland on Sky One and Sky One HD (then repeated on Sky Two and Sky Three). It is made by Granada Productions. It is also shown in the US on the cable network G4TV, in New Zealand on TV2, in Thailand on True Visions True X-Zyte, in Israel on Channel 8 (ערוץ 8), in Singapore on Arts Central, and in European countries (and South Africa) on Discovery Channel. In Greece it is shown on Skai TV, a channel having signed a programming deal with Discovery Channel. It was also shown in Singapore on MediaCorp TV's Arts Central. Season One was aired by Network Ten in Australia in 2005, who have now started rerunning it.

The original presenters were Richard Hammond and Jon Tickle (formerly of Big Brother). In the second series, Charlotte Hudson joined Hammond and Tickle to bring the total number of hosts up to 3. Hammond left after the fourth series, and was replaced by Vic Reeves. The show's fifth series first aired on May 8, 2007[1]

The show refers to people who examine and test the experiments as Brainiacs. Each episode would finish with the team blowing up a caravan. This could be related to Richard Hammond's Top Gear heritage, on which caravans have regularly been destroyed - used as a target for a compressed air powered car-catapult and conkers being played with two caravans held up by cranes.

• Guardian column on faking of "experiments" on Brainiac
• US release of Brainiac
• Unofficial Polish forum
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