Saturday, 11 July 2015

177 Stump The Scientist



First  watched  : Summer  1974

More  brain-box  fodder  as  the  Beeb  came  up  with  a  thinly-disguised  rival  to  How  on  the  other  channel  featuring  the  seventies'  version   ( albeit  less  telegenic )  of  Brian  Cox,  James  Burke. The  Beeb's  go-to  presenter  for  anything  scientific  hosted  the  show  where  clever  children  posed  tough-ish  questions  to  a  panel  of  three  eggheads  ( from  a pool  of  eight ). Alas  the  series  proved  a  little  too  cerebral  for  its  Monday  teatime  slot  and  wasn't  on  long  enough  to  turn  the  academics  into  celebs. Only  eight  episodes  were  broadcast  between  July  and  September  1974  and  never  repeated.

There's  a  nice  little  piece  recalling  the  series  here.

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