Top Class
| Top Class | |
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| Genre | |
| Directed by | Tony Grech-Smith |
| Presented by | Susan Calman |
| Composer | Craig Brown |
| Country of origin | Britain |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 + 2 specials |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
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| Executive producers |
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| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Production company | ITV Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBBC |
| Release | 12 September 2016 – Present |
Top Class is a British children's quiz show hosted by Susan Calman. The show is produced by ITV Studios for CBBC[2] that began on 12 September 2016. The show involves teams of children answering questions on the National Curriculum. A second series of 15 episodes began on 25 January 2017.[3][4] A third series has been confirmed and will air in 2017.[5] Series 1 aired every weekday at 15:55, whilst series 2 aired weekly at 17:00 and then 17:30 from episode 10.
Format
All primary schools across the UK were invited to enter Top Class, with a team of 4 pupils. All competitors are in year 6 (primary 7 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).
Each round includes questions taken from the National Curriculum Key Stage 2 as well as other rounds including a 'News' round with questions on topics from the wider world; a ‘pet subject’ round selected by the team and in one special round, the team nominate one of their teachers to play for them, the teacher must answer questions against the clock on popular culture.
The subjects includes Maths, English, Science, History, Geography and News. There is also Test the Teacher where the class' teacher answers pop-culture questions and Pet Subjects, where the class chooses a subject to be questioned on. Pet Subjects chosen include The Dumping Ground and Capital Cities.
References
- ^ Prior, David (16 August 2016). "Comedian to lead CBBC's search for Britain's smartest school". Prolific North.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/top-class-be-on-a-show
- ^ http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fh6k7j/top-class--s2-e1-round-1
- ^ https://twitter.com/SusanCalman/status/712221680878407681
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/top-class-be-on-a-show