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X-periMENTAL
StarringOrtis Deley (Series 1)
Holly Willoughby (Series 1)
Simon Grant (Series 2)
Jane Farnham (Series 2)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series2
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time15 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One,
CBBC Channel
ReleaseJune 2003 –
March 2004

X-perimental was a British children's science magazine show that ran from 2003 to 2004 on CBBC. It originally aired on BBC One and repeated on the CBBC Channel. Series 1 was presented by Ortis Deley and Holly Willoughby who then both left to move on to present other shows. Series 2 was then presented by CBBC continuity presenter Simon Grant alongside science reporter Jane Farnham.

Presenters

Show time and channel

Originally, X-perimental was shown on BBC One for both series, but series 2 was repeated on the CBBC Channel. Series 1 was shown on Mondays at 4pm, but the time changed for Series 2 which was shown at 4:25pm on Wednesdays.

Format

Series 1

In the first series, two teams of 3 from different schools would battle in various science experiments and the objective was to get in 1st or 2nd on the X-perimental leaderboard. Then the top two at the end of the series would compete to become X-perimental champions.

Series 2

In the second series, there was the studio audience who had to guess to right outcomes of the experiments with an A, B or C option. The audience designs are also put to the test for real life situations e.g. a burglary.