Child Genius UK (on C4) has (to date) had 6 series since 2013 and is hosted by Richard Osman. As there have been no further shows since 2019 I’m assuming it has been “rested”.
There have been 4 Celebrity Child Genius editions (2016-19) and Jimmy Carr has appeared in 2 (2018-19 – 2019 episode here). Made by Wall To Wall their official website lists all of the episodes.
The celebrities in the December 24th 2018 show were:
- Jimmy Carr (Captain)
- Charlotte Hawkins
- Rick Edwards
- Shazia Mirza
The first video below is appropriate to this blog in so many ways – it’s a round about a tennis match (2013 Men’s Wimbledon Singles Final Murray v Djokovic) that Jimmy actually watched.
Someone is going for clickbait with the title of the 2nd video. Rahul (aged 13) was allowed to give as good as he got and Jimmy was clearly playing up the “villain” role (Rick had a snipe at the kids in this clip too). Had Rahul, his family, or anyone in the crew thought this was remotely abusive, they would have pulled it. It was played for laughs, to make better Christmas Telly (and Rahul’s family are sitting behind Jimmy, laughing their socks off).
The Celebrity Team won.
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