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Child Genius

Season 2006 2008

  • 2008-04-15T23:00:00Z on Channel 4
  • 45m
  • 1h 30m (2 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
Earlier this year, 21 highly gifted children aged seven to 11 were selected to take part in a competition run in association with British Mensa, to find the UK's ultimate child genius. Alongside their home lives, the series charts the progress of some of these extraordinary children through the course of the competition. There is eight-year-old Josh, a chess prodigy whose mum Hilary has a grand plan to put 10,000 hours into making him a grandmaster by the age of 13. Ten-year-old Hugo is an outspoken trainspotter who gets frustrated by those who aren't as clever as him. And there is also Shrinidhi, the current World U-12 Scrabble champion, whose passion for words and all things literary extends to her favourite treat, which is sniffing old books.

2 episodes

Season Premiere

2008-04-15T23:00:00Z

2006x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

2006x01 Episode 1

  • 2008-04-15T23:00:00Z45m

The first episode of this two-part series catches up with the programme's youngest prodigies. Peter, at 11, is England's under-12s chess champion; Adam, now eight and a half, is heading off to a prestigious boarding school; and Mikhail, now five and a half, is a maths prodigy turned spelling star.

And a new Child Genius is introduced: three-year-old Georgia. When Georgia was two and three-quarters, she became Britain's youngest member of Mensa. Her mother Lucy is so desperate for Georgia to get into a nearby school that she had her IQ tested to try and get her in. But will Georgia's gift win her a place?

2008-04-22T23:00:00Z

2006x02 Episode 2

2006x02 Episode 2

  • 2008-04-22T23:00:00Z45m

In the second episode of this two-part series, viewers catch up with the programme's now 13-year-old prodigies.

Aimee practices piano seven days a week and her star is rising, including a win at a prestigious competition. But the pressures of high-flying mixed with teenage hormones tests her relationship with her parents.

Michael is writing his fourth novel and is now home-schooled so he can pursue his academic interests in Ancient Greek, particle physics and even Anglo-Saxon. But how will he negotiate the transition from child prodigy to becoming a man?

Dante and his parents have tried a string of therapists in search for answers as to why his gift is so troublesome for the family. Dante has a strong interest in neuroscience so undergoes an MRI scan to try and explain why his intelligence makes him - and his family - unhappy.

And in an interesting twist, Dante and Michael have become friends: but what happens when two teenage geniuses get together?

Will Dante get himself into trouble for taking a replica pistol into school after his trip to Paris?

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