Presenter Richard Osmon ©Channel 4
Starring: Richard Osman
Production Company: Wall to Wall
Kent Locations Used: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells.
The competition to find UK’s brightest children continues on Channel 4. The competition is in association with British Mensa and tests twenty 8-12-year old’s in areas like spelling, mathematics or niche history to establish whether these children are deserving of the title Child Genius, as well as a unique view inside the childhood of the prodigies, who are from varying backgrounds.
Richard Osman, co-presenter of Pointless, uses his quick wit to test the nation’s sharpest children.
Maidstone Library was used in an upcoming episode, where one of the children was visiting. Southwood Road Recreation Ground, Tunbridge Wells also features.
Maidstone has been a popular site for TV programmes, productions include Long Lost Family: Born without Trace (2020). Tunbridge Wells has also been an attractive location for TV programmes like Question Time (2016) and series two of Hunted (2016).
Series six starts on Monday 25th February 2019 on Channel 4 at 8pm and will consist of 5 episodes that will air daily till Saturday 2nd March 2019.
For more information about Kent’s Filming History please visit our Movie Map.
