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Absolute Genius with Dick and Dominic
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Title cards for Series 1-2
Presented by Richard McCourt
Dominic Wood
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 5
No. of episodes 46
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Release
Original network CBBC (2013–2016)
CBBC HD (2013–2016)
Original release 23 January 2013 (2013-01-23) – 21 December 2016 (2016-12-21)

Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom (Previously also known as Appsolute Genius: with Dick & Dom and Absolute Genius: Super Tech with Dick & Dom) (Currently known as Absolute Genius: Monster Builds) is a British television series broadcast on CBBC and presented by Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood (Dick and Dom). In each episode the duo study the work of a genius (3 in later series) and attempt to recreate one of their ideas, occasionally with some improvements using technology not available in the subject's lifetime. They are assisted by Fran Scott (credited as Science Consultant) and experts in the field of what is being studied.

The series was one of several commissioned by the BBC to interest young children in science, it follows the success of Professor Brian Cox who has been credited with making teenagers interested in the subject. The BBC chose Dick and Dom as the appropriate presenters for the intended age group.

In November 2014, Dick and Dom won the 2014 Children's Presenter BAFTA Award for series 2 of the show

In summer 2014, CBBC renewed the program for a third and fourth series

In June 2016, it was announced that filming had begun for series 5 of Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom via Fran's official Twitter page.

Series overview

Series Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 10 23 January 2013 27 March 2013
2 10 22 January 2014 2 April 2014
3 8 7 October 2014 26 March 2015
4 8 28 October 2015 18 February 2016
5 10 19 October 2016 21 December 2016

Episode list

Series 1 (2013)

# Title Genius studied Original air date
1 "Episode 1 Archimedes" Archimedes of Syracuse 23 January 2013 (2013-01-23)
2 "Episode 2 Von Braun" Wernher von Braun 30 January 2013 (2013-01-30)
3 "Episode 3 Newton" Isaac Newton 6 February 2013 (2013-02-06)
4 "Episode 4 Faraday" Michael Faraday 13 February 2013 (2013-02-13)
5 "Episode 5 Derbyshire" Delia Derbyshire 20 February 2013 (2013-02-20)
6 "Episode 6 Bazalgette" Joseph Bazalgette 27 February 2013 (2013-02-27)
7 "Episode 7 Watt" James Watt 6 March 2013 (2013-03-06)
8 "Episode 8 Widdowson" Elsie Widdowson 13 March 2013 (2013-03-13)
9 "Episode 9 Da Vinci" Leonardo da Vinci 20 March 2013 (2013-03-20)
10 "Episode 10 Brunel" Isambard Kingdom Brunel 27 March 2013 (2013-03-27)

Series 2 (2014)

# Title Genius(es) studied Original air date
11 "Episode 1 The Wright Brothers" Wright brothers 22 January 2014 (2014-01-22)
12 "Episode 2 Fleming" Alexander Fleming 29 January 2014 (2014-01-29)
13 "Marconi" Guglielmo Marconi 5 February 2014 (2014-02-05)
14 "Benz" Karl Benz 12 February 2014 (2014-02-12)
15 "Herschel" Caroline Herschel 19 February 2014 (2014-02-19)
16 "Al-Jazari" al-Jazari 26 February 2014 (2014-02-26)
17 "Darwin" Charles Darwin 5 March 2014 (2014-03-05)
18 "Turing" Alan Turing 12 March 2014 (2014-03-12)
19 "Curie" Marie Curie 26 March 2014 (2014-03-26)
20 "Fox Talbot" Henry Fox Talbot 2 April 2014 (2014-04-02)

Series 3 (2014-2015)

In this series Dick and Dom move on from science and now look at all the apps that people can download to their iPads, phones and computers. At the end of each show they try to make their own game in real life. This last segment is narrated by YouTube personality Joseph Garrett. Series 3 ran for 8 Episodes over 8 weeks. Series three was titled Appsolute Genius with Dick & Dom. The series also ran a competition to create a new app and game for the CBBC website, the winner of which was 14-year-old Alex, which was later made into 'Escargot Escape Artistes'.

# Title Genius(es) studied Original air date
21 "Episode 1: Programme One" N/A 7 October 2014 (2014-10-07)
Dick and Dom explore the world of computer games. They reveal some of the past and present games that have had a major impact on the gaming world. Celebrity gamers talk about their favourite games - from the ones they can't put down to the ones they're so bad at even their gran could beat them.
22 "Episode 2: Animation" Walt Disney
Yuji Naka
Jordan Mechner
14 October 2014 (2014-10-14)
Dick and Dom explore animation in computer games and reveal the three geniuses whose brilliant ideas all helped develop animation in gaming through the years.
23 "Episode 3: Character" Toru Iwatani
Jim Henson
Colin Urquhart
21 October 2014 (2014-10-21)
In this episode Dick and Dom discover how characters are created for computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have all created iconic characters that we know and love.
24 "Episode 4: Story" JRR Tolkien
Ron Gilbert
Yoshinori Kitase
28 October 2014 (2014-10-28)
In this episode Dick and Dom discover the genius of stories in computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have all created legendary tales.
25 "Episode 5: Building a World" Andrew Whalley
Shigeru Miyamoto
Markus Persson
4 November 2014 (2014-11-04)
Dick and Dom discover the genius of worlds and environments in computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have all created amazing worlds.
26 "Episode 6: Coding" Ada Lovelace
Ralph Baer
Tim Berners-Lee
11 November 2014 (2014-11-11)
Dick and Dom discover the genius of coding in computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have changed the programming world.
27 "Episode 7: Platform" Allan Alcorn
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
18 November 2014 (2014-11-18)
Dick and Dom discover the genius of platforms in computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have changed the way we play games.
28 "Episode 8: The Winner's Story" N/A 26 March 2015 (2015-03-26)
In the final episode of the series Dick and Dom meet the winner of their amazing competition to design your own computer game.

Series 4 (2015-2016)

In series 4 Dick and Dom are now looking at super tech from all over the world from tech that can save lives to tech that you can buy to tech that is out of this world, and at the end of each show they try to make their own super tech and beat the challenge set to them. Series 4 ran for 8 Episodes over 8 weeks. Series four was titled Absolute Genius Super Tech with Dick & Dom.

# Title Genius(es) studied Original air date
29 "Space Tec" Sergei Korolev
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Rob Manning
28 October 2015 (2015-10-28)
Dick and Dom look to the stars and reveal three geniuses whose technology ideas have pioneered space travel. The boys go to Nasa to see where real astronauts train before going to space, meet the man who sent the Rover to Mars, and get to drive a real space vehicle.
30 "Robots" William Grey Walter
Marvin Minsky
Satoshi Shigemi
4 November 2015 (2015-11-04)
Dick and Dom meet man's future best friend - robots. The boys reveal three geniuses whose ideas have changed the world of robotics, and they come face to face with one of the world's largest humanoid robots. They also create their very own destructive robot.
31 "Techno Toys" TBA 11 November 2015 (2015-11-11)
32 "Communication" TBA 18 November 2015 (2015-11-18)
33 "Superhuman Tech" TBA 25 November 2015 (2015-11-25)
34 "Super Transport" TBA 2 December 2015 (2015-12-02)
35 "Dick and Dom's Tech" TBA 9 December 2016 (2016-12-09)
36 "Absolute Genius" TBA 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)

Series 5 (2016)

In Series 5 Dick and Dom and Fran are looking at monster builds. The fifth series was confirmed on 2 June 2016. Filming took place throughout 2016 The fifth series will launch on CBBC on 19 October 2016 under a new name Absolute Genius Monster Builds.

# Title Genius studie(s) Original air date
37 "Episode 1 Deep Underground" Eupalinos
Alfred Nobel
James Robbins
19 October 2016 (2016-10-19)
38 "Episode 2 Mile High City" TBC 26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)
39 "Episode 3 Battling Nature" TBC 2 November 2016 (2016-11-02)
40 "Episode 4 Massive Movers" TBC 9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)
41 "Episode 5 Everlasting Energy" TBC 16 November 2016 (2016-11-16)
42 "Episode 6 Under Attack" TBC 23 November 2016 (2016-11-23)
43 "Episode 7 Epic Bridges" TBC 30 November 2016 (2016-11-30)
44 "Episode 8 Ultimate Playground" TBC 7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)
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