Brainiac's Test Tube Baby
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| Brainiac's Test Tube Baby | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality Television / Documentary Film |
| Starring | Dominic Wood Jon Tickle |
| Country of origin | UK |
| No. of series | 1 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Original Productions UK Entertainment |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Three |
| Original run | Thursday August 3, 2006 – Monday January 8, 2007 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Brainiac: History Abuse Brainiac: Science Abuse |
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| IMDb profile | |
Brainiac's Test Tube Baby is a live British scientific entertainment TV show hosted by Dominic Wood. It is a spin off of the highly successful Sky One show Brainiac: Science Abuse and first aired on Thursday, August 3, 2006. Dominic is assisted by former Big Brother contestant Jon Tickle who also co-hosts the original Brainiac programme.
Aspects of the show include "The Test Tube Babes" (two Brainiacs who search out "scientific truth"), the "CO2 challenge", where teams compete to propel a wheelchair as fast as they can on fire extinguisher power alone, the blowing up of caravans and microwaves (as in its parent show) and competitions with questions about the Brainiac series.
It is also a forum for viewers to contact the show with their science questions eg "will a plant grow as well in saliva as it will in water". Jon Tickle plays the "resident boffin" to answer these questions.
Episode 7 which was scheduled to air on 21 September was cancelled in light of Brainiac: Science Abuse presenter Richard Hammond's car crash. Brainiac's Test Tube Baby is produced by Original Productions UK Entertainment, an affiliate of Original Productions of Burbank, California.
The first series ended on Thursday, October 12, 2006. As stated on the final show, a second series will be commissioned and shown during 2007, possibly to coincide with the fifth series of Brainiac: Science Abuse.
[edit] Specials
A Bonfire Night special was shown on Monday November 6, 2006 and a Christmas special was shown on Saturday December 23, 2006.
