Top Class

*Top Class*
Top Class
Genre	Children's; Game show;
Directed by	Tony Grech-Smith (2016-18); John L Spencer (2019);
Presented by	Susan Calman (2016–20); Sam & Mark (2023–)
Composer	Craig Brown
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	75 (inc. 5 specials)
Production
Executive producers	Simon Marsh; Melissa Hardinge; Barry Hart;
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	ITV Studios
Original release
Network	CBBC
Release	12 September 2016 –; 1 January 2020

Top Class is a British children's television quiz show produced by ITV Studios for CBBC.^[2]

Format

Although the competition is open to all state schools, only 16 teams per series make it through the audition stage and proceed to take part. All competitors are in Year 6 in England or Wales, and Primary 7 in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Each round includes questions taken from the National Curriculum Key Stage 2, starting with a buzzer question. The team which answers correctly takes control of the game and is given a further four questions to answer. The subjects includes Maths, English, Science, History, Geography and News. There is also Test the Teacher, where the class' teacher answers pop-culture questions, and Pet Subjects, where the class chooses a subject to be questioned on. Pet Subjects chosen include CBBC series The Dumping Ground and the 2015 general election.

In series 3, the "Lightning" Round was introduced to start each contest; this features a puzzle, such as a word search or crossword, on two specific subjects, one for each team for a chance to score some points on the board before the subject rounds.

Each contest ends with "The Battle of the Buzzers"; teams have 90 seconds to answer as many quick-fire questions as they can on the buzzer.

Transmissions

Series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	12 September 2016	30 September 2016	15
2	25 January 2017	3 May 2017	15
3	3 September 2017	10 December 2017	15
4	29 July 2018	4 November 2018	15
5	29 September 2019	22 December 2019	15

Specials

Date	Entitle
13 December 2016	Christmas Special
7 April 2017	Celebrity Special
17 December 2017	Christmas Special
31 December 2017	Young Celebrities Special
11 November 2018	Celebrity Special
19 December 2019	Christmas Special
19 December 2019	Christmas Special
1 January 2020	Y7B is the top class in NRC

References

^ Prior, David (16 August 2016). "Comedian to lead CBBC's search for Britain's smartest school". Prolific North.
^ Year 4 and 6 is the best classes. "Top Class - Could your school be TOP CLASS?". CBBC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

[1] Prior, David (16 August 2016). "Comedian to lead CBBC's search for Britain's smartest school". Prolific North.

[2] Year 4 and 6 is the best classes. "Top Class - Could your school be TOP CLASS?". CBBC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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