Shaun Micallef's Brain Eisteddfod

On the surface, this is a lookalike of the long running BBC show university challenge. Same kind of format, questions, and so on. Good, if bland, family fare, you'd think, where parents and kids can come together. Bla-bla-bla.

An then inject some Micallef mischief magic: up comes a first-class comedic post-modern de-construction of the genre, with unusual questions, and weird conundrums that don't make sense, all this wrapped together by a satirical homage to Paxman's tenure at the BBC show.

The comedic bits between the students' questions are highly watchable, though one wonders if they are designed for or at the intended audience. Thus, is still the family show network 10 thought they commissioned in the first place?

Hi Shaun, there is an answer to your triangle to square challenge. Move one match to form the number 4. Any good mathematician will tell you that "4" is a square.

Regards Ross.

Great show Shaun Micallef is such a very funny man big fan of Shaun Micallef's Mad As hell on ABC hope to see more of this show. Sure the first 2 episodes were a bit boring but overall a fun show I've seen in a long time.

Wow ... are you guys desperate for content .... the show is boring and very elitist very sad.... no wonder your rating are poor. The general public don't care about brainiacs.... disgraceful.