Megamaths

Name: Megamaths
Genre: Family
Released: 1996-09-16
Cast: Jenny Hutchinson, Tony Armatrading, Simon Davies, Andrew Grainger, Paul Raffield

— Sep 1996 4 Seasons 18 Episodes

Ended

Family

Overview

Megamaths is an Educational programme about Maths that originally aired on BBC2 between 1996 and 2001. Each episode was 20 minutes long and was written by Maths Television Presenter Simon Davies. Other people that have been in the series are Liz Crowther and Annee Blott. Between 1996 and 1999 it was presented in a castle where there were the four card suites and jokers. There were two gargoyles at the front of the castle who spoke in rhyme. After megamaths ran for 3 series they decided to stop the castle idea and two presenters presented in a studio.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Jenny Hutchinson

Joker

Tony Armatrading

King of Clubs

Simon Davies

King of Diamonds

Andrew Grainger

King of Hearts / Jack of Clubs

Paul Raffield

King of Spades / Jack of Hearts

Liz Crowther

Queen of Diamonds

Janine Duvitski

Queen of Hearts

Polly Highton

Queen of Spades

Josette Bushell-Mingo

Jackie of Diamonds

Isobel Middleton

Jackie of Spades

Paul Panting

Clubs

Katy Secombe

Diamonds

Key Crew

Michael Malaghan

Writer

Christopher Lillicrap

Writer

Neil Ben

Writer

Kjartan Poskitt

Writer

David Scott Cowan

Producer

Sandy Nuttgens

Music

Mike Scott

Music

Simon Davies

Songs

Shaun Moore

Production Design

Sports Day

It is Sports Day, and everyone is fed up of the King of Diamonds always winning. Will this year be different? This episode explains centimetres.

Jan 12, 1999

The King's New Clothes

The King of Spades wants a groovy new tunic for speech day, as this year his theme is how to look cool. But he does not know the first thing about units of measurement. This episode explains millimetres.

Jan 19, 1999

Decorating

Ace Painters and Decorators demonstrate different types of rulers as they help the King and Queen of Diamonds redecorate. This episode explains metres.

Jan 26, 1999

Treasure Hunt

The Aces organize a surprise treasure hunt for the royals, which will test their measuring skills. This episode explains kilometres.

Feb 2, 1999

Holidays

The Kings and Queens prepare for their holidays. The Kings must measure their suitcases, and the Queen of Spades must work out the distance they all have to walk on their hiking trip.

Feb 9, 1999

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