{"id":13158,"date":"2026-08-26T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/jack-dee-to-host-help-me-tiny-big-brain-on-udave\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:31:00","slug":"jack-dee-to-host-help-me-tiny-big-brain-on-udave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/jack-dee-to-host-help-me-tiny-big-brain-on-udave\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Dee to host Help Me Tiny Big Brain on U&#038;Dave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<p class=\"news-meta\">Wednesday 26th August 2026, 11:31am by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/jake-godfrey\/\" class=\"link-ref\">Jake Godfrey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<\/header>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/jack_dee\/\" title=\"Jack Dee profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Jack Dee<\/a> will host <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/guide\/channel\/dave\/\" class=\"link-ref\" title=\"More details about U&amp;Dave\">U&amp;Dave<\/a>&#8216;s new comedy game show, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/tv\/help-me-tiny-big-brain\/\" title=\"Help Me Tiny Big Brain: 2026 U&amp;Dave comedy. Click for a guide.\" class=\"link-ref\">Help Me Tiny Big Brain<\/a>. Each episode sees three &#8220;junior geniuses&#8221; (the Tiny Big Brains) paired with three different comics &#8220;who try their best not to scupper the Tiny Big Brains&#8217; chances of victory!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Comedians taking part in the first three episodes include <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/maisie_adam\/\" title=\"Maisie Adam profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Maisie Adam<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/lucy_beaumont\/\" title=\"Lucy Beaumont profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Lucy Beaumont<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/fatiha_el_ghorri\/\" title=\"Fatiha El-Ghorri profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Fatiha El-Ghorri<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/ivo_graham\/\" title=\"Ivo Graham profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Ivo Graham<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/guz_khan\/\" title=\"Guz Khan profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Guz Khan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/johnny_vegas\/\" title=\"Johnny Vegas profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Johnny Vegas<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/tim_vine\/\" title=\"Tim Vine profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Tim Vine<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/phil_wang\/\" title=\"Phil Wang profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Phil Wang<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/sophie_willan\/\" title=\"Sophie Willan profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Sophie Willan<\/a>, with the host then bringing his favourites back for the final episode.<\/p>\n<p>Dee says: &#8220;In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/tv\/help-me-tiny-big-brain\/\" title=\"Help Me Tiny Big Brain: 2026 U&amp;Dave comedy. Click for a guide.\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\">Help Me Tiny Big Brain<\/a> I will be asking some of the brightest young people in the country to collaborate with some top comedians in order to solve maddeningly frustrating problems. It&#8217;s fun, uplifting and has an irresistible feel-good vibe. Precisely the kind of thing I am best known for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/tv\/help-me-tiny-big-brain\/\" title=\"Help Me Tiny Big Brain: 2026 U&amp;Dave comedy. Click for a guide.\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\">Help Me Tiny Big Brain<\/a> is produced by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/pro\/blackbook\/companies\/stellify_media\/\" class=\"link-ref\" title=\"Find out more about Stellify Media\">Stellify Media<\/a> and commissioned for UKTV by Tracy-Jean, commissioning executive, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/helen_nightingale\/\" title=\"Helen Nightingale profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Helen Nightingale<\/a>, head of factual and factual entertainment, commissioning; ordered by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/gerald_casey\/\" title=\"Gerald Casey profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Gerald Casey<\/a>, director of programming, unscripted, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/hilary_rosen\/\" title=\"Hilary Rosen profile\" class=\"link-ref\">Hilary Rosen<\/a>, director of commissioning. Executive producer for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/pro\/blackbook\/companies\/stellify_media\/\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\" title=\"Find out more about Stellify Media\">Stellify Media<\/a> is Tracie O&#8217;Neill.<\/p>\n<p>Tracy-Jean says: &#8220;What <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/pro\/blackbook\/companies\/stellify_media\/\" class=\"link-ref\" title=\"Find out more about Stellify Media\">Stellify<\/a> has proven with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/tv\/help-me-tiny-big-brain\/\" title=\"Help Me Tiny Big Brain: 2026 U&amp;Dave comedy. Click for a guide.\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\">Help Me Tiny Big Brain<\/a> is that a great idea plus impeccable timing is what it takes to secure a commission. Uniting two groups who usually work solo &#8211; junior super-brains and experienced stand ups &#8211; to solve problems under the watchful gaze of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/jack_dee\/\" title=\"Jack Dee profile\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\">Jack Dee<\/a> is truly an act of genius.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Casey adds: &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/tv\/help-me-tiny-big-brain\/\" title=\"Help Me Tiny Big Brain: 2026 U&amp;Dave comedy. Click for a guide.\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\">Help Me Tiny Big Brain<\/a> is an idea that the channel has been looking at for a long time, and I&#8217;m delighted we are finally bringing it to the screen. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/jack_dee\/\" title=\"Jack Dee profile\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\">Jack Dee<\/a> teaming up with three Tiny Big Brains to run the rule over UK comedy&#8217;s finest promises to be unique and hilarious viewing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tracie O&#8217;Neill comments: &#8220;We are delighted to be working with UKTV on this series. Pairing super smart kids with brilliant comedians under the guidance of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/jack_dee\/\" title=\"Jack Dee profile\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\">Jack Dee<\/a> was always going to lead to unpredictable chaos &#8211; and that&#8217;s exactly what makes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/tv\/help-me-tiny-big-brain\/\" title=\"Help Me Tiny Big Brain: 2026 U&amp;Dave comedy. Click for a guide.\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\">Help Me Tiny Big Brain<\/a> such a joy. It&#8217;s funny, smart and surprisingly full of heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/tv\/help-me-tiny-big-brain\/\" title=\"Help Me Tiny Big Brain: 2026 U&amp;Dave comedy. Click for a guide.\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\">Help Me Tiny Big Brain<\/a> will stream on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/guide\/channel\/u\/\" class=\"link-ref\" title=\"More details about U\">U<\/a> and air later this year on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/guide\/channel\/dave\/\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\" title=\"More details about U&amp;Dave\">U&amp;Dave<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/jack_dee\/\" title=\"Jack Dee profile\" class=\"link-ref-repeat\">Jack Dee<\/a> is also bringing his show <em>40 Years of Comedy<\/em> to the London Palladium on 18th September..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/tv\/news\/8822\/jack-dee-hosts-help-me-tiny-big-brain\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday 26th August 2026, 11:31am by Jake Godfrey Jack Dee will host U&amp;Dave&#8216;s new comedy game show, Help Me Tiny Big Brain. Each episode sees three &#8220;junior geniuses&#8221; (the Tiny Big Brains) paired with three different comics &#8220;who try their best not to scupper the Tiny Big Brains&#8217; chances of victory!&#8221; Comedians taking part in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.comedy.co.uk\/images\/library\/people\/900x450\/j\/jack_dee_tiny_big_brain.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[486,2453,15148,2783,822,15768,4201,12938],"class_list":["post-13158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theatre_and_comedy","tag-big","tag-brain","tag-dee","tag-host","tag-jack","tag-jack-dee-hosts-new-dave-panel-show-help-me-tiny-big-brain-uktv-smart-children-news-british-comedy-story-details-information","tag-tiny","tag-udave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}