Brand new comedy game show entertainment format 

Jack Dee will host free streaming service U (u.co.uk) and U&Dave’s brand new comedy game show Help Me Tiny Big Brain (4x40’). Each episode sees three junior geniuses (the Tiny Big Brains) paired with three different comics who try their best not to scupper the Tiny Big Brains’ chances of victory!

Comedians taking part in the first three episodes include Maisie Adam, Lucy Beaumont, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Ivo Graham, Guz Khan, Johnny Vegas, Tim Vine, Phil Wang and Sophie Willan, with Jack bringing his favourites back for the final in episode four. Help Me Tiny Big Brain is produced by Belfast-based Stellify Media.

Jack Dee says, “In Help Me Tiny Big Brain 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’s fun, uplifting and has an irresistible feel-good vibe. Precisely the kind of thing I am best known for.”

Help Me Tiny Big Brain is commissioned for UKTV by Tracy-Jean, commissioning executive, and Helen Nightingale, head of factual and factual entertainment, commissioning; ordered by Gerald Casey, director of programming, unscripted, and Hilary Rosen, director of commissioning. Executive producer for Stellify Media is Tracie O’Neill. The brand new original format will be distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Television.

Tracy-Jean says, “What Stellify has proven with Help Me Tiny Big Brain is that a great idea plus impeccable timing is what it takes to secure a commission. Uniting two groups who usually work solo - junior super-brains and experienced stand ups – to solve problems under the watchful gaze of Jack Dee is truly an act of genius.”

Gerald Casey adds, “Help Me Tiny Big Brain is an idea that the channel has been looking at for a long time, and I’m delighted we are finally bringing it to the screen. Jack Dee teaming up with three Tiny Big Brains to run the rule over UK comedy’s finest promises to be unique and hilarious viewing.”

Tracie O’Neill, says, “We are delighted to be working with UKTV on this series. Pairing super smart kids with brilliant comedians under the guidance of Jack Dee was always going to lead to unpredictable chaos - and that’s exactly what makes Help Me Tiny Big Brain such a joy. It’s funny, smart and surprisingly full of heart.”

Help Me Tiny Big Brain will stream on U and air on U&Dave. U is UKTV’s free streaming service with over 9,000 hours of content from UKTV’s free-to-air channels U&Dave, U&Drama, U&Yesterday and U&W, as well as programming exclusive to U. U&Dave is UKTV’s free-to-air entertainment channel that is home to Will & Ralf Should Know Better, Guy Martin: Proper Jobs and Clash of the Comics, as well as the upcoming Wagging Rights. U&Dave’s first ever scripted drama commission, Hit Point, started this month.

Help Me Tiny Big Brain will air later this year on U and U&Dave.

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For more information please contact:

Ben Duncan, Communications Manager, Unscripted

About U 

U is UKTV’s free streaming service in the UK, offering on-demand access to programmes from UKTV’s free-to-air channels: U&Dave, U&DRAMA, U&W, U&YESTERDAY and U&eden.

U is available online at u.co.uk and via the U app on mobile devices and tablets, as well as on smart TVs and streaming platforms including Freeview Play, Freely, Amazon Fire TV, YouView, Samsung TV, Apple TV, Freesat, Sky Glass, Sky Stream, NOW and Roku. Thousands of hours of selected U content are also available on Channel 4’s streaming service.

U provides access to over 9,000 hours of programming, including exclusive original commissions, UK premieres and iconic BBC titles across drama, comedy, entertainment and factual entertainment. It was nominated for Best Streaming Service at the 2025 Edinburgh Television Festival Awards.

Programmes available on U include Bergerac, Whitstable Pearl, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Marlow Murder Club, Outrageous, The Bill, Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, Guy Martin: Proper Jobs, Bangers & Cash, Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake and MasterChef Australia.

U is the streaming home for UKTV’s channel brands and their on-demand catalogue in the UK.

About UKTV

UKTV has been at the forefront of British television for over 30 years, with programmes spanning comedy, entertainment, natural history, factual and drama, available across its channel portfolio and its free streaming service, U (u.co.uk). 

Shows from UKTV’s free‑to‑air channels - U&Dave, U&DRAMA, U&W, U&YESTERDAY and U&eden - can be watched free in the UK on U, and via Freeview, Freesat, Freely, Sky and Virgin Media, with on‑demand access to thousands of hours of original commissions, acquisitions and archive titles. UKTV also operates dedicated FAST channels in the UK on Samsung TV Plus, Amazon Prime, Pluto TV and Virgin Media. 

UKTV’s pay TV brands - U&GOLD and U&alibi - are available in the UK via Sky, Virgin Media and NOW. In Ireland, UKTV's channels are available via Sky, Virgin Media, Eir, Vodafone and NOW.

UKTV is a significant investor in British creativity, commissioning original content and working with new and established writers, directors and programme-makers across genres. 

UKTV is part of BBC Studios, the UK’s most-awarded production company and commercial subsidiary of the BBC. 

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About Stellify Media

Stellify Media was formed by Kieran Doherty and Matthew Worthy as a joint venture with Sony Pictures Television in 2014.

Stellify is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and specialises in unscripted programming with clever format twists that unlock broad and popular subjects. Shows include Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and Millionaire Hot Seat for ITV, acclaimed docu-drama Titanic Sinks Tonight and The Big Deal with Steph McGovern for the BBC, and Blind Date for Disney+.

The award-winning company has featured in Broadcast as one of the Best Places to work in TV in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.