Immersing himself in the lives of child geniuses, Mark meets children with mind-boggling mental capacities. But are these young masterminds a force of nature or the product of intensive nurture?
In Seattle Mark meets a junior literary genius. Adora Svitak has written over 400 short stories, already published a novel, and is in big demand as a guest speaker at corporate events, earning up to $10,000 at a time.
In Malaysia Mark discovers a nine-year-old maths mastermind, Adi Putra, who also seems to have a canny business sense as CEO of his own company selling brain food.
As Mark attempts to get to the bottom of whether these baby brainboxes are the product of nature or nurture, he realises that sometimes it's not so much the parent pushing the child as the child pushing the parent.
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On TV
First Shown
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 06 June 2011 | 12.45AM | Channel 4 |
Last Shown
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 06 June 2011 | 12.45AM | Channel 4 |
