X-perimental was a British

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 children's science magazine show that ran from 2003 to 2004 on CBBC

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. It originally aired on BBC One

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 and repeated on the CBBC Channel

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. Series 1 was presented by Ortis Deley

Ortis Deley

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 and Holly Willoughby

Holly Willoughby

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 who then both left to move on to present other shows. Series 2 was then presented by CBBC

CBBC

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 continuity presenter Simon Grant

Simon Grant

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 alongside science reporter Jane Farnham.

Presenters

• Series 1: Ortis Deley
  Ortis Deley
  Ortis Deley is a British television presenter, radio DJ and actor of Ghanaian/Nigerian descent. He went to Ernest Bevin College in Tooting Bec, London. He is currently one of the presenters of The Gadget Show and presenter of Choice FM on Sunday mornings....
  
   and Holly Willoughby
  Holly Willoughby
  Holly Marie Willoughby is an English television presenter and model, known for her work in presenting children's TV and entertainment shows. In her early career she modelled underwear and went on to present CD:UK...
  
  
• Series 2: Simon Grant
  Simon Grant
  Simon Grant in Falmouth, Cornwall is a British television presenter and actor.-Biography:Before becoming a CBBC presenter, he studied acting at Middlesex University....
  
   and Jane Farnham

Show time and channel

Originally, X-perimental was shown on BBC One for both series, but series 2 was repeated on the CBBC Channel

CBBC Channel

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. Series 1 was shown on Mondays at 4pm, but the time changed for Series 2 which was shown at 4:25pm on Wednesdays.

Series 1

In the first series, two teams of 3 from different schools would battle in various science experiments and the objective was to get in 1st or 2nd on the X-perimental leaderboard. Then the top two at the end of the series would compete to become X-perimental champions.

Series 2

In the second series, there was the studio audience who had to guess to right outcomes of the experiments with an A, B or C option. The audience designs are also put to the test for real life situations e.g. a burglary.