Patriot Brains

Patriot Brains is a New Zealand comedy panel game show, airing on TVNZ 2 in New Zealand and SBS Viceland in Australia since April 2021.

Premise

The show, hosted by English comedian Bill Bailey in series 1 and Sue Perkins in series 2, focuses on the trans-Tasman rivalry by pitting two teams of three comics from Australia and New Zealand against each other. The host asks the teams a series of general knowledge questions about their respective countries from a revolving pool of categories.

Production

New Zealand production company thedownlowconcept produces the series, which receives funding from NZ On Air.

Broadcast

The first series of Patriot Brains aired in early 2021 in Australia and New Zealand, and the second series was broadcast in February 2023 in New Zealand.