Hard Spell - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
Fifty of the country's best young spellers compete over the coming week for the title of Hard Spell champion, with the final being shown next Sunday. The first ten contestants come from Scotland and the east of England.
Episode 2
It's time for budding wordsmiths from the I north east and south west of England to put their dog-eared dictionaries away. How will they fare with the likes of "abrogate" and "rambunctious"?
Episode 3
Competitors from the north-west of England take on their spelling counterparts from the South.
Episode 4
Children from Northern Ireland and the English Midlands compete in the penultimate heat of the spelling test.
Episode 5
A place in Sunday's final is at stake as children from Wales and South East England are brought together in the nationwide spelling test.
Episode 6
After months of scouring the country for the UK's best young speller, the moment of truth has arrived. Over 100,000 children have been whittled down to just five, but who walk away with the title, a family holiday and media equipment for their school?
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