Factomania

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Factomania
Also known asReally Cool Stuff
Presented by Dominic Byrne
Fran Scott
Greg Foot
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes10
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production company360 Production
Original release
Network
Release3 April 2014 (2014-04-03) 
present

Factomania is a British factual television series that was first broadcast on BBC Knowledge and BBC HD on 3 April 2014. [1] [2] The hosts for the ten-part series are Dominic Byrne, Fran Scott and Greg Foot. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Production

Factomania is a 360 Production for BBC Worldwide. [7] BBC America included the series in its first co-production deal with BBC Worldwide. [8] Lucy Pilkington is the executive producer for BBC Knowledge. [3] [9]

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