Trailer
Synopsis
Dallas Campbell, Liz Bonnin, Jem Stansfield and Dr. Yan Wong take on the scientific world by devising their own ingenious ways of explaining cutting-edge developments in technology.
Episode 6 : Ice Boat, Comets, Hypothermia
October. 13,2010
Jem faces his toughest challenge yet: to build a boat made out of ice, and take it and the rest of the team for a spin in one of the UK's busiest stretches of water.
Dallas investigates the world of comets and tries to build his own, while Liz looks at the science behind hypothermia and gets repeatedly dunked into ice-cold water in preparation for the ice boat extravaganza.
Watch Free
30-Day Free Trial
Episode 5 : Icelandic Volcano Eruption, Gambling in Vegas, Solar Furnaces
October. 06,2010
Liz visits the volcano that brought Britain to a standstill, and examines its aftermath and the likelihood of a re-occurrence. Dallas blows the budget in Vegas to explain why people are so bad at predicting probabilities. Jem borrows a solar furnace in France to demonstrate the awesome power of the sun.
Watch Free
30-Day Free Trial
Episode 4 : Weather, Wave Power and Evolution
September. 29,2010
Dallas looks at the origins of our weather and explains how the emergence of seasons allowed life to form, all with the help of a grenade launcher. Jem travels to Scotland to check out the latest green technology - wave power. And Liz meets Richard Dawkins to prove evolution.
Watch Free
30-Day Free Trial
Episode 3 : Jetlag, Solar System, Square Wheeled Motorbike
September. 22,2010
Liz conducts an experiment into jetlag and how to avoid it, while Dallas demonstrates the size of the solar system with the help of a bicycle and a fruit bowl. And Jem upgrades his square-wheeled skateboard to a motorbike, before trying to jump it into the record books.
Watch Free
30-Day Free Trial
Seasons
Similar titles
The Universe
From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and time.
Horizon
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston's Casebook
Surgeon Gabriel Weston introduces us to people from across the globe with the world's most unique bodies.
Outrageous Acts of Science
Scientists and amateurs conduct experiments and post their exploits online. Each episode counts down 20 popular Internet videos and explains the science behind them.
H2O: The Molecule that Made Us
A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to our control of the molecule, but that the growth of our civilizations has also created a dangerous dependence on a precious resource. One that may be about to run out.
American Experience
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
MacGyver
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him.
Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
Precision: The Measure of All Things
Precision: The Measure of All Things is a three-part British television series outlining aspects of the history of measurement. It was originally aired in June 2013 on BBC Four.
The series comprised three programmes: Time and Distance; Mass and Moles and Heat, Light and Electricity.