Series 1 poster

Series 1

(2002)

Overview

In the first series, the episodes satirise and pay homage to late 1970s and early 1980s educational films and school programmes such as ITV's "Experiment" series and BBC's "For Schools and Colleges". A different scientific subject is covered in each episode.

Cast

Peter Serafinowicz as Peter Packard
Peter Serafinowicz

as Peter Packard

Robert Popper as Jack Morgan
Robert Popper

as Jack Morgan

Nigel Lambert as Narrator
Nigel Lambert

as Narrator

Episodes

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Maths 0.0

October 10, 2002

Maths can help us in our daily lives - for example, in cooking pasta, in calculating the correct moment for starting a …

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October 17, 2002

In this episode we learn about the amazing igloo-building skills of ants and the surprising ability of water to boil eg…

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October 24, 2002

You need to know something about Germs. You really do. And Professor Miles can help you...

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October 31, 2002

Why can't ghosts whistle? Well, let's hear from a ghost.

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November 7, 2002

Sulphur is revealed, and the story is not really about brimstone.

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November 21, 2002

A brief investigation of the world of music, from its Neolithic beginnings...

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December 4, 2002

Iron (Fe) is not quite all it's cut up to be... The use of magnets is strictly prohibited during this episode.

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December 11, 2002

The team investigates the human brain and meets a man who is addicted to Electronic Brain Enhancements. What happens if…