Tom Scott

S2026 · E1 · 2026年3月23日

I Helped Break a 142-year-old Bell, and That's Okay 第 1 集

In Leicestershire, at John Taylor's Bell Foundry‬, there's fire, sledgehammer swinging, and metal hotter than a volcano. Also, several questions about cheese.

S2026 · E2 · 2026年3月30日

They can fly 200 miles with no fuel. Here's how. 第 2 集

I try to fit all of Rutland in one camera shot, spot chimneys in the sky, and make a very strange noise.

S2026 · E3 · 2026年4月6日

I missed the evidence. Can you spot it? 第 3 集

At the University of Lincoln's Crime Scene House, where they teach forensic science students in simulated crime scenes, I have a challenge for you.

S2026 · E4 · 2026年4月13日

These people walk towards mining disasters 第 4 集

S2026 · E5 · 2026年4月20日

These Mannequins Can Bleed 第 5 集

At Sheffield Hallam University in Yorkshire, I meet the Clinical Simulation team and deal with some animated patients.

S2026 · E6 · 2026年4月27日

I finally got to drive Yorkshire’s tiny boats 第 6 集

At Peasholm Park in Scarborough, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, I visit the Naval Warfare, ride with the world's smallest crewed navy, and scare at least two seagulls.

S2026 · E7 · 2026年5月4日

If you found candy with my name in it, here's why 第 7 集

At the John Bull Rock Factory outside Bridlington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, I watch as boiling sugar becomes an enormous amount of rock. Also, there's 1990s Dutch happy hardcore.

S2026 · E8 · 2026年5月11日

Oh No, I Sympathized With a Victorian Arms Dealer 第 8 集

In Northumberland, at the National Trust's Cragside mansion, I visit the former home of the Magician of the North.

S2026 · E9 · 2026年5月18日

The mist that keeps the Tyne Tunnels safe 第 9 集

At the Tyne Tunnels, I get very wet and cold underneath a river... but not how you might expect.

S2026 · E10 · 2026年5月25日

This Man Stops People Drowning in Quicksand 第 10 集

In Westmorland, at Morecambe Bay, I meet the King's Guide to the Sands and walk across a very dangerous stretch of sand.

S2026 · E11 · 2026年6月1日

Pulling the Lever Is the Easy Part 第 11 集

In Lancashire, at National Rail's Manchester signalling classroom, I learn why it's very, very rare for trains to collide... and then go to an actual, live signal box to see it for real.

S2026 · E12 · 2026年6月8日

Can a 70-year-old Telescope Still Be Useful? 第 12 集

At Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, I get to fulfill a childhood dream: but more importantly, I ask whether a telescope built in the 1950s can still do useful science.

S2026 · E13 · 2026年6月15日

We Can't Invent a Robot Better Than These Ferrets 第 13 集

In Derbyshire, at the National Ferret School, I say "hello" to some smelly thieves, and go on a surprisingly Biblical tangent.

S2026 · E14 · 2026年6月22日

I Got Hit In the Teeth with 900-year-old Antlers 第 14 集

In the village of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, I join the oldest village tradition in Britain: the Horn Dance. It ends up being slightly more painful than I expected.

S2026 · E15 · 2026年6月29日

I Launched the Mighty Trebuchet 第 15 集

At Warwick Castle, there's a 22-tonne medieval siege engine. I got to see how it works, meet the person in charge, and -- technically -- help fire it. Technically.

S2026 · E16 · 2026年7月6日

If I Get This Wrong, 50,000 People Will Hear It 第 16 集

At Worcester Cathedral, I finally take on a challenge that hundreds of people have suggested: bell ringing. It's difficult, a little dangerous, and also lets me talk about a lot of weird English words.

S2026 · E17 · 2026年7月13日

I Have a Weird Conspiracy Theory About This Bridge 第 17 集

In Shropshire, I visit the Iron Bridge in the village of Ironbridge. And then I have a corkboard, pins, string, and a frankly-unhinged conspiracy theory about what an architect was actually planning.

S2026 · E18 · 2026年7月20日

I Get Excited About an Ampersand. 第 18 集

At Hereford Cathedral, I visit a library where the books are chained to the shelves -- and see two of those books, to help understand just how quickly one technology can change the world.

S2026 · E19 · 2026年7月27日

I'm So Glad This Hidden Monorail Broke Down 第 19 集

At the English end of the Prince of Wales Bridge, in Gloucestershire, I get to visit the Rapid Access Train, the RAT, a hidden suspended monorail. Except... that's only half the story.

S2026 · E20 · 2026年8月3日

Two Nerds Try to Build a Wall 第 20 集

In Oxfordshire, at the Dry Stone Academy, I'm joined by Dr Becky. We have until our camera batteries run out to try one of the oldest surviving crafts in Britain: dry stone walling.

S2026 · E21 · 2026年8月10日

This 100-Year-Old Ride Must Never Change Again 第 21 集

At Wicksteed Park, there's a 100-year-old water chute, and I took a ride. Also, I make a fool of myself on a slide.

S2026 · E22 · 2026年8月17日

How do you keep 8,995 codebreakers secret? 第 22 集

At Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, I don't want to know how a few boffins broke the Enigma code, because it wasn't a few boffins. I want to know: how on earth did they keep the "intelligence factory" secret when there were thousands and thousands of people involved?

S2026 · E23 · 2026年8月24日

I didn't need to drive this Mars rover, but I did. 第 23 集

In Stevenage, Hertfordshire, there's a simulation of Mars: at Airbus' facilities, I got to meet some Mars rovers, take a test drive, and discover the most incredible wheel I've ever seen.

S2026 · E24 · 2026年8月31日

Flying a plane badly, on purpose 第 24 集

At Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, I'm going aboard the National Flying Laboratory, and trying to keep my sense of direction, and my stomach, as the plane goes through some very non-standard manoeuvres.

S2026 · E25 · 2026年9月7日

Thomas, a tank engine, is not Thomas the Tank Engine. 第 25 集

At the Nene Valley Railway in Huntingdonshire, I meet a tank engine called Thomas that is, for legal reasons, not Thomas the Tank Engine... and, to my surprise, I find out why, in the early days of steam, Victorians might have found trains terrifying.

S2026 · E26 · 2026年9月14日

Can I get into the Top 100 of tiddlywinks in one day? 第 26 集

At the University of Cambridge, I try to recover some childhood muscle memory, and see if I can get good enough at a Victorian parlour game to break the world top 100 in just one day.

S2026 · E27 · 2026年9月21日

When I Blow This Whistle, a Swimming Pool Appears 第 27 集

S2026 · E28 · 2026年9月28日

This Arcade Game Makes You Climb a Ladder 第 28 集

At Southwold Pier, I visit a collection of automata and arcade games that offer something a bit more interesting than prizes.

S2026 · E29 · 2026年10月5日

Why robots can't pick strawberries yet 第 29 集

In Tiptree in Essex, at the headquarters of famous jam and preserve manufacturer Wilkin & Sons, this city boy gets impressed by agricultural infrastructure, and meets some robots that work better than others.

S2026 · E30 · 2026年10月12日

Tom gets excited about a pendulum. 第 30 集

At the Cumbria Clock Company, I close up a hole in my map, meet the team that manage and restore more than a thousand public clocks across the UK and wider afield, and discover that I knew far less about pendulum clocks than I thought.

S2026 · E31 · 2026年10月19日

TBA 第 31 集

S2026 · E32 · 2026年10月26日

It's getting harder to balance the power grid. Here's why. 第 32 集

The team at Britain's National Energy System Operator have a job that's quite different to just a few years ago.