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  • Lab Rat

    Scaredy Rats

    Broadcast
    2004 (28 mins)

    This time the Lab Rats must face their great fears, and try to cure them in just one week. PhD scientist Mike Leahy and stand-up comedian Zeron Gibson, experience the science and psychology of fear using...

  • Mission to Mars

    Mission to Mars Ep2

    Broadcast
    2003 (59 mins)

    The Beagle 2 lander has been fully equipped with sophisticated scientific instruments to look for signs of Martian life. But would it even make it aboard the Mars Express, let alone parachute down after a...

  • Science Shack Series Two

    How tall could you build a building?

    Broadcast
    2003 (29 mins)

    In a trip to the Millennium Dome, Adam Hart-Davis looks at the engineering and psychological challenges of making skyscrapers, while the scientists attempt to build the world’s tallest tower - out of paper.

  • Science Shack Series Two

    Can you walk on water?

    Broadcast
    2003 (29 mins)

    Adam Hart-Davis and the Team turn their scientific eye on a miraculous biblical event as they investigate whether it’s really possible to walk on water. The amazing water-walking Jesus Christ Lizard...

  • Science Shack Series Two

    Could you make yourself invisible?

    Broadcast
    2003 (29 mins)

    Adam challenges the team to turn science fiction into science fact by making him invisible. Looking at the latest technological and natural camouflage techniques they come up with some fantastic inventions...

  • Science Shack Series Two

    Can you live Underwater?

    Broadcast
    2003 (29 mins)

    This week it’s life under pressure for Adam Hart-Davis, as the Science Shack team builds him a self-sustaining underwater habitat, and tries to discover whether it’s possible to live permanently beneath...

  • Science Shack Series Two

    Could you fly like a bird?

    Broadcast
    2003 (29 mins)

    Adam Hart-Davis investigates the science of flying with flapping wings, and tries to find out why no human or engine powered machine has ever done it. Meanwhile, the resident engineers take a highly original...

  • Science Shack Series Two

    How High can you Jump?

    Broadcast
    2003 (29 mins)

    Adam Hart-Davis takes on the world of athletics and challenges an assortment of skilled jumpers to leap over the Science Shack. Can science beat gymnasts and athletes, or even beat the grasshopper,...

  • Mission to Mars

    Mission to Mars Ep1

    Broadcast
    2003 (59 mins)

    The Beagle 2 lander has been built to look for signs of life on the Red Planet. Hitching a lift on the Mars Express spacecraft this June, the mission is scheduled to arrive about 6 months later.This doc...

  • Bodyscapes

    Smile Fossils

    Broadcast
    2002 (4 mins)

    Lynfia Lewis enthuses about her passion- fossils