2006

S1.E1 ∙ Breakfast: Fortified With Iron

Tue, Jun 06, 2006

The Iron Chefs: Cooking bacon and eggs using nothing but a regular household iron and a lot of ingenuity.

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S1.E2 ∙ Extra Light Pancakes

Mon, Jul 03, 2006

Pancakes, cooked using the blinding light of a 500W lamp.

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S1.E3 ∙ Pastaaargh: pasta, cooked with a kettle

Tue, Jul 04, 2006

Penne pasta and marinara sauce, cooked using an old and slightly limescale-crusted kettle.

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S1.E4 ∙ Fun With A Giant Slingshot

Sat, Apr 07, 2007

One old monitor. One giant slingshot. Several types of foodstuffs.

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S1.E5 ∙ On A Pirate Ship - Jay Foreman feat. Mad Cap'n Tom

Sun, Sep 02, 2007

Every doubloon be goin' t'Marie Curie Cancer Care, an' it be costin' less than a mug o'grog.

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S1.E6 ∙ The Coruscant Juggling Club

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

Jedi. Are you bored since the fall of the Empire? Well, the Coruscant Juggling Club wants you.

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S1.E7 ∙ Salmon in a Dishwasher

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

The idea of poaching salmon in a dishwasher has been around for a long time. Bob Blumer, the Surreal Gourmet, claims to have poached salmon in more than 100 dishwashers on 3 continents, and actor and gourmet cook Vincent Price is said to have once cooked it on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. But there's no video evidence of it online yet, so I figured it was worth a try.

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S1.E8 ∙ Appalling Visual Puns No. 1

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

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S1.E9 ∙ You Cannot Remove Your Fingerprints With Pineapple

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

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S1.E10 ∙ Tesco Value Spiderman

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

Thanks to b3ta for the idea, and to everyone who helped out with the taping. And the taping of the taping.

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S1.E11 ∙ Timelapse: 1,000 Balloons in 6 Hours

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

Filling a room full of balloons to a depth of four feet takes a lot more time and effort than you might think.

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S1.E12 ∙ Appalling Visual Puns No. 2

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

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S1.E13 ∙ Washing Machine Cookery

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

Mulled wine and scrambled eggs, cooked with an ordinary household washing machine. Badly.

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S1.E14 ∙ Appalling Visual Puns No. 3

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

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S1.E15 ∙ The Matt Gray High Five Face Off

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

Who can get more high fives in ten minutes: Matt Gray or a cardboard cutout of Matt Gray? Tonight, on the mean streets of York, we find out.

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S1.E16 ∙ Appalling Visual Puns No. 4

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

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S1.E17 ∙ The 30 Second Bacon Sandwich

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

Throughout history, mankind has strived to break its records. Today, Gareth will attempt just that by making a bacon sandwich in thirty seconds - with a blowtorch.

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S1.E18 ∙ The Fire Jugglers of York

Mon, Mar 16, 2009

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S1.E19 ∙ Appalling Visual Puns No. 5

Mon, May 04, 2009

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S1.E20 ∙ Two Drums and a Cymbal Fall off a Cliff

Thu, May 14, 2009

"Two Drums and a Cymbal Fall off a Cliff - b'doom, tssh." That's the joke: but does it really give you that rimshot sting you hear in comedy? We investigate.

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S1.E21 ∙ Captain Obvious

Wed, Jun 10, 2009

The titles from the little-known Captain Obvious pilot show. Sadly, the rest of the episode remains unaired.

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S1.E22 ∙ Thinking Digital 2009: Tom Scott on graphs, Hans Zimmer, Eurovision and tea cosies

Wed, Jul 08, 2009

My talk from Thinking Digital at the Sage in Gateshead, 15th May 2009. In which, immediately after data-guru Hans Rosling, I talk about graphs, Hans Zimmer, Eurovision and a tea cozy.

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S1.E23 ∙ Breaking the News: Tom Scott and Matt Gray bonehead the budget

Tue, Jul 14, 2009

The biggest project we've ever tried: on Budget Day 2009, Tom and Matt headed down to London. With a camera crew in tow and a command centre in York telling us where the cameras were, we tried to get in the background of as many live broadcasts as possible, boneheading our way through London landmarks and news channels. Tom had an Oyster card; Matt had a Ford Fiesta. Only one could emerge victorious.

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S1.E24 ∙ The Webcycle: the faster you pedal, the faster your internet goes.

Wed, Aug 05, 2009

It's a handy way for internet addicts to get fit: the faster you pedal, the faster your internet goes. The fitness possibilities are wonderful. It's an exercise bike, with sensors on the pedals, connected to an Arduino and a laptop running Ubuntu with wondershaper.

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