Look Around You
Series 1
October 10, 2002
8Episodes
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.
Episodes
1. Maths
October 10, 2002
9 min
Maths can help us in our daily lives - for example, in cooking pasta, in calculating the correct moment for starting a conversation, or (if you can fly) in working out where to land. Queen Elizabeth III and Queen Elizabeth IV are going to a party given by Queen Elizabeth V. QE3 has forty dresses to choose from, QE4 has four thousand, and QE5 has only one dress, but it can take the form of many dresses. Then, during the night, QE3's servant steals the plans for QE4's party dress and, working till dawn, makes four thousand exact copies... So can we reckon what the chance is that all of the Queens will be wearing the same dress at the party?
Guest Stars:
Eve Popper, Daisy Robertson, Beryl Rosser, Simon Pegg
2. Water
October 17, 2002
9 min
In this episode we learn about the amazing igloo-building skills of ants and the surprising ability of water to boil eggs.
Guest Stars:
Sarah Alexander, Cathy Serafinowicz, Grahame Fox
3. Germs
October 24, 2002
9 min
You need to know something about Germs. You really do. And Professor Miles can help you...
Guest Stars:
Peter Simmo, Napoleon Ryan, Edgar Wright
4. Ghosts
October 31, 2002
9 min
Why can't ghosts whistle? Well, let's hear from a ghost.
Guest Stars:
Edgar Wright, Peter Simmo
5. Sulphur
November 7, 2002
9 min
Sulphur is revealed, and the story is not really about brimstone.
Guest Stars:
Brian Fredericks, Paul Putner, Julian Barratt
6. Music
November 21, 2002
9 min
A brief investigation of the world of music, from its Neolithic beginnings...
Guest Stars:
Robert Popper, Jonathan Brown, Nick Frost, Rosie Greenall, Daisy Sobhani
7. Iron
December 4, 2002
9 min
Iron (Fe) is not quite all it's cut up to be... The use of magnets is strictly prohibited during this episode.
Guest Stars:
Ray Bullock Jnr, Michael Blackledge, Iain Morris
8. The Brain
December 11, 2002
9 min
The team investigates the human brain and meets a man who is addicted to Electronic Brain Enhancements. What happens if you probe the brobe? How many nuts are there in a jar? And what are brain flakes? All of these questions are addressed, if not answered.
Guest Stars:
Robert Popper, Sarah Alexander, Michael Dillon, Dom Greyer, Matt King
