About this season
Dom Byrne, Fran Scott and Greg Foot compete for points using explosive experiments, animated tales and strange stunts, and whoever packs in the most facts and fun wins!
Episodes (10)
1. Fire Tornado
Aired 14 May 2014 • 49 min
Greg checks out Archimedes' plan for a death ray in 214BC, while Fran investigates 'déjà vu'.
2. Compost Go-Cart
Aired 21 May 2014 • 49 min
Fran finds out how 157 people have fallen from planes and survived without parachutes since 1900.
3. Exploding flour
Aired 28 May 2014 • 49 min
Will moles, cockroaches or alien bacteria inherit Earth post nuclear fallout?
4. Rocket on Zipwire
Aired 4 June 2014 • 49 min
Greg looks at a space hotel that lets guests see 16 sunsets and sunrises in 24 hours.
5. Jet Engine
Aired 11 June 2014 • 49 min
Dom smashes Viking myths when he finds out more about them, such as having their own parliament.
6. Gunpowder
Aired 18 June 2014 • 49 min
Fran mixes a few anvils with a little gunpowder and Dom investigates Leif Erikson.
7. Hoover
Aired 25 June 2014 • 49 min
Did you know the vending machine was invented in the 1st century AD?
8. Hooverboard - Steam Cannon
Aired 2 July 2014 • 49 min
Fran investigates a Scottish island that had to be quarantined for 48 years.
9. Hindenburg
Aired 9 July 2014 • 49 min
Dom finds out which German spy was an inspiration for Bond, James Bond.
10. Fruit and Veg Cannon
Aired 16 July 2014 • 49 min
Greg drops into a volcano to discover they explode with 24 megatons of thermal energy.