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Your user-friendly guide to the latest technology news, issues, gadgets and apps.
Episodes (50)
1. 07/01/2017
Aired 7 January 2017 • 30 min
The Click team is in Las Vegas at the massive electronics show CES. Featuring all the new innovations including concept cars, electric bikes and tiny computers.
2. 14/01/2017
Aired 14 January 2017 • 30 min
Spencer Kelly and the team look at the latest developments in cars and home safety from Las Vegas. Plus Nintendo's new games console and tech news.
3. 21/01/2017
Aired 21 January 2017 • 30 min
Click ventures to the edge of space with the help of a hi-tech hot air balloon for space tourists. Plus the latest tech news from around the world.
4. Space Special
Aired 28 January 2017 • 30 min
The team visit the US to report on how NASA and others plan to transform how we explore and experience space.
5. 04/02/2017
Aired 4 February 2017 • 30 min
Can a human give artificial intelligence a real live voice? Plus a trip to Tokyo with games designer Hideo Kojima and the latest tech gadgets at the London Toy Fair.
6. 11/02/2017
Aired 11 February 2017 • 30 min
Click visits 500 Years of Robots at the Science Museum in London. Plus how Cuba is getting online and top tech for cats.
7. Projectors
Aired 18 February 2017 • 30 min
A look at how visual technology can change our perceptions. From projectors to drone mappers, helping the visually impaired, and distorting time itself. Plus tech news.
8. Rogue One
Aired 25 February 2017 • 30 min
A look at Industrial Light & Magic's work on Rogue One. The programme also visits Berlin to see how refugees are using tech to ease their transition to life in Germany.
9. 04/03/2017
Aired 4 March 2017 • 30 min
Click goes live in 360 from Europe's largest tech conference, MWC in Barcelona. Plus we put air quality devices to the test.
10. Air Quality
Aired 11 March 2017 • 30 min
As part of the #SoIcanBreathe season, Click focuses on solutions to pollution, including diving drones and a network of sensors. Includes tech news.
11. India - Race to the Moon
Aired 18 March 2017 • 30 min
India has a reputation for exploring space on a shoestring budget, but can one startup be the first to put a robot on the moon for the space equivalent of spare change? Click is in India to discover how the country is innovating for the future and solving problems of the past using technology. From the entrepreneurs tackling the country's pollution problems, to the apps changing the face of dating for a new generation of Indians, to new medical technology that could save lives; Click travels across India to find out what is driving the country's explosive growth.
12. All Aboard India's Technicolour Dream Train
Aired 25 March 2017 • 30 min
In the final episode of Click's special India season, how Google is turning the country's 163-year-old railway into a fibre optic network to bring internet to all. Plus a soon-to-be weaponised underwater drone and the 'Uber of India'.
13. Inside Brian's Brain
Aired 1 April 2017 • 30 min
Click visits Brian Eno for a rare peek inside the studio - and mind - of the artist and producer. Also featuring the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8.
14. Do Androids Dream of Chocolate Cake?
Aired 8 April 2017 • 30 min
This edition investigates the rise of the robot butler, looking at whether voice-controlled personal assistants live up to the hype and at the potential dangers of living in a world where all electronics are controlled by voice.
15. Pre-Crime
Aired 15 April 2017 • 30 min
Click is in Chicago where the police are using tech to predict the location and perpetrators of future crimes. And tough tech gets tested at the Arctic Circle.
16. Paris in the Springtime
Aired 22 April 2017 • 30 min
Click visits Paris to check out the world's biggest startup space, political 'holograms' and super-flavoured strawberries in shipping containers.
17. Hacking the 'Absolute Security' Company
Aired 29 April 2017 • 30 min
Click investigates a company claiming to offer 'absolute security' and discovers all is not what it seems.
18. Doctor Who and the Nano Cars
Aired 6 May 2017 • 30 min
Click goes back to school with teaching tech. VR comes to pubs, plus scary sounds with Doctor Who.
19. Great Balls of Fire
Aired 13 May 2017 • 30 min
Click looks at fusion energy and its potential as a limitless source of clean power. Plus the team follows the San Francisco Police Department who are trying to stop drivers driving under the influence of cannabis.
20. Robots Storm the Castle
Aired 20 May 2017 • 30 min
Click focuses on cyber security, with a look at biometric identification and whether it really is keeping the nation's bank accounts safe.
21. Fifty Shades of Spray
Aired 27 May 2017 • 30 min
Tech to turn anybody into an artist, virtual reality art galleries, and the team becomes a VR Star Trek crew.
22. 50 Shades of Hay
Aired 3 June 2017 • 30 min
Click visits the Hay Festival and chats to some of the biggest names in technology. Plus a look at how social media is being used in the general election.
23. 50 Shapes of Goo
Aired 10 June 2017 • 30 min
Click looks at how first responders deal with terror attacks with a new VR training tool. Plus a look at artificial muscle and turning urine into electricity.
24. To Live and Game in LA
Aired 17 June 2017 • 30 min
Click flies over to the City of Angels to cover E3, the world's biggest gaming event, trying out the latest games, gadgets and consoles.
25. Cirque du Click
Aired 24 June 2017 • 30 min
Click reports from LA on the 'future of fun' plus Uber's plans for self-driving cars, and from Tanzania on the $15 million XPrize that's replacing teachers with tablets.
26. Lettuce Entertain You
Aired 1 July 2017 • 30 min
Click looks at food glorious food - fake kippers and burgers, plus we're in the mood for pink lettuce and biodegradable motors almost good enough to eat!
27. City Clickers
Aired 8 July 2017 • 30 min
Click investigates why consumers may soon have to pay more for internet access and the tech making our cities smarter.
28. Eye'll Be Back
Aired 15 July 2017 • 30 min
Should robots pay tax or would that hurt their feelings? Click meets the robots of the future and the human eyeborg. Includes tech news.
29. Virtual: The Reality
Aired 22 July 2017 • 30 min
What is the truth about virtual reality? Next big thing, or next big flop? Click checks out VR's future and takes out zombies in a VR version of the holodeck.
30. Fear and Coding in Las Vegas
Aired 29 July 2017 • 30 min
Click is at the hacker conventions in Las Vegas looking into cyber security and how best to protect ourselves.
31. What happens in Vegas...
Aired 5 August 2017 • 30 min
Click looks at whether we might one day drive on solar roads and explores the hacker conventions in Las Vegas looking into cyber security.
32. Unexpected Item in Bagging Area
Aired 12 August 2017 • 30 min
Going up sideways in a lift Willy Wonka style, Click gives VR a right kicking and an 'unexpected item in bagging area'.
33. Social Care
Aired 2 September 2017 • 30 min
A comprehensive guide to all the latest gadgets, websites, games and computer industry news. This week, a look at how technology is being used to look after the elderly.
34. AaaaaaaaaAR
Aired 9 September 2017 • 30 min
Spencer asks why boys outnumber girls in tech. Dan explores IFA, the biggest tech expo in Europe. And Lara rediscovers augmented reality. Plus tech news.
35. School Shootings
Aired 16 September 2017 • 30 min
Click is in the US, where the authorities are using video games to train teachers in ways to protect their pupils during a mass shooting.
36. Your Face or Mine?
Aired 23 September 2017 • 30 min
This edition visits Berlin as facial recognition technology is being trialled by the German government. Plus a look at tech for monitoring air pollution.
37. Batteries Included
Aired 30 September 2017 • 30 min
Click looks at all things battery, from how to keep your smartphone charged to the mountain storing energy in lakes.
38. Japan: Seeing Things You Wouldn't Believe
Aired 7 October 2017 • 30 min
Click checks out the latest technology in Japan, from translation tools to virtual reality arcades, with robots in-between.
39. Fukushima's Radiation Robots
Aired 14 October 2017 • 30 min
Japan Special: Inside Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant where robots are helping the clean-up after 2011's meltdown. Plus across the country, robots learn to sumo wrestle, play volleyball and act like humans.
40. We Are Sailing
Aired 21 October 2017 • 30 min
The tech show takes a seat in the world's toughest yacht race, plus an exclusive look behind the scenes of the gaming outfit behind Halo and Destiny.
41. Click or Treat
Aired 28 October 2017 • 30 min
This week on Click, spotting fake news and debunking the people in power, and wandering the ruins of a nightclub. And fancy a virtual reality fright this halloween?
42. Going Ape
Aired 4 November 2017 • 30 min
Click meets performance capture legend Andy Serkis. Plus a review of the new Xbox One X and how weather forecasting can improve the outlook for African farmers.
43. Up, Up and Away
Aired 11 November 2017 • 30 min
Spencer is in China to see what a turtle can teach us about space travel. Also, Lara investigates some gadgets with good taste.
44. Made in China
Aired 18 November 2017 • 30 min
Spencer is back in China to get a behind the scenes look at a mobile phone factory where smartphones are tested for 'extreme tolerance'.
45. Fixing Kenya's Fire Service
Aired 25 November 2017 • 30 min
Click looks at an app which hopes to be the Uber for emergency services in Kenya.
46. Access for All
Aired 2 December 2017 • 30 min
From snowboarding prosthetic feet to a device that helps a blind man run, Click looks at what is being achieved when tech meets disability.
47. Child's Play
Aired 9 December 2017 • 30 min
The tech show looks at Generation U for Universal, and asks how children are learning about technology and staying safer online.
48. Quantum at Solstice
Aired 16 December 2017 • 30 min
Click investigates the weird world of quantum computing, Spencer meets arts legend Marina Abramovic and Dan reviews the leading 360 cameras.
49. Merry Clickmas
Aired 23 December 2017 • 30 min
The team comes together to indulge in 2017's most desirable gear and gizmos. Find out how to keep your cocoa warm via Bluetooth and snap a family picture in augmented reality.
50. Best Bits
Aired 30 December 2017 • 30 min
The very best bits of the tech show from 2017 including tech for cats, a visit to Fukushima, the X-Prize in Africa, and elevators that go sideways.