Richard Hammond's Blast Lab — Season 1, Episode 5: Episode 5
30 min • 4 seasons, 41 episodes • ★ 5.0/10
Episode synopsis
Richard explores the themes of pressure and weight distribution. In the studio the two teams go balloon surfing, while at Richard's top secret laboratory his Lab Rats make a huge balloon sandwich and see if it can take the weight of a saloon car without bursting.
About Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
Richard Hammond's Blast Lab is a children's television programme made by DCD Media-owned September Films and Hamster's Wheel Productions for the BBC and shown on the CBBC Channel and CBBC outputs on both BBC One and BBC Two. The programme involves two teams of three children – referred to as the Red Team and the Yellow Team – taking part in science-related challenges to win prizes at the end of the show. The team that loses get the honour of blowing up their prizes. Hammond has taken an approach that has come from years of working on Top Gear with elements of Brainiac: Science Abuse.