About this season
This show combines cold hard science with some of the craziest, most spectacular and painful user generated clips ever recorded. Richard Hammond introduces all manner of mishaps featuring brave, if misguided individuals from around the world and then explains the science behind their failure and humiliation with the use of bespoke animations and super slo-mo cinematography. Every episode features between 50 and 60 clips of misadventure – ordinary folk making extraordinary mistakes. Each week watch stunts involving weightlifting, shooting guns or jumping over cars, that have gone wrong, paused, re-wound, and re-played and analysed to determine exactly what went wrong and why. Richard explains the physics, chemistry and biology at play, then presents forensic details to explain the stupidity that resulted in failure. He’ll look at everything including weight, volume, momentum, combustion and even how the brain operates. This is misadventure explained. This is the Science of Stupid.
Episodes (34)
1. Horsepower Is Not Your Friend
Aired 13 April 2015 • 30 min
2. Wheelies Gone Wrong
Aired 13 April 2015 • 30 min
3. The Motion of the Ocean
Aired 20 April 2015 • 30 min
4. Half-Pipe Wipeouts
Aired 4 May 2015 • 30 min
5. Wall Running Face Plants
Aired 11 May 2015 • 30 min
6. Flip Flops and Power Purges
Aired 18 May 2015 • 30 min
7. Roof Jumping: To Infinity and Below
Aired 18 May 2015 • 30 min
8. Ice Buckets and Kayaks
Aired 17 July 2015 • 30 min
9. Barbecues and Hammocks
Aired 17 July 2015 • 30 min
10. Surfing on Sand and Walking in Heels
Aired 17 July 2015 • 30 min
11. Segways and Water Skis
Aired 24 July 2015 • 30 min
12. High Lines and Back Flips
Aired 24 July 2015 • 30 min
13. Head Bangers and Acrobats
Aired 24 July 2015 • 30 min
14. Breathing Fire and Running on Water
Aired 31 July 2015 • 30 min
15. Kayaks and Dirt Bikes
Aired 31 July 2015 • 30 min
16. Hurdles and Head Spins
Aired 31 July 2015 • 30 min
17. High Jumps and Shallow Water
Aired 7 August 2015 • 30 min
18. Piggyback Rides and Ladder Climbing
Aired 7 August 2015 • 30 min
19. Ski Tricks and Waterside Drives
Aired 7 August 2015 • 30 min
20. Bottle Rockets and Aerial Kicks
Aired 14 August 2015 • 30 min
21. Frisbees and Hovercrafts
Aired 14 August 2015 • 30 min
22. Ostriches and Go Karts
Aired 21 August 2015 • 30 min
23. Lawn Mowers and Pinatas
Aired 21 August 2015 • 30 min
24. Table Dancing and Sock Sliding
Aired 28 August 2015 • 30 min
25. Soccer Balls and Mousetraps
Aired 28 August 2015 • 30 min
26. Tennis Racket and Chair Dances
Aired 28 August 2015 • 30 min
27. Break Dances and Skateboards
Aired 28 August 2015 • 30 min
28. Wall Crashes and Rollerblades
Aired 28 August 2015 • 30 min
29. Headstands and Jet Skis
Aired 28 August 2015 • 30 min
30. ce Skating and Swing Dancing
Aired 4 September 2015 • 30 min
31. Beer Pong and Wall Vaults
Aired 4 September 2015 • 30 min
32. Nunchucks and Rollerblades
Aired 4 September 2015 • 30 min
33. Jet Skis and Pillow Fights
Aired 4 September 2015 • 30 min
34. Ping Pong and Leg Waxing
Aired 4 September 2015 • 30 min