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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.
Episode 8 : The Brain
December. 11,2002
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.
Episode 7 : Iron
December. 04,2002
Iron (Fe) is not quite all it's cut up to be... The use of magnets is strictly prohibited during this episode.
Episode 6 : Music
November. 21,2002
A brief investigation of the world of music, from its Neolithic beginnings...
Episode 5 : Sulphur
November. 07,2002
Sulphur is revealed, and the story is not really about brimstone.
Episode 4 : Ghosts
October. 31,2002
Why can't ghosts whistle? Well, let's hear from a ghost.
Episode 3 : Germs
October. 24,2002
You need to know something about Germs. You really do. And Professor Miles can help you...
Episode 2 : Water
October. 17,2002
In this episode we learn about the amazing igloo-building skills of ants and the surprising ability of water to boil eggs.
Episode 1 : Maths
October. 10,2002
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?
Seasons
Season 2
The second series of Look Around You is presented in the pop-science vein of programmes such as Tomorrow's World.
Season 1
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.
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