Tom Scott: England

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Tom Scott takes a road trip to every county of England, travelling by car, train, boat, plane, tram, monorail and hovercraft, visiting hidden infrastructure, ancient traditions, and more bells than you might expect.

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Episódios exibidos

25

Último exibido

S01E25

Duração total

9h 10min

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  S01E01 I Helped Break a 142-Year-Old Bell, and That’s Okay

  23 de março · 31min procurar chamada

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  In Leicestershire, at the John Taylor Bell Foundry, there's fire, sledgehammer swinging, and metal hotter than a volcano. Also, several questions about cheese.

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  S01E02 They Can Fly 200 Miles With No Fuel. Here’s How.

  30 de março · 26min procurar chamada

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  In Rutland, I try to fit an entire county in one camera shot, learn to spot chimneys in the sky, and make a very strange noise. Let's learn about paragliding.

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  S01E03 I Missed the Evidence. Can You Spot It?

  6 de abril · 28min procurar chamada

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  At the University of Lincoln's Crime Scene House, where they teach forensic science students in simulated crime scenes, I have a challenge for you.

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  S01E04 These People Walk Towards Mining Disasters

  13 de abril · 20min procurar chamada

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  In Nottinghamshire, I join the team at MRS Training and Rescue -- the former Mines Rescue Service -- for an exercise that could have been so much worse.

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  S01E05 These Mannequins Can Bleed

  20 de abril · 28min procurar chamada

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  At Sheffield Hallam University in Yorkshire, I meet the Clinical Simulation team and deal with some animated patients. (Note: includes simulated blood and gore.)

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  S01E06 I Finally Got to Drive Yorkshire’s Tiny Boats

  27 de abril · 23min procurar chamada

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  At Peasholm Park in Scarborough, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, I visit the Naval Warfare, ride with the world's smallest crewed navy, and scare at least two seagulls.

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  S01E07 If You Found Candy With My Name in It, Here’s Why

  4 de maio · 16min procurar chamada

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  At the John Bull Rock Factory outside Bridlington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, I watch as boiling sugar becomes an enormous amount of rock. Also, there's 1990s Dutch happy hardcore.

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  S01E08 Oh No, I Sympathized With a Victorian Arms Dealer

  11 de maio · 24min procurar chamada

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  In Northumberland, at the National Trust's Cragside mansion, I visit the former home of the Magician of the North.

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  S01E09 The Mist That Keeps the Tyne Tunnels Safe

  18 de maio · 21min procurar chamada

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  At the Tyne Road Tunnels, just over the border into Durham, I get very wet and cold underneath a river... but not in the way you might expect.

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  S01E10 This Man Stops People Drowning in Quicksand

  25 de maio · 26min procurar chamada

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  In Westmorland, at Morecambe Bay, I meet the King's Guide to the Sands, walk across a very dangerous stretch of sand, and learn about a centuries-old tradition that's been brought into the 21st century.

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  S01E11 Pulling the Lever Is the Easy Part

  1 de junho · 26min procurar chamada

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  In Lancashire, at National Rail's Manchester signalling classroom, I learn why it's very, very rare for trains to collide... and then go to an actual, live signal box to see it for real.

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  S01E12 Can a 70-Year-Old Telescope Still Be Useful?

  8 de junho · 22min procurar chamada

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  At Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, I get to fulfill a childhood dream: but more importantly, I ask whether a telescope built in the 1950s can still do useful science.

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  S01E13 We Can’t Invent a Robot Better Than These Ferrets

  15 de junho · 22min procurar chamada

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  In Derbyshire, at the National Ferret School, I say "hello" to some smelly thieves, and go on a surprisingly Biblical tangent.

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  S01E14 I Got Hit in the Teeth With 900-Year-Old Antlers

  22 de junho · 14min procurar chamada

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  In the village of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, I join the oldest village tradition in Britain: the Horn Dance. It ends up being slightly more painful than I expected.

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  S01E15 I Launched the Mighty Trebuchet

  29 de junho · 22min procurar chamada

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  At Warwick Castle, there's a 22-tonne medieval siege engine. I got to see how it works, meet the person in charge, and -- technically -- help fire it. Technically.

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  S01E16 If I Get this Wrong, 50,000 People Will Hear It.

  6 de julho · 22min procurar chamada

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  At Worcester Cathedral, I finally take on a challenge that hundreds of people have suggested: bell ringing. It's difficult, a little dangerous, and also lets me talk about a lot of weird English words.

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  S01E17 I Have a Weird Conspiracy Theory About This Bridge

  13 de julho · 12min procurar chamada

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  In Shropshire, I visit the Iron Bridge in the village of Ironbridge. And then I have a corkboard, pins, string, and a frankly-unhinged conspiracy theory about what an architect was actually planning.

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  S01E18 I Get Excited About an Ampersand

  20 de julho · 22min procurar chamada

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  At Hereford Cathedral, I visit a library where the books are chained to the shelves -- and see two of those books, to help understand just how quickly one technology can change the world.

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  S01E19 I’m So Glad This Hidden Monorail Broke Down

  27 de julho · 26min procurar chamada

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  At the English end of the Prince of Wales Bridge, in Gloucestershire, I get to visit the Rapid Access Train, the RAT, a hidden suspended monorail. Except... that's only half the story.

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  S01E20 Two Nerds Try to Build a Wall

  3 de agosto · 24min procurar chamada

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  In Oxfordshire, at the Dry Stone Academy, I'm joined by Dr Becky. We have until our camera batteries run out to try one of the oldest surviving crafts in Britain: dry stone walling.

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  S01E21 This 100-Year-Old Ride Must Never Change Again

  10 de agosto · 16min procurar chamada

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  At Wicksteed Park in Northamptonshire, there's a 100-year-old water chute, and I took a ride. Also, I find the first ever playground swing, and make a fool of myself on a slide.

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  S01E22 How Do You Keep 8,995 Codebreakers Secret?

  17 de agosto · 25min procurar chamada

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  At Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, I don't want to know how a few boffins broke the Enigma code, because it wasn't a few boffins. I want to know: how on earth did they keep the "intelligence factory" secret when there were thousands and thousands of people involved?

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  S01E23 I Didn’t Need to Drive This Mars Rover, but I Did

  24 de agosto · 22min procurar chamada

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  In Stevenage, Hertfordshire, there's a simulation of Mars: at Airbus' facilities, I got to meet some Mars rovers, take a test drive, and discover the most incredible wheel I've ever seen.

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  S01E24 Flying a Plane Badly, On Purpose

  31 de agosto · 16min procurar chamada

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  At Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, I'm going aboard the National Flying Laboratory, and trying to keep my sense of direction, and my stomach, as the plane goes through some very non-standard manoeuvres.

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  S01E25 Thomas, a Tank Engine, is not Thomas the Tank Engine.

  7 de setembro · 16min procurar chamada

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  At the Nene Valley Railway in Huntingdonshire, I meet a tank engine called Thomas that is, for legal reasons, not Thomas the Tank Engine... and, to my surprise, I find out why, in the early days of steam, Victorians might have found trains terrifying.

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