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Thursday Night is ‘Brainiac Night’

3 September 2004 13:22

The Sky One ‘science’ series, Brainiac, has returned for a second series. Presented by Richard ‘used to be on Top Gear’ Hammond and Jon ‘famous geek from Big Brother’ Tickle, it takes a rather anarchic, but educational look a popular science.

Last night’s programme addressed such important things as

  • what happens to soap when you put it in a microwave”;
  • how to make quicksand at the beach;
  • can a bunch of blokes re-enacting the American Civil War with muskets and cannons destroy a conventional ‘black box’ flight recorder?
  • can you make scrambled eggs in a tumble dryer?
  • etc.

It’s science and therefore educational. So that’s alright then … Sky One, Thursdays at 20:00 for the next few weeks.

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3 Responses to “Thursday Night is ‘Brainiac Night’”

  1. martin says:
    3 September 2004 at 13:51

    I’ll stick with Junior Mastermind – I can almost get most of the general knowledge quesions and a fair amount of the science based specialist stuff..

    I remember when I could do the same with the adult version too, but then I’m getting old now…(nearly 40 and would have been dead long ago in The Domed City

  2. davee says:
    3 September 2004 at 14:13

    Yeah, but in Brainiac you get to do all the experiments they wouldn’t let you do at school. Last night they blew up a couple of bath tubs by dropping small amounts of caesium and rubidium into them. Real science :-)

    Oh yeah, and they have a severe dislike of caravans.

  3. martin says:
    3 September 2004 at 14:45

    Oh yeah, and they have a severe dislike of caravans

    I can relate to that :-)