Duration: 4'59''
See what would happen if you really could switch off the sun.
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S1E1: You Fell Into a Black Hole? | Hey You, What If?
Experience the most extraordinary ride in the universe - falling into a black hole.
S1E10: The Earth Was Flat? | Hey You, What If?
Find out why a flat Earth would feel very unflat indeed!
S1E11: We Could Actually Stop Climate Change? | Hey You, What If?
The planet is being destroyed - but this episode demonstrates the things you can do to help save it.
S1E12: You Can't Wait for Christmas? | Hey You, What If?
It really is possible to time travel into the future, and the team show you how!
S1E13: You Could Shrink Yourself? | Hey You, What If?
If you have always wanted to shrink yourself, this is the episode for you!
S1E14: You Could Live on the Moon? | Hey You, What If?
Some day people will live on the moon - find out just what they are in for.
S1E15: Everything You Touched Turned to Gold? | Hey You, What If?
What if you could turn things to gold? This episode shows that it might not work out that well.
S1E16: You Could Actually Reach for the Stars? | Hey You, What If?
Want to reach for the stars? It would be the journey of a lifetime - literally.
S1E17: You Could Live in Slow Motion? | Hey You, What If?
Find out why living in slow motion would let you see things no-one else can!
S1E18: The Earth Was Shaped Like a Doughnut? | Hey You, What If?
Would it be possible to live on an Earth shaped like a doughnut? You might be surprised!
S1E19: You Could Run at the Speed of Sound? | Hey You, What If?
A fun run goes wrong when one ambitious runner tries running at the speed of sound.
S1E2: You Could Dig Through the Earth? | Hey You, What If?
The deepest hole humankind ever dug only got one thousandth of the way through the earth. But what would happen if...
S1E20: You Try to Catch a Falling Star? | Hey You, What If?
What happens if you try to catch a falling star? Spoiler alert - probably best not to try!
S1E21: You Woke Up as a Lizard Superhero? | Hey You, What If?
Why waking up with lizard powers would make you useless on earth but a superhero in space!
S1E22: You Could Build a Gingerbread House? | Hey You, What If?
It's the ultimate baking challenge: making a gingerbread house you could actually live in.
S1E23: You Could Teleport? | Hey You, What If?
Is it really possible to teleport? Spoiler alert: it could end in disaster!
S1E24: You Took All the Water Out of the Sea? | Hey You, What If?
Empty the oceans and you’d see hidden wonders, but you'd also cause the end of the world.
S1E26: You Could Fly Like a Bird? | Hey You, What If?
Anyone can fly like a bird - you just have to travel across the solar system to do it!
S1E3: You Could Take a Lift to Space? | Hey You, What If?
What would happen if there really was a lift that took you all the way up to space?
S1E4: You Could Turn Into a Giant? | Hey You, What If?
Find out why turning into a huge giant would be no fairy tale.
15: Forces and Motion Special | Horrible Science
A weird and wonderful look at how gravity, magnetism and friction impact everything. With Fred Sirieix.
Cattle feedyard | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
Liz Bonnin visits a cattle feedyard, a mass factory farm, that contains about 50,000 cows.
02: People of the Forest | Landmarks
People of the Forest looks at the Baka of the Cameroon & the Kayapo of South America & how their lives work in balance with the rainforest.
3: Mary Ploppins, Magnets and Sorting Your Bits Out | Horrible Science
Mary Ploppins soothes those digestive ills, Dr Big Brain tries banana power, and Einstein reacts to Ti...
9: Space Vomit, Pet Mushrooms and Death by Chicken | Horrible Science
Revolting space travel, evolving cows, pet mushrooms, and Einstein watches a car on a trampoline.
Climate injustice | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
The people and areas that are being most affected by climate change are often those which contribute the least.
Piling on pounds | Life
Brown bears take advantage of a salmon run to fatten up for the winter.
Plastic in the sea | My Life
Isabel searches for plastic in the ocean around Bali, and explains that not all plastics in the sea are visible.
Return of the Emperors | Dynasties
Emperor penguins return to the newly-frozen sea ice to breed.
S1E21: Staying Cool | Nina and the Neurons
Joe has written to Nina because whenever he builds a snowman, it melts. Nina visits the mountains of Andorra to learn about stayin...
S3E13: Atoms | Brain Freeze
The crack TV science team investigate how many atoms there are in our bodies.
S3E2: Plastic | Brain Freeze
Knowles and McCork ask the question 'How much plastic is there in the oceans?'
Synchronised hunting | The Hunt
Working in perfect unison the dolphins charge to the shore, creating a bow wave that carries their prey onto the muddy banks where the dolphi...
The pollination process | The Private Life of Plants
David Attenborough describes the process of pollination and how this helps plants reproduce.
The smallest fox with the biggest ears! | Super Cute Animals (video)
The fennec's ears help it to survive in the heat of the desert dunes.
01: The Living Forest | Landmarks
The Living Forest looks at all the animals & plants that live in the forest on the ground to the forest canopy, & shows how they live in ba...
03: Destroying the Forest | Landmarks
By the next century, the rainforests of the world could have disappeared for ever, destroyed by outside influences and economic pressur...
04: Saving the Forest | Landmarks
Despite the destruction, there are ways to save the forest, by careful harvesting, protecting, learning, replanting, policing - and campaig...
1: Gravity the Musical, a T-rex and Vampires on Holiday | Horrible Science
A totally wicked song about gravity, a T-rex going to see a doctor, vampires on holiday, and Sir I...
10: Real Mutants, Volcanoes and Drinking Vomit | Horrible Science
The Real Mutants assemble, people are drinking vomit and electrocuting themselves for science, and the eart...
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