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Play S1 E1Tom 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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1. I Helped Break a 142-Year-Old Bell, and That’s OkayIn Leicestershire, at the John Taylor Bell Foundry, there's fire, sledgehammer swinging, and metal hotter than a volcano. Also, several questions about cheese.CC31minMar 23, 2026
2. They Can Fly 200 Miles With No Fuel. Here’s How.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.CC26minMar 30, 2026
3. I Missed the Evidence. Can You Spot It?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.CC28minApr 6, 2026
4. These People Walk Towards Mining DisastersIn 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.CC20minApr 13, 2026
5. These Mannequins Can BleedAt Sheffield Hallam University in Yorkshire, I meet the Clinical Simulation team and deal with some animated patients.
(Note: includes simulated blood and gore.)CC28minApr 20, 2026
6. I Finally Got to Drive Yorkshire’s Tiny BoatsAt 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.CC23minApr 27, 2026
7. If You Found Candy With My Name in It, Here’s WhyAt 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.CC16minMay 4, 2026
8. Oh No, I Sympathized With a Victorian Arms DealerIn Northumberland, at the National Trust's Cragside mansion, I visit the former home of the Magician of the North.CC24minMay 11, 2026
9. The Mist That Keeps the Tyne Tunnels SafeAt 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.CC21minMay 18, 2026
10. This Man Stops People Drowning in QuicksandIn 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.CC26minMay 25, 2026
11. Pulling the Lever Is the Easy PartIn 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.CC26minJun 1, 2026
12. Can a 70-Year-Old Telescope Still Be Useful?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.CC22minJun 8, 2026
13. We Can’t Invent a Robot Better Than These FerretsIn Derbyshire, at the National Ferret School, I say "hello" to some smelly thieves, and go on a surprisingly Biblical tangent.CC22minJun 15, 2026
14. I Got Hit in the Teeth With 900-Year-Old AntlersIn 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.CC14minJun 22, 2026
15. I Launched the Mighty TrebuchetAt 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.CC22minJun 29, 2026
16. If I Get this Wrong, 50,000 People Will Hear It.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.CC22minJul 6, 2026
17. I Have a Weird Conspiracy Theory About This BridgeIn 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.CC12minJul 13, 2026
18. I Get Excited About an AmpersandAt 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.CC22minJul 20, 2026
19. I’m So Glad This Hidden Monorail Broke DownAt 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.CC26minJul 27, 2026
20. Two Nerds Try to Build a WallIn 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.CC24minAug 3, 2026
21. This 100-Year-Old Ride Must Never Change AgainAt 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.CC16minAug 10, 2026
22. How Do You Keep 8,995 Codebreakers Secret?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?CC25minAug 17, 2026
23. I Didn’t Need to Drive This Mars Rover, but I DidIn 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.CC22minAug 24, 2026
24. Flying a Plane Badly, On PurposeAt 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.CC17minAug 31, 2026
25. Thomas, a Tank Engine, is not Thomas the Tank Engine.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.CC17minSep 7, 2026
26. I’m the 97th Best Tiddlywinks Player in the WorldAt the University of Cambridge, I try to recover some childhood muscle memory, and see if I can get good enough at a Victorian parlour game to break the world top 100 in just one day.CC25minSep 14, 2026
27. When I Blow This Whistle, a Swimming Pool AppearsAt the Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, I climb a ladder, blow a whistle, witness the Globe of Death, and see the Water Spectacular. Not all at the same time.CC25minSep 21, 2026
28. This Arcade Game Makes You Climb a LadderAt Southwold Pier in Suffolk, I visit Tim Hunkin's End of the Pier Show, a collection of weird automata and arcade games that offer something a bit more interesting than tickets and prizes.CC10minSep 28, 2026
29. Why Robots Can’t Pick Strawberries YetIn Tiptree in Essex, at the headquarters of famous jam and preserve manufacturer Wilkin & Sons, this city boy gets impressed by agricultural infrastructure, and meets some robots that work better than others.CC30minOct 5, 2026
30. Tom Gets Excited About a PendulumAt the Cumbria Clock Company, I close up a hole in my map, meet the team that manage and restore more than a thousand public clocks across the UK and wider afield, and discover that I knew far less about pendulum clocks than I thought.CC21minOct 12, 2026
31. This Machine Breaks ThingsAt Kirkaldy's Testing Works, in the historic county of Surrey, there's a sign above the door that says "Facts Not Opinions". And inside, there's a gigantic machine that breaks things.CC22minOct 19, 2026
32. This Room Keeps Great Britain’s Lights OnIn Berkshire sits the control room for Britain's National Energy System Operator, NESO. The team in there keep the lights on across the country -- which is a job that's quite different to just a few years ago.CC16minOct 26, 2026
33. Why You Can’t Touch StonehengeThe short answer is: letting 1.4 million visitors a year touch the stones would destroy them. But the long answer is still fascinating. With Stonehenge's curator, I get to go inside the circle.CC25minNov 2, 2026- 34. Episode 34No synopsis available yet.CCNov 9, 2026
- 35. Episode 35No synopsis available yet.CCNov 16, 2026
- 36. Episode 36No synopsis available yet.CCNov 23, 2026
- 37. Episode 37No synopsis available yet.CCNov 30, 2026
- 38. Episode 38No synopsis available yet.CCDec 7, 2026
- 39. Episode 39No synopsis available yet.CCDec 14, 2026
- 40. Episode 40No synopsis available yet.CCDec 21, 2026
- 41. Episode 41No synopsis available yet.CCDec 28, 2026
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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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