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Dick and Dom look at the amazing people who had a genius idea which has helped shaped the world we live in. From Archimedes to Faraday, Dick and Dom explore the work of the most important inventors and scientists in history and are inspired to come up with their own genius idea at the end of each show, such as attempting to defy the laws of gravity by riding The Wall of Death, to recording their own version of the Doctor Who theme tune with a twist, to even attempting a journey into space involving a Diddy Dom doll, a tracking device and a helium balloon the size of a house. (BBC 2 primary school compendium drawn from individual episodes)
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician and expert engineer, and bring one his most brilliant inventions to life, with some explosive results.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, and inspired by his ideas, come up with their own genius idea, involving a small doll, a huge helium balloon and a journey in to space.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists of all time and come up with their own genius idea, when they attempt to defy the laws of gravity by riding the Wall of Death.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Michael Faraday, a pioneer of electricity and come up with their own genius idea, involving a cage, and almost a million volts of electricity.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Delia Derbyshire, a pioneer of modern-day music who helped create the Doctor Who theme tune, and record their own version of the Doctor Who theme tune with a twist.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the man who invented London's giant sewer system, and come up with their own genius idea to demonstrate the explosive power of poo.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Scottish inventor and engineer James Watt, who revolutionised steam technology, and come up with their own genius idea, when they build and race a steam powered tandem bike.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of food expert Elsie Widdowson, who helped to devise war time rationing, and come up with their own genius idea, involving some rations, some army cadets and a gruelling assault course.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci and bring one of Da Vinci's boldest inventions to life, involving a tank, a medieval army, and some rotten tomatoes.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of engineer extraordinaire Isambard Kingdom Brunel and come up with their own genius idea, which involves climbing to the top of one of the tallest bridges in the world.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of the Wright Brothers, the men behind the first ever powered and controlled flight. Inspired by the Wright Brothers, they come up with their own genius idea, which involves a terrifying flight in a stunt plane.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Alexander Fleming, the man who discovered penicillin. Inspired by Fleming's discovery, they come up with their own genius idea, which involves an attempt to turn billions of germs into priceless works of art.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi, the man behind wireless communication. Inspired by Marconi, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea, which involves Dick taking to the skies in hang glider for an extreme radio broadcast.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Karl Benz, the man behind the first petrol-powered car. Inspired by Benz, the duo then come up with their own genius idea, when they build and race their own cars.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of astronomer Caroline Herschel, the first woman to spot one of the most mysterious objects in our solar system - a comet. Inspired by her genius, they come up with their own genius idea when they make their own comet-inspired action movie.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Al-Jazari, an ancient engineer who built mind-blowing machines that were designed to entertain and impress everyone who saw them. Influenced by Al-Jazari, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea, when they build their own Al-Jazari inspired robot.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Charles Darwin and explore the theory of evolution. Inspired by Darwin's genius ideas, they come up with their own genius idea when take the plunge and go face-to-face with one of the most perfectly evolved predators on the planet - a terrifying shark.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Alan Turing, World War II codebreaker and the man behind the modern-day computer. Inspired by Turing's genius, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea, when they use the power of computers to put on a spectacular fireworks display.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Marie Curie, one of the most famous female scientists of all time. Inspired by Curie's genius ideas, they come up with one of their own - an exploding shed.
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Fox Talbot, a pioneer of photography. Inspired by him, they come up with their own genius idea when they turn a bin into a giant pinhole camera.
Dick and Dom reveal some of the past and present video games that have had a major impact on the gaming world.
Dick and Dom reveal the three geniuses whose ideas all helped develop animation in video gaming through the years.
Dick and Dom discover how characters are created for video games and reveal three geniuses who have created iconic characters.
Dick and Dom learn about the history of storytelling in video games and reveal three geniuses who have created legendary tales.
Dick and Dom learn about the creation of fictional worlds and environments in video games.
Dick and Dom learn about coding and reveal three geniuses who have changed the programming world.
Dick and Dom reveal three geniuses who have changed the way we play video games.
Dick and Dom meet the winner of the competition to design a video game.
Dick and Dom look to the stars and reveal three geniuses whose tech-tastic ideas have pioneered space travel. The boys go to NASA to see where real astronauts train before going to space, meet the man who sent the Rover to Mars, and get to drive a real space vehicle.
Dick and Dom meet man's future best friend - robots. The boys reveal three geniuses whose ideas have changed the world of robotics and they come face to face with one of the world's largest humanoid robots. They also create their very own destructive robot.
Dick and Dom get to play with the coolest toys with tech from both the past and the future. The boys reveal three geniuses whose ideas have changed the way we play and get to ride a real-life hoverboard and drive a full-sized remote-controlled car.
Dick and Dom look at how technology has changed the way we communicate and the geniuses behind the innovations. From how a film star's idea to help win World War II led to Wi-Fi, to how technology may one day allow us to communicate just using our brains.
Dick and Dom attempt to become superheroes by using technology to have superpowers. They reveal three geniuses whose inventions allow us to do the impossible, from breathing underwater to having superhuman strength and even extra limbs.
Dick and Dom look at the geniuses whose ideas have changed travel and explore how people might travel in the future. They visit Germany to get a ride in a driverless car and attempt hyperspeed when they make their own mini version of the future of transport.
Dick and Dom travel through time to look at five of their favourite technological innovations that have changed the way we live at home. With the help from tech experts, their celebrity friends and science buddy Fran, they look at how these inventions work, and how they have changed the way we live.
Dick and Dom put the eight finalists of the Absolute Tech Genius contest through their paces to crown one of them the ultimate absolute tech genius.
Dick and Dom don their hard hats and head underground to reveal the three tunnelling geniuses whose ideas revolutionised the way we dig deep below the earth.
Dick and Dom head to New York to piece together the genius ideas that have seen buildings soar to incredible heights.
Dick and Dom go head to head with the fiercest forces in nature as they enter the genius world of engineering against floods, wind and earthquakes.
Dick and Dom go super-sized when they trace the origins of the ideas that have made shifting heavy weights a whole lot easier.
Dick and Dom's quest takes them into the frazzling, windy and fast-flowing world of renewable energy. They head deep into the searing Nevada desert.
Dick and Dom learn about defensive engineering, including impregnable castles, concrete bunkers and efforts to protect Earth from asteroids.
Dick and Dom look at the world of monster bridges, from ancient Roman arches to a future where we may see bridges 3D-printed by robots.
Dick and Dom sample all the fun of the fair in this thrill ride through the engineering genius of roller coasters and water slides.
