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Science Shack

Season 2 2003

  • 2003-08-06T23:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
Science Shack was a BBC television series screened in 2001 and 2002. It was presented by Adam Hart-Davis and produced by Leeds UK-based Screenhouse Productions. The series set out to answer science questions by performing experiments. In the first series, topics included: 'Can you walk on the ceiling?' for which the team held an inverted walking competition, with Australians taking part; 'What will we do when the oil runs out?' with the shack in Cornwall and powered by alternative energy sources; and 'Why did the millennium bridge wobble?', in which the team built a working model of the footbridge near the Tate Modern.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

2003-08-06T23:00:00Z

2x01 Can you walk on water?

Season Premiere

2x01 Can you walk on water?

  • 2003-08-06T23:00:00Z30m

New series Is it possible to walk on water? In the first of a six-part series, Adam Hart-Davis attempts to emulate the daring feats of the "Jesus Christ" lizard. This reptile needs more than faith to support its weight on water-can innovative engineering re-create its amazing behaviour?

2x02 Can I make myself invisible?

  • 2003-08-13T23:00:00Z30m

Adam Hart-Davis challenges the team to make him invisible in the second of a six-part series. After examining the latest natural camouflage techniques, they come up with some innovative ideas, including a suit of many mirrors. But will their invisible car fade into obscurity or stand out a mile?

2x03 How tall can you make a building?

  • 2003-08-20T23:00:00Z30m

Adam Hart-Davis looks at the engineering and psychological challenges of making skyscrapers, while the team attempts to build the world's tallest papertower, complete with a working lift to carry Hart-Davis to the top.

2003-09-03T23:00:00Z

2x04 How high can you jump?

2x04 How high can you jump?

  • 2003-09-03T23:00:00Z30m

Adam Hart-Davis challenges an assortment of athletes to propel themselves over the Science Shack. Can science bettertheir performances? And can it match nature's best?

2003-09-10T23:00:00Z

2x05 Can you fly like a bird?

2x05 Can you fly like a bird?

  • 2003-09-10T23:00:00Z30m

Adam Hart-Davis challenges a group of engineers to help him fully mimic the flight of birds.

2003-09-17T23:00:00Z

2x06 Can you live underwater?

2x06 Can you live underwater?

  • 2003-09-17T23:00:00Z30m

Adam Hart-Davis looks at whether it is possible to live permanently beneath the waves in a self-sustaining underwater habitat in the last edition of the series.

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