Look Around You

Season 2 - Look Around You

• Season 2 Episode 6: Live Final (2005) The team conclude the series by presenting the Invention of the Year award, with a sex-change machine among the gadgets in the running. Jack and Pealy eagerly await the arrival of the Prince of Wales, who is to announce the winner - but one of the shortlisted boffins is becoming particularly difficult and unpredictable
• Season 2 Episode 5: Computers (2005) The team examine the latest in computer technology, taking a look at the first such machine designed for women to use and visiting Britain's leading games shop - home to such exciting prospects as Horsefighter and Diarrhoea Dan. Plus, a report on the most powerful computer in Britain - known as Bournemouth. Spoof science show, with Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper
• Season 2 Episode 4: Food (2005) The team examine how scientific advances are changing eating habits, meeting the man who lost 52 stone in six weeks with the aid of a controversial slimming powder and visiting an entirely automated fast-food casserole restaurant, which boasts porcupine on its menu. Plus, a performance by the world's only vegetable orchestra
• Season 2 Episode 3: Sport (2005) The spoof educational show turns its attention to the future of sport. A world sprinting champion is challenged to run from London to Scotland in less than five minutes and the team meet two clones of a successful designer of footballs. Plus, a report on a new leisure pursuit taking America by storm - a combination of golf and tennis called gonnis
• Season 2 Episode 2: Health (2005) The spoof educational programme focuses on advances in healthcare. Presenter Jack Morgan receives plastic surgery courtesy of the world's first robot surgeon, while the team test a revolutionary new toothbrush and visit the research institute of Professor Keith Craven, who claims to be able to teach people new skills while they are asleep
• Season 2 Episode 1: Music 2000 (2005) No synopsis available

Season 1 - Look Around You

• Season 1 Episode 8: The Brain (2002) The spoof educational series concludes with a look at the workings of the brain. Scientists examine what happens when a thin metal strip is inserted into this important organ to stimulate an area known as broab, before measuring the effect of this on a person's mental state
• Season 1 Episode 7: Iron (2002) The spoof educational programme continues with a look at iron - one of the most important metals known to man. After discussing the fun that can be had with filings, the show raises the issue of pig-iron, before questioning the status of pigs themselves within modern society
• Season 1 Episode 6: Music (2002) The spoof educational programme continues with a demonstration of the Harrington 1200 - a song-writing computer - which is put through its paces and used to compose a modern pop tune under laboratory conditions. Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper star
• Season 1 Episode 5: Sulphur (2002) The fifth module of the spoof educational series deals with the properties and behaviour of sulphur, taking the Lightning Decision Matches company in Birmingham as its case study
• Season 1 Episode 4: Ghosts (2004) This module of the spoof educational series concentrates on the behaviour of ghosts, studying them in detail through step-by-step experiments. Comedy, with Peter Serafinowicz
• Season 1 Episode 3: Germs (2002) Module three of the spoof educational series focuses on germs, revealing the importance of washing hands after using the toilet
• Season 1 Episode 2: Water (2002) The spoof educational series continues. Module two observes water in its different forms : ice, vapour and water : revealing how a modern snowman is made and watching ants as they design and build an igloo
• Season 1 Episode 1: Maths (2002) Comedy series parodying Seventies schools and college programmes, each week tackling a different scientific subject. The first topic covered is basic maths and numerology : revealing the largest number in the world and showing how maths can be useful in social situations