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Episode 5
Episode 5 of 6
Greg Foot finds out if a falling penny can kill you, is immersed in cold water to test extreme temperatures and has his fingers hammered to test a weird painkiller.
If a penny falls off the top of the Empire State Building and hits someone on the pavement, will it kill them? Science geek and adrenaline junkie Greg Foot lives to risk his neck and get to the bottom of such things. Greg comes under sustained attack - he's immersed in cold water to discover what extreme temperature can do to you and has his fingers hammered to test a weird painkiller. And then he investigates spontaneous human combustion. Curiouser and curiouser...
Last on
Tue 17 Apr 2012
04:55
Clips
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Why is fire hot?
Duration: 04:04
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Does It Hurt Less If You Swear?
Duration: 01:42
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Greg Foot |
Presenter | Greg Foot |
Presenter | Greg Foot |
Executive Producer | Helen Thomas |
Executive Producer | Helen Thomas |
Executive Producer | Helen Thomas |
Series Producer | Peter Leonard |
Series Producer | Peter Leonard |
Series Producer | Peter Leonard |
Broadcasts
- Sun 18 Mar 2012 19:00
- Mon 19 Mar 2012 03:30
- Fri 23 Mar 2012 03:40
- Tue 17 Apr 2012 04:55