Tom Scott: England

1. I Helped Break a 142-Year-Old Bell, and That’s Okay

Air Date: 2026-03-23

In Leicestershire, at the John Taylor Bell Foundry, there's fire, sledgehammer swinging, and metal hotter than a volcano. Also, several questions about cheese.

2. They Can Fly 200 Miles With No Fuel. Here’s How.

Air Date: 2026-03-30

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.

3. I Missed the Evidence. Can You Spot It?

Air Date: 2026-04-06

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.

4. These People Walk Towards Mining Disasters

Air Date: 2026-04-13

In 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.

5. These mannequins can bleed.

Air Date: 2026-04-20

At Sheffield Hallam University in the West Riding of Yorkshire, I meet the Clinical Simulation team, and deal with some surprisingly animated patients. (Note: includes simulated blood and gore.)

6. I finally got to drive Yorkshire’s tiny boats

Air Date: 2026-04-27

At 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.

7. If you found candy with my name in it, here's why

Air Date: 2026-05-04

At 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.

8. Oh no, I sympathized with a Victorian arms dealer

Air Date: 2026-05-11

In Northumberland, at the National Trust's Cragside mansion, I visit the former home of the Magician of the North, learn a shocking fact about some lamps, and utter the phrase "it gets worse".

9. The mist that keeps the Tyne Tunnels safe

Air Date: 2026-05-18

At 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.

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2026-05-25