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Play S1 E1Tom Scott takes a road trip to every county of England, travelling by car, train, boat, plane, tram, monorail and hovercraft, visiting hidden infrastructure, ancient traditions, and more bells than you might expect.
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Season 1
31 episodes
1. I Helped Break a 142-Year-Old Bell, and That’s OkayIn Leicestershire, at the John Taylor Bell Foundry, there's fire, sledgehammer swinging, and metal hotter than a volcano. Also, several questions about cheese.CC31minMar 23, 2026
2. They Can Fly 200 Miles With No Fuel. Here’s How.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.CC26minMar 30, 2026
3. I Missed the Evidence. Can You Spot It?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.CC28minApr 6, 2026
4. These People Walk Towards Mining DisastersIn 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.CC20minApr 13, 2026
5. These Mannequins Can BleedAt Sheffield Hallam University in Yorkshire, I meet the Clinical Simulation team and deal with some animated patients.
(Note: includes simulated blood and gore.)CC28minApr 20, 2026
6. I Finally Got to Drive Yorkshire’s Tiny BoatsAt 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.CC23minApr 27, 2026
7. If You Found Candy With My Name in It, Here’s WhyAt 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.CC16minMay 4, 2026
8. Oh No, I Sympathized With a Victorian Arms DealerIn Northumberland, at the National Trust's Cragside mansion, I visit the former home of the Magician of the North.CC24minMay 11, 2026
9. The Mist That Keeps the Tyne Tunnels SafeAt 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.CC21minMay 18, 2026
10. This Man Stops People Drowning in QuicksandIn Westmorland, at Morecambe Bay, I meet the King's Guide to the Sands, walk across a very dangerous stretch of sand, and learn about a centuries-old tradition that's been brought into the 21st century.CC26minMay 25, 2026
11. Pulling the Lever Is the Easy PartIn Lancashire, at National Rail's Manchester signalling classroom, I learn why it's very, very rare for trains to collide... and then go to an actual, live signal box to see it for real.CC26minJun 1, 2026
12. Can a 70-Year-Old Telescope Still Be Useful?At Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, I get to fulfill a childhood dream: but more importantly, I ask whether a telescope built in the 1950s can still do useful science.CC22minJun 8, 2026
13. We Can’t Invent a Robot Better Than These FerretsIn Derbyshire, at the National Ferret School, I say "hello" to some smelly thieves, and go on a surprisingly Biblical tangent.CC22minJun 15, 2026
14. I Got Hit in the Teeth With 900-Year-Old AntlersIn the village of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, I join the oldest village tradition in Britain: the Horn Dance. It ends up being slightly more painful than I expected.CC14minJun 22, 2026
15. I Launched the Mighty TrebuchetAt Warwick Castle, there's a 22-tonne medieval siege engine. I got to see how it works, meet the person in charge, and -- technically -- help fire it. Technically.CC22minJun 29, 2026
16. If I Get this Wrong, 50,000 People Will Hear It.At Worcester Cathedral, I finally take on a challenge that hundreds of people have suggested: bell ringing. It's difficult, a little dangerous, and also lets me talk about a lot of weird English words.CC22minJul 6, 2026
17. I Have a Weird Conspiracy Theory About This BridgeIn Shropshire, I visit the Iron Bridge in the village of Ironbridge. And then I have a corkboard, pins, string, and a frankly-unhinged conspiracy theory about what an architect was actually planning.CC12minJul 13, 2026
18. I Get Excited About an AmpersandAt Hereford Cathedral, I visit a library where the books are chained to the shelves -- and see two of those books, to help understand just how quickly one technology can change the world.CC22minJul 20, 2026
19. I’m So Glad This Hidden Monorail Broke DownAt the English end of the Prince of Wales Bridge, in Gloucestershire, I get to visit the Rapid Access Train, the RAT, a hidden suspended monorail. Except... that's only half the story.CC26minJul 27, 2026
20. Two Nerds Try to Build a WallIn Oxfordshire, at the Dry Stone Academy, I'm joined by Dr Becky. We have until our camera batteries run out to try one of the oldest surviving crafts in Britain: dry stone walling.CC24minAug 3, 2026
21. This 100-Year-Old Ride Must Never Change AgainAt Wicksteed Park in Northamptonshire, there's a 100-year-old water chute, and I took a ride. Also, I find the first ever playground swing, and make a fool of myself on a slide.CC16minAug 10, 2026
22. How Do You Keep 8,995 Codebreakers Secret?At Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, I don't want to know how a few boffins broke the Enigma code, because it wasn't a few boffins. I want to know: how on earth did they keep the "intelligence factory" secret when there were thousands and thousands of people involved?CC25minAug 17, 2026
23. I Didn’t Need to Drive This Mars Rover, but I DidIn Stevenage, Hertfordshire, there's a simulation of Mars: at Airbus' facilities, I got to meet some Mars rovers, take a test drive, and discover the most incredible wheel I've ever seen.CC22minAug 24, 2026
24. Flying a Plane Badly, On PurposeAt Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, I'm going aboard the National Flying Laboratory, and trying to keep my sense of direction, and my stomach, as the plane goes through some very non-standard manoeuvres.CC16minAug 31, 2026
25. Thomas, a Tank Engine, is not Thomas the Tank Engine.At the Nene Valley Railway in Huntingdonshire, I meet a tank engine called Thomas that is, for legal reasons, not Thomas the Tank Engine... and, to my surprise, I find out why, in the early days of steam, Victorians might have found trains terrifying.CC16minSep 7, 2026- 26. Episode 26No synopsis available yet.CCSep 14, 2026
- 27. Episode 27No synopsis available yet.CCSep 21, 2026
- 28. Episode 28No synopsis available yet.CCSep 28, 2026
- 29. Episode 29No synopsis available yet.CCOct 5, 2026
- 30. Episode 30No synopsis available yet.CCOct 12, 2026
- 31. Episode 31No synopsis available yet.CCOct 19, 2026
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Tom Scott takes a road trip to every county of England, travelling by car, train, boat, plane, tram, monorail and hovercraft, visiting hidden infrastructure, ancient traditions, and more bells than you might expect.
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