Seasons & Episodes
South West
Tonight, he travels to Bristol and the south west of England where he pays tribute to the woman who invented a bed with
South
Tonight, Adam's journey takes him south, and in Chard, Somerset he recreates the world's first powered flight - which wa
Scotland
Tonight, Adam's journey takes him to Scotland, and includes the story of Neville Maskelyne, the man who weighed all the
Midlands
Tonight's stories of pioneering scientists and inventors come from the Midlands. Host Adam Hart-Davis investigates the L
Northern Ireland
Tonight's stories of pioneering scientists and inventors come from Northern Ireland. Host Adam Hart-Davis discovers that
North West
The last in the series about pioneering scientists and inventors comes from the north west of England. Host Adam Hart-Da
Devon
Adam begins his search in Devon where he discusses the work of great British engineering innovators, such as Isambard Ki
Scotland
Adam Hart-Davis goes in search of pioneers of science and invention in Scotland. He investigates the achievements of Ale
East
Hart-Davis's journey around the country takes him to Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk. En route he re-creates a treadmill inve
North East
In Tyne and Wear Adam Hart-Davis re-creates the device conceived by Whitley Bay's Gladstone Adams. Travelling home from
Wales
On a visit to Wales cycling scientist Adam Hart-Davis gets bogged down on the road to Holyhead. Fortunately, one of his
South East
Cycling scientist Adam Hart-Davis visits London, where he re-creates a device invented by Hertha Ayrton to clear trenche
Science Week Special
Exploding Heroes
Devon and Cornwall
First of an eight-part series in which Adam Hart-Davis cycles around the country in search of the unsung heroes of scien
London
Adam Hart-Davis cycles around the country in search of the unsung heroes of science. This week he visits London, where
Egypt
In the first of two programmes to mark Science Week, Adam Hart-Davis travels to Egypt in search of the earliest heroes o
Sicily
In the second programme for Science Week that traces the origins of modern science, Adam Hart-Davis visits southern Ita
South
Adam Hart-Davis continues his search for unsung heroes of science when he cycles around the south of England. On a stop-
Ireland
Adam Hart-Davis cycles around Ireland to rediscover some scientific milestones. He looks at how John Tyndall found the s
N & W Birmingham
Adam Hart-Davis searches for unsung heroes of science on a trip to the Potteries, Staffordshire. Using a few pipes, a ri
North West
Adam Hart-Davis takes a ferry across the Mersey to celebrate the work of the North West's unsung heroes of science in th
South of England
Adam Hart Davis begins another cycling tour in search of more tales of pioneering inventors in an eight-part fourth seri
Edinburgh
This week Hart-Davis makes the journey to Elgin, re-creating the moment when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephon
The Netherlands
In Delft, Hart-Davis profiles the draper who was the first person to see bacteria through a microscope and the book-keep
North of England
Adam Hart-Davis recalls William Sturgeon's inventing the electric motor and James Nasmyth's steam hammer; he also sees J
Gloucestershire
Adam Hart-Davis recalls the work of Edwin Beard Budding, who invented the lawnmower, and focuses on William Henry Fox Ta
Heroines
East Midlands
Adam Hart-Davis cycles to Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire to find out about this week's heroes. They include Frank Wh
West of Scotland
Adam Hart-Davis concludes the series by visiting western Scotland. There he learns about John Logie Baird, inventor of t
Episode 1
Adam Hart-Davis gets on his bike for another six-part series searching for tales of scientific discovery. This week he r
East of Scotland
Adam Hart-Davis's cycling tour of Britain takes him to Scotland, where he visits St Andrews to see how backspin helps a
North of England
Adam Hart-Davis's cycling tour of Britain takes him this week to Yorkshire, where he visits Leeds Bridge, site of the fi
London
Adam Hart-Davis visits London as he salutes more pioneers of science. He sees how Brunei tunnelled under the Thames, dis
North of England
Adam Hart-Davis celebrates more pioneers of science, this week in Yorkshire and Lancashire, where he uncovers the steelm
Royal Institution Special
In the last programme of the series, Adam Hart-Davis celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Royal Institution - made fa
London
Cycling boffin Adam Hart-Davis pedals around Britain for a six-part sixth series, hunting out unsung pioneers of scienti
Episode 2
Adam Hart-Davis continues his bicycle tour of Britain with a visit to England's south coast, where he celebrates the con
Episode 3
Adam Hart-Davis stops off in Yorkshire as he continues his celebration of unsung scientists. In Whitby, he lauds whaling
Nobel Prize Winners
In an edition devoted to celebrating Britons who have won the Nobel Prize, Adam Hart-Davis lauds John Cockcroft's work o
Episode 5
Adam Hart-Davis sets his sights further afield with a trip to Italy, where he ascends the Leaning Tower of Pisa in a bid
East Midlands
In the last instalment of the series, viewers get the chance to show off their ideas for hovercraft, ice lenses, scienti
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