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Dallas Campbell, Liz Bonnin, Jem Stansfield and Dr. Yan Wong take on the scientific world by devising their own ingenious ways of explaining cutting-edge developments in technology.

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    Bang Goes the Theory Season 1 Episode 1 - Vortex Cannon
    6.0/10(6 votes)

    #1 - Vortex Cannon

    S1:E1

    Jem Stansfield builds a vortex cannon to pick up where the big bad wolf failed to blow over a house of brick; Dallas Campbell takes on the big brother technology that will track every one of us simply by the way we walk; Liz Bonnin confronts the controversial US scientist working to create the first generation of artificial life; and Dr Yan Wong tackles unsuspecting shoppers with a simple question: how do you cook an egg with a piece of newspaper?

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  2. Bang Goes the Theory Season 1 Episode 2 - Jet Pack
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    #2 - Jet Pack

    S1:E2

    In this second episode of the series, the team take on more scientific challenges. Engineer Jem Stansfield designs, builds and then puts his life in his hands by tying himself to a water jet pack. Zoologist Liz Bonnin finds out if insects are the future of food, science-mad Dallas Campbell investigates NASA's latest attempts to prove there is life beyond Earth, and roving reporter Dr Yan Wong challenges the people of Cambridge to blow up a bin liner.

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  3. Bang Goes the Theory Season 1 Episode 3 - Vacuum Climber
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    #3 - Vacuum Climber

    S1:E3

    In the latest of the series that puts science to the test, the team takes on more fun experiments and challenges. Dallas Campbell traces the incredible global journey of 30,000 indestructible plastic ducks, while Liz Bonnin goes on manoeuvres at the bottom of the Baltic Sea in the Royal Navy's latest search and rescue sub. Dr Yan Wong challenges the people of Cardiff to take on the might of friction, and Jem Stansfield uses two domestic vacuum cleaners to climb up the side of a building.

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  4. Bang Goes the Theory Season 1 Episode 4 - Rockets & Space
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    #4 - Rockets & Space

    S1:E4

    The team take on more popular science. Liz Bonnin investigates recent research into the magnetic qualities of cows, while Dallas Campbell puts psychological priming to the test. Dr Yan Wong demonstrates why rockets work in space with the help of an underwater firework, and Jem Stansfield tries to put the programme in the space race.

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  5. Bang Goes the Theory Season 1 Episode 5 - Adrenaline Junkie
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    #5 - Adrenaline Junkie

    S1:E5

    Jem Stansfield attempts to defeat the US Navy's latest weapon with no more than some foam and a crash helmet. Zoologist Liz Bonnin gets in contact with her frog brain, Dallas Campbell re-programmes his caveman brain to become a thrill-seeker, and Dr Yan Wong gets his thrills from inhaling sulphur hexafluoride.

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  6. Bang Goes the Theory Season 1 Episode 6 - Helicopters
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    #6 - Helicopters

    S1:E6

    Jem Stansfield takes to the air with the Royal Navy to explain how helicopters work, while Liz Bonnin puts brain training devices to the test. Dallas Campbell investigates the new space entrepeneurs in California, and Dr Yan Wong shows how to melt glass with a microwave.

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  7. Bang Goes the Theory Season 1 Episode 7 - Braking Systems & Origins Of Speech
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    #7 - Braking Systems & Origins Of Speech

    S1:E7

    Jem Stansfield tests out new braking systems that won't burn money, Liz Bonnin looks into the origins of speech by trying to wipe out someone's speech cortex, Dallas Campbell takes part in a sea race with Dame Ellen MacArthur to try and explain why British summers are rubbish and Dr Yan Wong explains a common optical illusion.

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  8. Bang Goes the Theory Season 1 Episode 8 - Microwave Death Ray & Gyroscopes
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    #8 - Microwave Death Ray & Gyroscopes

    S1:E8

    Jem Stansfield builds a microwave death ray to prove the existence of invisible and untapped energy, Liz Bonnin takes on the nature versus nurture debate with a troop of monkeys, Dr Yan Wong explains how gyroscopes work with the help of a couple of office chairs, and Dallas Campbell decides to save the world of physics from crisis by trying to find a missing bit of the universe.

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  9. Bang Goes the Theory Season 1 Episode 9 - Spider Silk & Flight School
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    #9 - Spider Silk & Flight School

    S1:E9

    Jem Stansfield puts spider silk - the strongest material in the natural world - to the test; Liz Bonnin joins the RAF's flight school to find out the truth about multi-tasking; Dr Yan Wong experiments with sodium acetate; and Dallas Campbell dusts off his top hat to reveal the secret science of magic.

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  10. Bang Goes the Theory Season 1 Episode 10 - Toffee Powered Rocket & Sense Of Smell
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    #10 - Toffee Powered Rocket & Sense Of Smell

    S1:E10

    The team take on more scientific challenges. Jem Stansfield decides to build a rocket powered by toffee and then thinks it would be a good idea to ride it. Liz Bonnin investigates our sense of smell and whether it can make us smarter. Dr Yan Wong demonstrates the connection between electricity and magnetism. And Dallas Campbell explains nuclear fusion by going to the circus.

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  11. Bang Goes the Theory Season 2 Episode 1 - Land Speed, Oil, and CSI
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    #11 - Land Speed, Oil, and CSI

    S2:E1

    Engineer Jem tries to smash a land speed record with the help of a single fire extinguisher, a go kart and a well oiled spanner. In an experiment that you really shouldn't try at home, Jem builds himself a go-kart attached to a staggeringly powerful fire extinguisher that uses the laws of physics to fire him along a race track and into the record books. With oil prices rising every year, Dallas takes on an issue that concerns all of us. What will we do when the oil runs out? At the moment, across the globe, we use 85 million barrels of crude oil every single day but the fact is that our oil supplies can't last forever. With Richard Branson as one of his guides, Dallas looks at the future of oil explorations, and tells us what this means for our wallets. Liz goes behind the scenes of the real CSI (the Forensic Science Service) to meet the scientists working with the police to solve real crimes. With one crime, three suspects and no DNA evidence, Liz launches her very own forensic investigation to catch the bad guy. Bang Goes the Theory is co-produced with The Open University. For more ways to put science to the test, go to www.bbc.co.uk/bang and follow the links to The Open University.

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  12. Bang Goes the Theory Season 2 Episode 2 - G-Force, Sport Relief, and Atoms
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    #12 - G-Force, Sport Relief, and Atoms

    S2:E2

    Liz Bonnin, Dallas Campbell and Jem Stansfield take on more scientific challenges. Engineer Jem becomes a crash test dummy to discover how much g-force his body can take, while scientist Liz gets the Olympic treatment for Sport Relief. Dallas enters the weird world of the atom, and roving reporter Dr Yan Wong dives into a shark tank to explain why there are no long snorkels.

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  13. Bang Goes the Theory Season 2 Episode 3 - Charles Darwin, Hydrofoil and 3D
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    #13 - Charles Darwin, Hydrofoil and 3D

    S2:E3

    Dallas takes on the latest lie detection technology, while Liz looks at the dilemma that threatened to undermine her hero Charles Darwin. Jem faces his toughest challenge yet, to build a human-powered hydrofoil, and Dr Yan gets on the 3D bandwagon.

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  14. Bang Goes the Theory Season 2 Episode 4 - Steel, Immortality, Dolphins
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    #14 - Steel, Immortality, Dolphins

    S2:E4

    Liz Bonnin, Dallas Campbell, Jem Stansfield and Dr Yan Wong take on more experiments and scientific challenges. Jem hits the furnace to make steel and discovers how it built the modern world, while Liz investigates whether science can help humans live forever. Dallas turns into a dolphin with the help of the latest US technology, and Yan challenges museum visitors to make fire out of thin air.

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  15. Bang Goes the Theory Season 2 Episode 5 - Ash, Ice and Carbon
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    #15 - Ash, Ice and Carbon

    S2:E5

    Bang goes the Theory puts science to the test once more. The team start by looking at the science behind the recent volcanic ash crisis that has grounded Europe's planes. In the rest of the programme, Jem Stansfield visits a power station to explain why steam is still powering the country, while Dallas hits the slopes to discover the science behind skiing.

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  16. Bang Goes the Theory Season 2 Episode 6 - Happiness, Climate Change and Avalanches
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    #16 - Happiness, Climate Change and Avalanches

    S2:E6

    Dallas hits the streets to discover what makes us happy, while Liz travels to Norway to investigate the latest technology to combat climate change. Jem puts himself in harm's way in avalanche country, and Dr Yan sets an optical illusion challenge to a WI meeting.

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  17. Bang Goes the Theory Season 2 Episode 7 - Free Diving, Horsepower and Antimatter
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    #17 - Free Diving, Horsepower and Antimatter

    S2:E7

    Jem straps a race horse to his car to explain what horsepower is, Liz sets Dallas a free diving challenge that leaves him gasping for air, Dr Yan shows shoppers how to burn steel, and Dallas goes to CERN to see how a cosmic tea party created everything in the universe.

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  18. Bang Goes the Theory Season 2 Episode 8 - Smell, Life and Junk Fuel
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    #18 - Smell, Life and Junk Fuel

    S2:E8

    Liz Bonnin launches a large experiment to learn about the nation's sense of smell, and Dallas Campbell investigates new evidence that life on Earth might have originated in space. Dr Yan Wong hands out free wine to shoppers in Rugby, and on the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future, Jem Stansfield tries to build a car fuelled by junk. Last in the series

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  19. Bang Goes the Theory Season 3 Episode 1 - Oil Spill Disaster
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    #19 - Oil Spill Disaster

    S3:E1

    In this episode, the team investigate the recent Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. Zoologist Liz Bonnin travels to Louisiana and takes part in the rescue effort to protect the area's wildlife, while Jem Stansfield builds a scale model to explain what happens when an oil well gets out of control, and how to solve the problem. Meanwhile, Dallas Campbell proves Einstein's theory of relativity with the help of a jet plane and a very expensive atomic clock.

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  20. Bang Goes the Theory Season 3 Episode 2 - Sunburn, Smarter, Square Wheels
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    #20 - Sunburn, Smarter, Square Wheels

    S3:E2

    In the second episode of the series, the team take on more scientific challenges. Liz Bonnin looks at the science behind sunburn, and discovers how much sun damage she has on her face. Dallas Campbell tries to make museum visitors younger and smarter in a series of psychological experiments. And Jem Stansfield proves that wheels don't have to be round by building a square-wheeled skateboard. The programme is co-produced with the Open University. For more ways to put science to the test, go to www.bbc.co.uk/bang and follow the links to The Open University.

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  21. Bang Goes the Theory Season 3 Episode 3 - Jetlag, Solar System, Square Wheeled Motorbike
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    #21 - Jetlag, Solar System, Square Wheeled Motorbike

    S3:E3

    Liz conducts an experiment into jetlag and how to avoid it, while Dallas demonstrates the size of the solar system with the help of a bicycle and a fruit bowl. And Jem upgrades his square-wheeled skateboard to a motorbike, before trying to jump it into the record books.

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  22. Bang Goes the Theory Season 3 Episode 4 - Weather, Wave Power and Evolution
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    #22 - Weather, Wave Power and Evolution

    S3:E4

    Dallas looks at the origins of our weather and explains how the emergence of seasons allowed life to form, all with the help of a grenade launcher. Jem travels to Scotland to check out the latest green technology - wave power. And Liz meets Richard Dawkins to prove evolution.

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  23. Bang Goes the Theory Season 3 Episode 5 - Icelandic Volcano Eruption, Gambling in Vegas, Solar Furnaces
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    #23 - Icelandic Volcano Eruption, Gambling in Vegas, Solar Furnaces

    S3:E5

    Liz visits the volcano that brought Britain to a standstill, and examines its aftermath and the likelihood of a re-occurrence. Dallas blows the budget in Vegas to explain why people are so bad at predicting probabilities. Jem borrows a solar furnace in France to demonstrate the awesome power of the sun.

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  24. Bang Goes the Theory Season 3 Episode 6 - Ice Boat, Comets, Hypothermia
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    #24 - Ice Boat, Comets, Hypothermia

    S3:E6

    Jem faces his toughest challenge yet: to build a boat made out of ice, and take it and the rest of the team for a spin in one of the UK's busiest stretches of water. Dallas investigates the world of comets and tries to build his own, while Liz looks at the science behind hypothermia and gets repeatedly dunked into ice-cold water in preparation for the ice boat extravaganza.

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  25. Bang Goes the Theory Season 4 Episode 1 - Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami
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    #25 - Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami

    S4:E1

    In the first of a new series, Bang Goes the Theory looks at the science behind the recent devastating Japanese earthquake and the tsunami it triggered. The programme explains what happened and examines the technology that attempts to protect us from the shocking power of our planet.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Vortex Cannon" is the best rated episode of "Bang Goes the Theory". It scored 6/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/27/2009. This episode scored 6.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Jet Pack".