Tom Scott

Season 1

A series of educational web videos across a range of topics.

Where to Watch Tom Scott • Season 1

24 Episodes

  • Breakfast: Fortified With Iron
    E1
    Breakfast: Fortified With IronThe Iron Chefs: Cooking bacon and eggs using nothing but a regular household iron and a lot of ingenuity.
  • Extra Light Pancakes
    E2
    Extra Light PancakesPancakes, cooked using the blinding light of a 500W lamp.
  • Pastaaargh: pasta, cooked with a kettle
    E3
    Pastaaargh: pasta, cooked with a kettlePenne pasta and marinara sauce, cooked using an old and slightly limescale-crusted kettle.
  • Fun With A Giant Slingshot
    E4
    Fun With A Giant SlingshotOne old monitor. One giant slingshot. Several types of foodstuffs.
  • On A Pirate Ship - Jay Foreman feat. Mad Cap'n Tom
    E5
    On A Pirate Ship - Jay Foreman feat. Mad Cap'n TomEvery doubloon be goin' t'Marie Curie Cancer Care, an' it be costin' less than a mug o'grog.
  • The Coruscant Juggling Club
    E6
    The Coruscant Juggling ClubJedi. Are you bored since the fall of the Empire? Well, the Coruscant Juggling Club wants you.
  • Salmon in a Dishwasher
    E7
    Salmon in a DishwasherThe idea of poaching salmon in a dishwasher has been around for a long time. Bob Blumer, the Surreal Gourmet, claims to have poached salmon in more than 100 dishwashers on 3 continents, and actor and gourmet cook Vincent Price is said to have once cooked it on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. But there's no video evidence of it online yet, so I figured it was worth a try.
  • Appalling Visual Puns No. 1
    E8
    Appalling Visual Puns No. 1
  • You Cannot Remove Your Fingerprints With Pineapple
    E9
    You Cannot Remove Your Fingerprints With Pineapple
  • Tesco Value Spiderman
    E10
    Tesco Value SpidermanThanks to b3ta for the idea, and to everyone who helped out with the taping. And the taping of the taping.
  • Timelapse: 1,000 Balloons in 6 Hours
    E11
    Timelapse: 1,000 Balloons in 6 HoursFilling a room full of balloons to a depth of four feet takes a lot more time and effort than you might think.
  • Appalling Visual Puns No. 2
    E12
    Appalling Visual Puns No. 2
  • Washing Machine Cookery
    E13
    Washing Machine CookeryMulled wine and scrambled eggs, cooked with an ordinary household washing machine. Badly.
  • Appalling Visual Puns No. 3
    E14
    Appalling Visual Puns No. 3
  • The Matt Gray High Five Face Off
    E15
    The Matt Gray High Five Face OffWho can get more high fives in ten minutes: Matt Gray or a cardboard cutout of Matt Gray? Tonight, on the mean streets of York, we find out.
  • Appalling Visual Puns No. 4
    E16
    Appalling Visual Puns No. 4
  • The 30 Second Bacon Sandwich
    E17
    The 30 Second Bacon SandwichThroughout history, mankind has strived to break its records. Today, Gareth will attempt just that by making a bacon sandwich in thirty seconds - with a blowtorch.
  • The Fire Jugglers of York
    E18
    The Fire Jugglers of York
  • Appalling Visual Puns No. 5
    E19
    Appalling Visual Puns No. 5
  • Two Drums and a Cymbal Fall off a Cliff
    E20
    Two Drums and a Cymbal Fall off a Cliff"Two Drums and a Cymbal Fall off a Cliff - b'doom, tssh." That's the joke: but does it really give you that rimshot sting you hear in comedy? We investigate.
  • Captain Obvious
    E21
    Captain ObviousThe titles from the little-known Captain Obvious pilot show. Sadly, the rest of the episode remains unaired.
  • Thinking Digital 2009: Tom Scott on graphs, Hans Zimmer, Eurovision and tea cosies
    E22
    Thinking Digital 2009: Tom Scott on graphs, Hans Zimmer, Eurovision and tea cosiesMy talk from Thinking Digital at the Sage in Gateshead, 15th May 2009. In which, immediately after data-guru Hans Rosling, I talk about graphs, Hans Zimmer, Eurovision and a tea cozy.
  • Breaking the News: Tom Scott and Matt Gray bonehead the budget
    E23
    Breaking the News: Tom Scott and Matt Gray bonehead the budgetThe biggest project we've ever tried: on Budget Day 2009, Tom and Matt headed down to London. With a camera crew in tow and a command centre in York telling us where the cameras were, we tried to get in the background of as many live broadcasts as possible, boneheading our way through London landmarks and news channels. Tom had an Oyster card; Matt had a Ford Fiesta. Only one could emerge victorious.
  • The Webcycle: the faster you pedal, the faster your internet goes.
    E24
    The Webcycle: the faster you pedal, the faster your internet goes.It's a handy way for internet addicts to get fit: the faster you pedal, the faster your internet goes. The fitness possibilities are wonderful. It's an exercise bike, with sensors on the pedals, connected to an Arduino and a laptop running Ubuntu with wondershaper.

 

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