Season 8
16 episodes
0 min. per episode
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An eccentric host unravels viral mishaps, revealing the fascinating science behind human folly and unexpected triumphs.
Episodes
So ice in your drink is fine, ice in your face not so much. Jumping without a parachute is just best left to the experts. When cornering in a go Kart, you need to know the science or the corner will get you. Free running, painful if you get it wrong and using an outboard motor, no idiots allowed.
Building your own snow luge track is just not a good idea if you don't like pain. Throwing a fishing net is a good way to humiliate yourself while giving others a good laugh, diving into shallow water is guaranteed to hurt, and riderless speedway bikes are dangerous.
Why would you actually want to drive your snowmobile over a cliff ? A kite surf roll is a neat trick if you get it right, and if not, its just painful. Inflatable slides are often great fun but should really be left to the kids, and if you don't know the science of Swing Burpees, agony and humiliation will follow.
Failing a ski double back flip in snow doesn't hurt as much as falling down stairs hand walking, and fizzy drink Carbonisation errors and comedy.
Taking off in a Paraglider and getting it wrong may hurt, but at least the spectators get a laugh. Building a champagne tower is best left to the professionals and a vortex can be found all over the world and some of them will hurt.
Host Richard Hammond, from the hit series Top Gear, explains the science behind videos taken from the Internet.