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March 2020
Gruesome greenhouse gasses and deadly toxic waste. Why do we recycle and what would happen if we stopped? Is global warming really bad news? The team try and find out what's going on with the climate.
Lovely icky red blood - what is it and why do we need it? Bob has to get his first aid badge but he hates blood; and Mark is stopped by expert Charles Drew as he's about to give someone a blood transfusion from a dog!
August 2018
Poo, pizza and disgusting germs! Why do we poo and how does digestion work? Who was Louis Pasteur and how did he help?
Explosions, atoms and fiendish forces that bubble, bang & bump! What makes things explode?
May 2016
Bang, crash, wallop! What is a sound? How do we hear? How do our ears work? Inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell joins the team in the studio to talks telephones and metal detectors?!
From the cruel common cold to shocking smallpox we cough up the disgusting details of snot, sneezes and viruses. Lucy arrives at the studio and is really isn't very well.
What nasty invaders live in our homes and on our bodies? Fleas, parasites, worms and every tiny, disgusting thing in between. Mark can't stop itching, but no one knows what's causing it.
What is the brain and how does it work? Mark arrives in the studio with a new pair of pants, 'Smarty Pants' - he has bought them off the internet and claims that they will make him smarter.
Flesh eating plants & dancing flowers are all packed into the show this week. Mark and Lucy both bring in their favourite plant but as always Mark think's his is the best - until it starts to die.
April 2016
What happens to our bodies in space? Can we live on other planets? Who invented the telescope and how can we make one at home?
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