Horrible Science

Horrible Science

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1 Season · 15 Episodes · Premiered May 9, 2025

Grab your safety goggles! Horrible Science is preparing for take-off - with a Horrible blend of hilarious parodies, silly songs, fascinating facts, ridiculous wigs, curriculum-linked educational resources and star-studded guest appearances from the likes of Fred Siriex, Gladiator Steel, TikTok Scientist Big Manny and Judge Rinder.Ever wondered how Sir Isaac Newton would defy gravity on a rollercoaster? Or what a self-defence class where you defend yourself in the same way as plants would look like? Get ready for Horrible Science, brought to you by the award-winning team behind Horrible Histories.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

15 episodes
E01
Gravity the Musical, a T-rex and Vampires on Holiday
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
A totally wicked song about gravity, a T-rex going to see a doctor, vampires on holiday, and Sir Isaac Newton riding a rollercoaster - welcome to the bizarre world of Horrible Science!
E02
Light, Sound and Electricity Special
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 26 min
Big Danny and Big Manny find science shocking, Da Vinci does a sound experiment, Newton rides again, Queen Vic shows off, and Dr Big Brain doesn't see the attraction of electromagnets!
E03
Mary Ploppins, Magnets and Sorting Your Bits Out
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
Mary Ploppins soothes those digestive ills, Dr Big Brain tries banana power, and Einstein reacts to Tim Peake. Fred Sirieix guest stars.
E04
Manky Materials and Shifty States Special
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 26 min
Guy Mowbray narrates Elemental Gladiators, Judge Rinder has a science beef, and someone tries to steal the earth's gold. Gladiator Steel and Big Manny guest star.
E05
The Force Force, Lever Man and the Goldilocks Zone
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
Meet superheroes the Force Force, and some of the 17th century's greatest minds star in Friends parody Colleagues.
E06
Dinosaur Traitors, a Grumpy Moon and a Big Bang
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 26 min
An episode featuring everything from the creation of the number zero to the beginnings of the whole universe. The moon gets lonely, there's an ISS cookery competition, and DI Loofah arrests a banana.
E07
Fartenheimer, the Water Cycle and 206 Bones
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 26 min
Science goes too far in Fartenheimer, music goes too far in Heads, Shoulders, Knees, Toes and All the other Bones in the Body, and there's a Swiftian take on the water cycle.
E08
A Meteor for the Dinosaurs, Binary Bangers and Perilous Plants
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
Fred Sirieix stars in Scientific First Dates, Marie Curie reacts to space, and the dinosaurs get an unwelcome musical meteor visitor.
E09
Space Vomit, Pet Mushrooms and Death by Chicken
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 26 min
Revolting space travel, evolving cows, pet mushrooms, and Einstein watches a car on a trampoline.
E10
Real Mutants, Volcanoes and Drinking Vomit
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
The Real Mutants assemble, people are drinking vomit and electrocuting themselves for science, and the earth and moon have an earworm about the solar system.
E11
Dragon's Blood, Rude Flowers and Wibbly Wobbly Gravity
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 26 min
Big Brain has a chemical catastrophe, Sir Isaac Newton rides a coaster again, with shocking results, Loofah is after a murderer, and Dr Henry VIII on call!
E12
Sizzling Monks, Algorithms and Weather Frogs
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 26 min
Dr Big Brain has an electrical short circuit, Marie Curie is wowed by a rocket man, some of the great women of science are celebrated, and 200 monks get electrocuted!
E13
Earth and Space Special
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
Rapping science teacher Matt Green becomes the first human being ever to visit Quark when he joins Pipette on her home planet to help host this special episode about Earth and space.
E14
Working Scientifically Special
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 26 min
A special guide to working scientifically, whether that involves drinking black vomit, measuring people's farts, or firing arrows into their bum.
E15
Forces and Motion Special
Fri, May 9 2025 5:00 AM GMT+0000 25 min
A weird and wonderful look at how gravity, magnetism and friction impact everything. With Fred Sirieix.

Cast

Richard David-Caine
Richard David-Caine as Various
Harrie Hayes
Harrie Hayes as Various
Halema Hussain
Halema Hussain as Various
Emily Lloyd-Saini
Emily Lloyd-Saini as Various
James McNicholas as Various
Jessica Ransom
Jessica Ransom as Various
Luke Rollason
Luke Rollason as Various
Tom Stourton
Tom Stourton as Various
Inel Tomlinson
Inel Tomlinson as Various
Timmika Ramsay
Timmika Ramsay as Various

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