Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom (2013)

Season 1

Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom is a British television series broadcast on CBBC and presented by Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood. In each episode the duo study the work of a genius and attempt to recreate one of their ideas, occasionally with some improvements using technology not available in the subject's lifetime. They are assisted by Fran Scott and experts in the field of what is being studied.

Released Jan. 23, 2013 Episode 28 min 2+

Genres: Comedy, Documentary, Family

Keywords: imdb.science, imdb.science-experiment, imdb.genius, imdb.inventor, imdb.invention, imdb.presenter, imdb.duo + 4 more, imdb.wright-brothers, imdb.marie-curie, imdb.isaac-newton, imdb.science-and-technology-documentary

Network: CBBC

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

IMDb

6.1

/23/

Trakt

/6/

TMDb

S1E1 - Archimedes

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician and expert engineer, and bring one his most brilliant inventions to life, with some explosive results.

Jan. 23, 2013, midnight

S1E2 - Von Braun

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, and inspired by his ideas, come up with their own genius idea, involving a small doll, a huge helium balloon and a journey in to space.

Jan. 30, 2013, midnight

S1E3 - Newton

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists of all time and come up with their own genius idea, when they attempt to defy the laws of gravity by riding the Wall of Death.

Feb. 6, 2013, midnight

S1E4 - Faraday

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Michael Faraday, a pioneer of electricity and come up with their own genius idea, involving a cage, and almost a million volts of electricity.

Feb. 13, 2013, midnight

S1E5 - Derbyshire

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Delia Derbyshire, a pioneer of modern-day music who helped create the Doctor Who theme tune, and record their own version of the Doctor Who theme tune with a twist.

Feb. 20, 2013, midnight

S1E6 - Bazalgette

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the man who invented London's giant sewer system, and come up with their own genius idea to demonstrate the explosive power of poo.

Feb. 27, 2013, midnight

S1E7 - Watt

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Scottish inventor and engineer James Watt, who revolutionised steam technology, and come up with their own genius idea, when they build and race a steam powered tandem bike.

March 6, 2013, midnight

S1E8 - Widdowson

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of food expert Elsie Widdowson, who helped to devise war time rationing, and come up with their own genius idea, involving some rations, some army cadets and a gruelling assault course.

March 13, 2013, midnight

S1E9 - Da Vinci

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci and bring one of Da Vinci's boldest inventions to life, involving a tank, a medieval army, and some rotten tomatoes.

March 20, 2013, midnight

S1E10 - Brunel

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of engineer extraordinaire Isambard Kingdom Brunel and come up with their own genius idea, which involves climbing to the top of one of the tallest bridges in the world.

March 27, 2013, midnight

Network: CBBC

Episode Runtime: 28 min.

Season Runtime: 1271 min.

Released: Jan. 23, 2013

Last Air Date: Dec. 7, 2016, midnight

Status: Ended

Certification: NR / 2+

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