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Gadget Man

Gadget Man shows the world's collection of handy gadgets throughout the ages, from today's smart devices to decades old electronics to even older mechanical devices.

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* 7.0 (22)DocumentaryUnited Kingdom
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
Channel 4 · Sprout Pictures · North One Television
Runtime
30 min/ep
Release
19/11/2012
Score
7.0 / 10 (22)
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Seasons and episodes
Series 1 - Stephen Fry, Gadget Man
6 episodes · 2012
Episode 1. Super Commuter
2012-11-19 · 30 min

Stephen and his guest Jonathan Ross look at how gadgets can make the daily commute more bearable and more fun. Gadgets include a very unconventional electric car, a very unusual bicycle and a 3D headset. And Stephen attempts to beat the…

Episode 2. Tasty Tech
2012-11-26 · 30 min

Stephen takes a look at how gadgets can make shopping and cooking so much easier and far more entertaining. He escorts the world's only driverless shopping trolley around the supermarket, tests high-end barbecues and tries out an array of…

Episode 3. Work Made Easy
2012-12-03 · 30 min

Stephen examines devices that make work easier and more fun and meets up with Lord Sugar to road test some of the latest work-saving gizmos. There's also a coffee machine that talks to your phone. Stephen plays around with some of Lord…

Episode 4. Fun and Games
2012-12-10 · 30 min

This time Stephen looks at how gadgets entertain us. There's a remote-controlled pet, an automatic cocktail-maker and a futuristic pool-table machine that lines up your shots for you. There's also Jeremy Clarkson, who joins Stephen in a…

Episode 5. Body Beautiful
2012-12-17 · 30 min

Stephen looks at how new technology can help keep us fit and healthy. He road-tests some of the latest gym gadgets and gets a makeover from Amy Childs, from The Only Way is Essex, using some weird and wonderful beauty devices. Some of the…

Episode 6. Christmas Special
2012-12-24 · 30 min

In this one-off Christmas special, Stephen Fry brings his insight and wit to bear on gadgets from Christmases past. Drawing on unusual and entertaining archive footage, Stephen surveys how Christmas and gadgets go together like mince pies…

Series 2
6 episodes · 2013
Episode 1. The Great Outdoors
2013-09-02 · 30 min

Richard turns his attention to the increasingly popular world of camping and shows viewers how gadgets can make the great outdoors more entertaining and bearable for novices.

Episode 2. Rise and Shine
2013-09-09 · 30 min

Richard tests new gadgets to get people get out of bed and out of the house in the morning with long-term early-riser DJ Sara Cox. He also encounters some unusual vehicles as he experiences the commute at the crack of dawn with the Today…

Episode 3. Child's Play
2013-09-16 · 30 min

Richard tests some parenting gadgets for toddlers through to teens with the assistance of Denise van Outen and Hugh Dennis, including a mind-controlled helicopter, a self-assembling pram, the latest in interactive computer gaming and a…

Episode 4. Summer Holiday
2013-09-23 · 30 min

Noel Fielding joins Richard Ayoade to road test holiday gadgets including a superfast motorcycle/car, anti-jet lag glasses, a BBQ dinghy, an unbreakable suitcase and a box of holiday smells developed by the American military. Richard and…

Episode 5. Home Improvement
2013-09-30 · 30 min

Richard looks at DIY, including robot lawnmowers, the world's safest saw, an automatic wallpapering machine and the latest 3D printers capable of making plates and cutlery in minutes. Richard is not a fan of doing it yourself and believes…

Episode 6. Smaller Is Better
2013-10-07 · 30 min

Richard attempts to prove that small is beautiful by demonstrating the world's smallest gadgets. He visits musician Alex James at his enormous farm and six bedroomed home to demonstrate how he can downsize his lifestyle using tiny gadget…

Series 3
9 episodes · 2014
Episode 1. Weather
2014-08-25 · 30 min

Richard takes a look at the British weather with the help of Tim Vine as he braves a hurricane in a wind tunnel to assess the best in gust busting gadgetry.

Episode 2. Public Transport
2014-09-01 · 30 min

Richard takes a look at the discomfort that he suffers while on public transport and is joined by Russell Howard on London's tube network to assess the effectiveness of gadgets designed to deal with poor air quality and extreme heat.

Episode 3. The Staycation
2014-09-08 · 30 min

This episode features the world's tiniest caravan and 360 degree cameras, 300 litre rucksacks and a pair of trousers that transform into a picnic table. With the combined horror of picnics, days out and bracing walks in the countryside…

Episode 4. Shopping
2014-09-15 · 30 min

Richard heads to the strip-lit aisles of the supermarket where farmer and foodie Jimmy Doherty joins him to check out a robotic shopping assistant, a fruit ripeness reader and a food ethics scanner. And Richard and actress Alison…

Episode 5. Self-Improvement
2014-09-22 · 30 min

Can Richard Ayoade make himself a brighter man with the aid of gadgets? He gets Eamonn Holmes and actor Richard E. Grant to help, and challenges memory legend Dominic O'Brien to a contest.

Episode 6. Staying In
2014-09-29 · 30 min

Comedians Seann Walsh and David Mitchell help Richard in his endeavour to prove that gadgets can make it possible to lead a full life, without even leaving the house.

Episode 7. Cooking and Dining Out
2014-10-06 · 30 min

Richard invites celebrity foodie Adrian Edmondson to his revolutionary bistro, where there's printed food, robot waiters, levitating desserts and clear coffee.

Episode 8. Property
2014-10-13 · 30 min

Richard meets an army of window-cleaning robots, samples some garden pods recommended by designer Naomi Cleaver and visits a super high tech home with Claudia Winkleman.

Episode 9. Gadget Man's Guide to Christmas
2014-12-22 · 30 min

Richard and celebrity friends help improve Christmas with gadgets for shopping, to wrap presents, beat the weather, cook the dinner and even improve your carol singing.

Series 4
4 episodes · 2015
Episode 1. The Weekend
2015-06-01 · 30 min

Richard tackles the great British weekend with comedians Sara Pascoe and Al Murray, from exercise to a night down the pub, the perfect selfie, and dodging the night bus home

Episode 2. 9 to 5
2015-06-08 · 30 min

Richard beats the workday grind with cool, clever gadgets, and with the help of comedian Dara O'Briain and writer Grace Dent. He even arranges to do all his office work without leaving bed.

Episode 3. Date Night
2015-06-15 · 30 min

Richard joins comedians Katherine Ryan, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Tom Rosenthal in testing out dating and relationship gadgets - including 3D chocolate printing and virtual flowers

Episode 4. Health and Safety
2015-06-22 · 30 min

Fearing that the world is a dangerous place for Gadget Man, Richard tests security devices with Keith Allen and Bill Bailey, including a post-apocalypse survival kit that works at festivals too

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Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
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