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COLLECTION · Series · 2002

Look Around You

LOOK AROUND YOU. Look around you. Just look around you. What do you see? A tree. A weather-vane. A discarded lollipop-wrapper. A traffic shop. All of these things, and any other things you may care to mention, have one thing in common. Can you work out what it is?

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* 8.0 (34)Comedy
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Creators
Peter Serafinowicz · Robert Popper
Studios
BBC Two
Runtime
10–30 min/ep
Age rating
ViolenceSexDrug Use
Release
10/10/2002
Score
8.0 / 10 (34)
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
7 episodes · 2002
Episode 1. Calcium
2002-10-10

20 minute short film which was the inspiration for the series.

Episode 2. Little Mouse
2003-10-13

The full music video for "Little Mouse" by Jack Morgan (BSc), the song created as a result of Experiment One in the first series episode "Music".

Episode 3. Pages from Ceefax (Series 1)
2003-10-13

No synopsis

Episode 4. Birds of Britain
2006-01-16

Here we take a look at the many varieties of birds in the British countryside.

Episode 5. Pages from Ceefax (Series 2)
2006-01-16

No synopsis

Episode 6. Telsic 4 Testcard - The Hexagons!
2006-01-16

Telsic 4 with Muzak followed by series credits and a short segment about the Hexagons!

Episode 7. Medibot Testcard - Extended Medibot Segment
2006-01-16

Medibot with Muzak followed by series credits and extended Medibot segment.

Series 1
Series 1
8 episodes · 2002

In the first series, the episodes satirise and pay homage to late 1970s and early 1980s educational films and school programmes such as ITV's "Experiment" series and BBC's "For Schools and Colleges". A different scientific subject is covered in each episode.

Maths
Episode 1. Maths
2002-10-10 · 9 min

Maths can help us in our daily lives - for example, in cooking pasta, in calculating the correct moment for starting a conversation, or (if you can fly) in working out where to land. Queen Elizabeth III and Queen Elizabeth IV are going to…

Water
Episode 2. Water
2002-10-17 · 9 min

In this episode we learn about the amazing igloo-building skills of ants and the surprising ability of water to boil eggs.

Germs
Episode 3. Germs
2002-10-24 · 9 min

You need to know something about Germs. You really do. And Professor Miles can help you...

Ghosts
Episode 4. Ghosts
2002-10-31 · 9 min

Why can't ghosts whistle? Well, let's hear from a ghost.

Sulphur
Episode 5. Sulphur
2002-11-07 · 9 min

Sulphur is revealed, and the story is not really about brimstone.

Music
Episode 6. Music
2002-11-21 · 9 min

A brief investigation of the world of music, from its Neolithic beginnings...

Iron
Episode 7. Iron
2002-12-04 · 9 min

Iron (Fe) is not quite all it's cut up to be... The use of magnets is strictly prohibited during this episode.

The Brain
Episode 8. The Brain
2002-12-11 · 9 min

The team investigates the human brain and meets a man who is addicted to Electronic Brain Enhancements. What happens if you probe the brobe? How many nuts are there in a jar? And what are brain flakes? All of these questions are…

Series 2
Series 2
6 episodes · 2005

The second series of Look Around You is presented in the pop-science vein of programmes such as Tomorrow's World.

Music 2000
Episode 1. Music 2000
2005-01-31 · 29 min

We visit the Look Around You Music 2000 Competition, a search for the sounds people will be listening to in the year 2000. Three contestants have half a minute each to perform what they think will be the music of tomorrow. Contestant…

Health
Episode 2. Health
2005-02-07 · 28 min

The team looks at advances in healthcare, and Jack Morgan goes under the knife as Dr Fu supervizes the efforts of a robot-surgeon called Medibot to create the perfect face. Other presenters try out a new toothbrush that burns away plaque…

Sport
Episode 3. Sport
2005-02-14 · 27 min

This week, the team looks at advances in sporting technology. The world 400,000-metre champion, Ros Lamb, demonstrates a new serum (based on caramel-flavoured rocket fuel) which is said to help her to run at up to 3,500 miles per hour.…

Food
Episode 4. Food
2005-02-21 · 28 min

The team looks at advances in food science and technology, and the world's one and only vegetable orchestra, led by Teddy Clarke, gives us a live performance in the studio. We meet Andy Gough, Slimmer of the Year, a fellow who lost…

Computers
Episode 5. Computers
2005-02-28 · 28 min

The team looks at the hottest new computer technology and meets an e-boffin who has officially changed his name to Computer Jones (Paul Jerrico). Computer introduces the UK's most powerful computer, called Bournemouth. In this week's…

Live Final
Episode 6. Live Final
2005-03-07 · 29 min

The Look Around You Invention of the Year Award comes to you live from BBC Television Centre in Shepherd's Bush, London. Six leading inventors are in the studio hoping to take the big trophy. The finalists include the team behind a…

Cast by season
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Nigel Lambert
Narrator
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James Serafinowicz
Student with Copybook
Peter Serafinowicz
Peter Serafinowicz
Scientist
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