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Horrible Science

2025 • 4.5 • Family, Comedy •

GB • English

Hilarious new characters, mind-boggling science facts, and Sir Isaac Newton on terrifying rollercoasters - science is about to get very horrible indeed!

Episodes

Gravity the Musical, a T-rex and Vampires on Holiday

E1 25m

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!

Light, Sound and Electricity Special

E2 26m

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!

Mary Ploppins, Magnets and Sorting Your Bits Out

E3 25m

Mary Ploppins soothes those digestive ills, Dr Big Brain tries banana power, and Einstein reacts to Tim Peake. Fred Sirieix guest stars.

Manky Materials And Shifty States Special

E4 25m

Guy Mowbray narrates Elemental Gladiators, Judge Rinder has a science beef, someone tries to steal the earth's gold. Gladiator Steel and Big Manny guest star.

The Force Force, Lever Man And The Goldilocks Zone

E5 25m

Meet superheroes the Force Force and some of the 17th century's greatest minds in Friends parody Colleagues.

Dinosaur Traitors, A Grumpy Moon And A Big Bang

E6 26m

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.

Fartenheimer, The Water Cycle And 206 Bones

E7 26m

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

A Meteor For The Dinosaurs, Binary Bangers And Perilous Plants

E8 25m

Fred Sirieix stars in Scientific First Dates, Marie Curie reacts to space, and the dinosaurs get an unwelcome musical meteor visitor.

Space Vomit, Pet Mushrooms And Death By Chicken

E9 26m

Revolting space travel, evolving cows, pet mushrooms, and Einstein watches a car on a trampoline.

Real Mutants, Volcanoes And Drinking Vomit

E10 25m

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.

Dragon's Blood, Rude Flowers And Wibbly Wobbly Gravity

E11 26m

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!

Sizzling Monks, Algorithms And Weather Frogs

E12 26m

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!

Earth And Space Special

E13 25m

Rapping science teacher Matt Green becomes the first human being ever to visit Quark as he joins Pipette on her home planet to help host this special episode about Earth and space.

Working Scientifically Special

E14 26m

A special guide to working scientifically, whether that involves drinking black vomit, measuring people's farts, or firing arrows into their bum.

Forces and Motion Special

E15 25m

A weird and wonderful look at how gravity, magnetism and friction impact everything. With Fred Sirieix.

Paddington T-rex, The Farters and the Toxic Bake Off

E1 25m

Cloudia Stinkleman presents The Farters, aliens try to steal the universe's most valuable substance: wood, a family adopts Paddington T-rex, and Chappell Groan sings Got to Go.

Tim Peake's Stinky Space Special

E2 26m

Astronaut Tim Peake and Pipette journey into space to reveal how to go to the loo on suction toilets and that the drinking water is recycled wee.

Bloodsuckers, Talking Dinos and Soil

E3 25m

The Thantastic Three show why they are superheroes that matter, the handsome vampires get a taste of their own medicine, and dinosaurs don't do battle in Prehistomon!

Pooey, Grrrufts and Mammoth: Impossible

E4 26m

Pooey goes to Uncle Skid's barbe-poo, Ethan Huntergatherer bites off more than he can chew in Mammoth: Impossible, some Witches get salty, and Clare Shedding presents Grrrufts.

Slug Boy, Belly Flops and Scientific Taskmaster

E5 25m

Greg Davies and Alex Horne host Scientific Taskmaster, and Einstein unpacks why belly flops hurt. Also, meet superhero team the Insect Revengers.

Blood, Bones and Body Bits Special

E6 25m

A guide to the human body, featuring the Handsome Vampires at the dentist, Big Brain losing muscle control, Newton explaining the need for sleep, and the ultimate disco DNA song.

Robots, AI and the Shape of Poo

E7 26m

Dr Finklestone’s monster, Big Brain uses AI for evil, find out what animal is in the box, and fossil hunter Mary Anning sings Shape of Poo.

Platypuses, Heavy Metal and a Missing Biscuit

E8 25m

Gaby Logan, Micah Richards and Alan Shearer host Elemental Match of the Day, Guy Mowbray narrates Elemental Gladiators, and Dr Big Brain’s mum comes to visit!

Catapulting Cows, School of Rocks and First Honk of the Proms

E9 26m

Big Manny guest stars for some mad science from the past, Einstein reacts to a cow on a catapult, Big Brain is on an evil field trip, and there is 'music' in First Honk of the Proms.

Aliens Invade, Everest Gets Taller and The Great British Fart Off

E10 26m

Dr Big Brain regrets taking the Vantastic Beast for a spin, the hosts regret signing up to present The Great British Fart Off, and Gladiators Viper and Dynamite help Agent Goodie.

Mars – The Musical, the Clean Power Rangers and Silent but Deadly 60

E11 25m

The Clean Power Rangers save the day, Dr Big Brain wants a lair on the moon, Steve Backfire searches for the Silent but Deadly 60, and we bring you Mars – The Musical.

Hexagons, Jelly Walls and Half Life

E12 25m

Reality hit Love Flyland launches, salty street magic with Luna the Magician, and there's a Blur/nuclear physics mash-up.

Nasty Nature Special

E13 26m

A special show featuring some of the best Horrible Science nature-themed sketches, including The Great British Toxic Bake Off, The Farters, Soil Stan and biome banger Living Over There!

Light, Sound and Electricity Special

E14 25m

Big Brain tries to turn off the sun, there’s a real stink at First Honk of the Proms, and Tesla’s Queen-inspired Don’t Shock Me Now.

Manky Materials and Shifty States Special

E15 26m

A special collection of sketches, featuring appearances by Gabby Logan, Micah Richards, Alan Shearer, Guy Mowbray and Gladiator Dynamite... and Sir Isaac Newton and Einstein!