The Chasers Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles
2021•45m•7.5/10
Documentary
Ratings
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7.5/10(2)
Anne Hegerty, Shaun Wallace and Mark Labbett embark on a geeky road trip to uncover the cognitive abilities of animals. The brainboxes have won quizzes the world over, but wonder where they are in the pecking order of intelligent life forms.
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
January 21, 2021
Last Aired
February 4, 2021
Networks
ITV1
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
USA
Air date: 2021-01-21
They start out in the USA, where they pit their wits against Kanzi, a bonobo ape who is able to communicate with humans using a series of pictures and symbols - and is also thought to be one of the first apes to show an understanding of spoken English. They also meet a chimpanzee memory wizard, a 25-year-old orang-utan that enjoys playing video games and that well-known genius of the ocean, the dolphin.
E2
UK
Air date: 2021-01-28
Anne Hegerty, Shaun Wallace and Mark Labbett set out to uncover the surprising cognitive abilities of children. Travelling across the UK, the trio take on child geniuses before delving deeper into IQ, emotional intelligence and creativity.
E3
Japan
Air date: 2021-02-04
Travelling across Japan, Anne, Shaun and Mark come face-to-face with the future of intelligence, from a self-solving puzzle cube and facial recognition technology to cutting edge robots that are being used in a wide variety of industries.
Cast
Anne Hegerty
Self
Shaun Wallace
Self
Mark Labbett
Self
