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Look Around You

Look Around You

152002•30m•8.0/10
Comedy

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8.0/10(32)

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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Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 10, 2002

Last Aired

March 7, 2005

Networks

BBC Two

Created By

Peter Serafinowicz, Robert Popper

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Maths
E1
Maths
Air date: 2002-10-10
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 a party given by Queen Elizabeth V. QE3 has forty dresses to choose from, QE4 has four thousand, and QE5 has only one dress, but it can take the form of many dresses. Then, during the night, QE3's servant steals the plans for QE4's party dress and, working till dawn, makes four thousand exact copies... So can we reckon what the chance is that all of the Queens will be wearing the same dress at the party?
Water
E2
Water
Air date: 2002-10-17
In this episode we learn about the amazing igloo-building skills of ants and the surprising ability of water to boil eggs.
Germs
E3
Germs
Air date: 2002-10-24
You need to know something about Germs. You really do. And Professor Miles can help you...
Ghosts
E4
Ghosts
Air date: 2002-10-31
Why can't ghosts whistle? Well, let's hear from a ghost.
Sulphur
E5
Sulphur
Air date: 2002-11-07
Sulphur is revealed, and the story is not really about brimstone.
Music
E6
Music
Air date: 2002-11-21
A brief investigation of the world of music, from its Neolithic beginnings...
Iron
E7
Iron
Air date: 2002-12-04
Iron (Fe) is not quite all it's cut up to be... The use of magnets is strictly prohibited during this episode.
The Brain
E8
The Brain
Air date: 2002-12-11
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 addressed, if not answered.

Cast

Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Packard

Robert Popper

Robert Popper

Jack Morgan

Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman

Pam Bachelor

Josie D'Arby

Josie D'Arby

Pealy Maghti

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