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Tom Scott takes a road trip to every county of England, travelling by car, train, boat, plane, tram, monorail and hovercraft, visiting hidden infrastructure, ancient traditions, and more bells than you might expect.

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Season 1

7.1/108 votes
I Helped Break a 142-Year-Old Bell, and That’s Okay
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/23/2026
In Leicestershire, at the John Taylor Bell Foundry, there's fire, sledgehammer swinging, and metal hotter than a volcano. Also, several questions about cheese.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.3/106 votes
They Can Fly 200 Miles With No Fuel. Here’s How.
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/30/2026
In Rutland, I try to fit an entire county in one camera shot, learn to spot chimneys in the sky, and make a very strange noise. Let's learn about paragliding.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/106 votes
I Missed the Evidence. Can You Spot It?
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/6/2026
At the University of Lincoln's Crime Scene House, where they teach forensic science students in simulated crime scenes, I have a challenge for you.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/106 votes
These People Walk Towards Mining Disasters
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/13/2026
In Nottinghamshire, I join the team at MRS Training and Rescue -- the former Mines Rescue Service -- for an exercise that could have been so much worse.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.3/106 votes
These Mannequins Can Bleed
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/20/2026
At Sheffield Hallam University in Yorkshire, I meet the Clinical Simulation team and deal with some animated patients. (Note: includes simulated blood and gore.)
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I Finally Got to Drive Yorkshire’s Tiny Boats
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/27/2026
At Peasholm Park in Scarborough, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, I visit the Naval Warfare, ride with the world's smallest crewed navy, and scare at least two seagulls.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
If You Found Candy With My Name in It, Here’s Why
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/4/2026
At the John Bull Rock Factory outside Bridlington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, I watch as boiling sugar becomes an enormous amount of rock. Also, there's 1990s Dutch happy hardcore.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Oh No, I Sympathized With a Victorian Arms Dealer
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/11/2026
In Northumberland, at the National Trust's Cragside mansion, I visit the former home of the Magician of the North.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Mist That Keeps the Tyne Tunnels Safe
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/18/2026
At the Tyne Road Tunnels, just over the border into Durham, I get very wet and cold underneath a river... but not in the way you might expect.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
This Man Stops People Drowning in Quicksand
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/25/2026
In Westmorland, at Morecambe Bay, I meet the King's Guide to the Sands, walk across a very dangerous stretch of sand, and learn about a centuries-old tradition that's been brought into the 21st century.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Pulling the Lever Is the Easy Part
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/1/2026
In Lancashire, at National Rail's Manchester signalling classroom, I learn why it's very, very rare for trains to collide... and then go to an actual, live signal box to see it for real.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Can a 70-Year-Old Telescope Still Be Useful?
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/8/2026
At Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, I get to fulfill a childhood dream: but more importantly, I ask whether a telescope built in the 1950s can still do useful science.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
We Can’t Invent a Robot Better Than These Ferrets
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/15/2026
In Derbyshire, at the National Ferret School, I say "hello" to some smelly thieves, and go on a surprisingly Biblical tangent.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I Got Hit in the Teeth With 900-Year-Old Antlers
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 6/22/2026
In the village of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, I join the oldest village tradition in Britain: the Horn Dance. It ends up being slightly more painful than I expected.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I Launched the Mighty Trebuchet
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 6/29/2026
At Warwick Castle, there's a 22-tonne medieval siege engine. I got to see how it works, meet the person in charge, and -- technically -- help fire it. Technically.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
If I Get this Wrong, 50,000 People Will Hear It.
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/6/2026
At Worcester Cathedral, I finally take on a challenge that hundreds of people have suggested: bell ringing. It's difficult, a little dangerous, and also lets me talk about a lot of weird English words.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I Have a Weird Conspiracy Theory About This Bridge
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/13/2026
In Shropshire, I visit the Iron Bridge in the village of Ironbridge. And then I have a corkboard, pins, string, and a frankly-unhinged conspiracy theory about what an architect was actually planning.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I Get Excited About an Ampersand
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 7/20/2026
At Hereford Cathedral, I visit a library where the books are chained to the shelves -- and see two of those books, to help understand just how quickly one technology can change the world.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I’m So Glad This Hidden Monorail Broke Down
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 7/27/2026
At the English end of the Prince of Wales Bridge, in Gloucestershire, I get to visit the Rapid Access Train, the RAT, a hidden suspended monorail. Except... that's only half the story.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Two Nerds Try to Build a Wall
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/3/2026
In Oxfordshire, at the Dry Stone Academy, I'm joined by Dr Becky. We have until our camera batteries run out to try one of the oldest surviving crafts in Britain: dry stone walling.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
This 100-Year-Old Ride Must Never Change Again
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/10/2026
At Wicksteed Park in Northamptonshire, there's a 100-year-old water chute, and I took a ride. Also, I find the first ever playground swing, and make a fool of myself on a slide.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
How Do You Keep 8,995 Codebreakers Secret?
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/17/2026
At Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, I don't want to know how a few boffins broke the Enigma code, because it wasn't a few boffins. I want to know: how on earth did they keep the "intelligence factory" secret when there were thousands and thousands of people involved?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I Didn’t Need to Drive This Mars Rover, but I Did
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 8/24/2026
In Stevenage, Hertfordshire, there's a simulation of Mars: at Airbus' facilities, I got to meet some Mars rovers, take a test drive, and discover the most incredible wheel I've ever seen.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Flying a Plane Badly, On Purpose
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 8/31/2026
At Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, I'm going aboard the National Flying Laboratory, and trying to keep my sense of direction, and my stomach, as the plane goes through some very non-standard manoeuvres.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Thomas, a Tank Engine, is not Thomas the Tank Engine.
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/7/2026
At the Nene Valley Railway in Huntingdonshire, I meet a tank engine called Thomas that is, for legal reasons, not Thomas the Tank Engine... and, to my surprise, I find out why, in the early days of steam, Victorians might have found trains terrifying.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I’m the 97th Best Tiddlywinks Player in the World
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 9/14/2026
At the University of Cambridge, I try to recover some childhood muscle memory, and see if I can get good enough at a Victorian parlour game to break the world top 100 in just one day.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
When I Blow This Whistle, a Swimming Pool Appears
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 9/21/2026
At the Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, I climb a ladder, blow a whistle, witness the Globe of Death, and see the Water Spectacular. Not all at the same time.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
This Arcade Game Makes You Climb a Ladder
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 9/28/2026
At Southwold Pier in Suffolk, I visit Tim Hunkin's End of the Pier Show, a collection of weird automata and arcade games that offer something a bit more interesting than tickets and prizes.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Why Robots Can’t Pick Strawberries Yet
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 10/5/2026
In Tiptree in Essex, at the headquarters of famous jam and preserve manufacturer Wilkin & Sons, this city boy gets impressed by agricultural infrastructure, and meets some robots that work better than others.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown