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Hollywood Science
Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf, Scrap Heap Challenge) and Dr Jonathan Hare (Rough Science) take on Hollywood Science, testing the science that filmgoers take for granted. Armed only with basic tools, our intrepid DIY duo put some of Hollywood’s most famous sequences to the test by recreating them - in Jonathan’s back garden...

Cool Hand Luke

Fancy an egg? And another? And another... could anyone eat eggs like Paul Newman appears to in Cool Hand Luke?

Dante's Peak

Would your metal boat - and your Gran - really get eaten away by lakes turned to acid, or does the real world not work like Dante's Peak?

Die Hard

Could Bruce Willis have saved the world with a singlet and a hosepipe - or would he just have created a nasty way to Die Hard?

Fire hose: but could it also be a bungee rope?

Ice Cold In Alex

You're on your way for a cold beer when your ambulance gets stuck in a gully - can you escape like they did in Ice Cold In Alex?

Shanghai Noon

Can urine really make fabric strong enough to allow escape from prison? Or was Jackie Chan taking the mickey in Shanghai Noon?

Cotton fabrics: can urine give them strength?

Speed

If you needed to get a large bus across a larger gap, could you apply the lessons from Speed?

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