Look Around You

[plattbridger]

Anyone who has been to school in the UK in the last 30 years will know about those hilariously dodgy 70's edumacational science videos you had to watch, where everyone wore different shades of brown and the set was always some washed out shade of blue or orange.

Then you should love a BBC show from a year or so ago called Look Around You which spoofed those videos to a tee. They were usually shown as 10 minute shorts between programmes which was a shame. Have a look at a copy the periodic table on their BBC mini-site;

Periodic Table (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/lookaroundyou/periodic.shtml)

The atomic weight of Beef is 20 :D Throughout the show they would refer to the Look Around You Text Book, I wish I had one :( Am I the only person who remembers this programme (http://www.bbc.co.uk/lookaroundyou/)?

[Dr_nwa]

You know you can get the whole lot on DVD right?

[Zweee]

Yeah our chemistry teacher showed them to us. Absolutly class. Very y funny indeed and well worth watching if you gavent seen them.

[drw25]

After the DVD made it's way through our Further Maths set (you can't deny this is geeky comedy!), I bought it. It's absolutely brilliant! My favourite episode is Music.

Buy it! :D

I've made a nice printable version of the periodic table by sticking the ones from the big images from the site together, if anybody wants it - PM me.

[sack the chimp]

That's genius! Jazz, rhubarb, custard, marzipan, beef, Doreen....where were they in GCSE chemistry, I ask you.

[allfalldown]

I saw one about Ghosts. That's all I know about it. At the end it said something like: "And next week, reggae" lol

[plattbridger]

You know you can get the whole lot on DVD right?

I didn't till I started reminiscing and found that site and made this thread :p

So now I'm going to go out and buy it!

[Dibbie]

You know you can get the whole lot on DVD right? I forgot but now the reciept in my hand agrees with you :)

Edit: And now the DVD in my hand agrees with you.