TV Series · 2002

Look Around You

30 min · Comedy · Ended

Composite

7.9

IMDb

8.4 / 10

3,186 votes

TMDB

8.0 / 10

36 votes

Local

— / 10

No votes

Synopsis

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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Cast

Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Packard

Robert Popper

Jack Morgan

Olivia Colman

Pam Bachelor

Josie D'Arby

Pealy Maghti

Crew

Writing

Peter Serafinowicz Writer
Robert Popper Writer

Seasons & episodes

Series 1 (8 ep)

1. Maths

Oct 10, 2002 · 9 min

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?
2. Water

Oct 17, 2002 · 9 min

In this episode we learn about the amazing igloo-building skills of ants and the surprising ability of water to boil eggs.
3. Germs

Oct 24, 2002 · 9 min

You need to know something about Germs. You really do. And Professor Miles can help you...
4. Ghosts

Oct 31, 2002 · 9 min

Why can't ghosts whistle? Well, let's hear from a ghost.
5. Sulphur

Nov 7, 2002 · 9 min

Sulphur is revealed, and the story is not really about brimstone.
6. Music

Nov 21, 2002 · 9 min

A brief investigation of the world of music, from its Neolithic beginnings...
7. Iron

Dec 4, 2002 · 9 min

Iron (Fe) is not quite all it's cut up to be... The use of magnets is strictly prohibited during this episode.
8. The Brain

Dec 11, 2002 · 9 min

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.

Series 2 (1 ep)

6. Live Final

Mar 7, 2005 · 29 min

The Look Around You Invention of the Year Award comes to you live from BBC Television Centre in Shepherd's Bush, London. Six leading inventors are in the studio hoping to take the big trophy. The finalists include the team behind a machine which can change your sex in minutes, and it will be tested live on the show.