Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom
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Absolute Genius: Super Tech (2015–16)
Absolute Genius: Monster Builds (2016)
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Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom is a British television series broadcast on CBBC and presented by Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood (Dick and Dom). In each episode the duo study the work of a genius (three geniuses in later series) and attempt to recreate one of their ideas, occasionally with some improvements using technology not available in the subject's lifetime. They are assisted by Fran Scott (credited as Science Consultant) and experts in the field of what is being studied.
The series was one of several commissioned by the BBC to interest young children in science, it follows the success of Professor Brian Cox who has been credited with making teenagers interested in the subject. The BBC chose Dick and Dom as the appropriate presenters for the intended age group.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jan/20/science-tv-pre-school-children|title=TV bids to win pre-school kids over to science|publisher=guardian.co.uk|first=Maggie|last=Brown|date=20 January 2013|accessdate=31 March 2013|archive-date=19 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919114032/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jan/20/science-tv-pre-school-children|url-status=live}}
In November 2014, Dick and Dom won the 2014 Children's Presenter BAFTA Award for series 2 of the show {{Cite news|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2014/childrens/presenter|title=2014 Children's Presenter BAFTA|publisher=BAFTA|accessdate=23 November 2014|archive-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210121713/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2014/childrens/presenter|url-status=live}}
In summer 2014, CBBC renewed the program for a third and fourth series. The third was called Appsolute Genius and explored video games, while the fourth, Absolute Genius: Super Tech looked at technology from around the world. The fifth and final series, titled Absolute Genius: Monster Builds, was filmed and released in 2016 and looked at geniuses behind monster builds.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Frans_facts/status/738411161633337344?lang=en-gb|title=Fran Scott on Twitter|publisher=|accessdate=20 April 2017|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209044153/https://twitter.com/Frans_facts/status/738411161633337344?lang=en-gb|url-status=live}}
Series overview
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| 1 | 10 | 23 January 2013 | 27 March 2013 |
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| 2 | 10 | 22 January 2014 | 2 April 2014 |
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| 3 | 8 | 7 October 2014 | 26 March 2015 |
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| 4 | 8 | 28 October 2015 | 18 February 2016 |
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| 5 | 8 | 19 October 2016 | 7 December 2016 |
Episode list
=Series 1 (2013)=
Filming took place between July and October 2012.
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Archimedes
| Aux1 = Archimedes of Syracuse
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|1|23|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician and expert engineer. Inspired by Archimedes, they come up with their own genius idea when they bring one of his most brilliant inventions to life, with some explosive results.
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Von Braun
| Aux1 = Wernher von Braun
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|1|30|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. Inspired by von Braun's ideas, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea, involving a small doll, a huge helium balloon and a journey into space.
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Sir Issac Newton
| Aux1 = Isaac Newton
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|6|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists of all time, and explore his theories of gravity. Inspired by Newton, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea when they attempt to defy the laws of gravity by riding the Wall of Death.
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Michael Faraday
| Aux1 = Michael Faraday
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|13|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Michael Faraday, a pioneer of electricity whose discoveries helped power the planet. Inspired by Faraday's genius ideas, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea, involving a cage and almost a million volts of electricity. The results are shocking!
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| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Delia Derbyshire
| Aux1 = Delia Derbyshire
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|20|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Delia Derbyshire, a pioneer of modern-day music who helped create the Doctor Who theme tune. Inspired by Derbyshire, they come up with their own genius idea when they record their own version of the Doctor Who theme tune with a twist.
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| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Bazalgette
| Aux1 = Joseph Bazalgette
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|27|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the man who invented London's giant sewer system. Inspired by Bazalgette's genius idea, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea to demonstrate the explosive power of poo.
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| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Watt
| Aux1 = James Watt
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|6|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Scottish inventor and engineer James Watt, who revolutionised steam technology. Inspired by Watt, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea, when they build and race a steam-powered tandem bike.
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| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Elsie Widdowson
| Aux1 = Elsie Widdowson
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|13|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of food expert Elsie Widdowson, who helped to devise wartime rationing. Under her diet, Britain was the healthiest it had ever been. Inspired by Widdowson, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea involving rations, army cadets and a gruelling assault course.
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| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = Da Vinci
| Aux1 = Leonardo da Vinci
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|20|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. They are inspired to come up with their own genius idea by bringing one of da Vinci's boldest inventions to life, using a tank, a medieval army and some rotten tomatoes.
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| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = Brunel
| Aux1 = Isambard Kingdom Brunel
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|27|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of engineer extraordinaire Isambard Kingdom Brunel and are inspired to come up with their own genius idea, which involves climbing to the top of one of the tallest bridges in the world.
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=Series 2 (2014)=
Filming for this series was between July and October 2013.
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| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = Wright Brothers
| Aux1 = Wright brothers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|22|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of the Wright brothers, the men behind the first ever powered and controlled flight. Inspired by the Wright brothers, they come up with their own genius idea, which involves a terrifying flight in a stunt plane.
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| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Fleming
| Aux1 = Alexander Fleming
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|29|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Alexander Fleming, the man who discovered penicillin. Inspired by Fleming's discovery, they come up with their own genius idea, which involves an attempt to turn billions of germs into priceless works of art.
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| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = Marconi
| Aux1 = Guglielmo Marconi
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|2|5|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi, the man behind wireless communication. Inspired by Marconi, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea, which involves Dick taking to the skies in a hang-glider for an extreme radio broadcast.
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| EpisodeNumber = 14
| Title = Benz
| Aux1 = Karl Benz
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|2|12|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Karl Benz, the man behind the first petrol-powered car. Inspired by Benz, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea, when they build and race their own cars.
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| EpisodeNumber = 15
| Title = Herschel
| Aux1 = Caroline Herschel
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|2|19|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of astronomer Caroline Herschel, the first woman to spot one of the most mysterious objects in the Solar System, a comet. Inspired by her genius, they come up with their own genius idea when they make their own comet-inspired action movie.
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| EpisodeNumber = 16
| Title = Al-Jazari
| Aux1 = al-Jazari
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|2|26|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Al-Jazari, an ancient engineer who built mind-blowing machines that were designed to entertain and impress everyone who saw them. Influenced by Al-Jazari, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea when they build their own Al-Jazari-inspired robot.
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| EpisodeNumber = 17
| Title = Darwin
| Aux1 = Charles Darwin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|5|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Charles Darwin and explore the theory of evolution. Inspired by Darwin's genius ideas, they come up with their own genius idea when they take the plunge and go face to face with one of the most perfectly evolved predators on the planet - a terrifying shark!
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| EpisodeNumber = 18
| Title = Turing
| Aux1 = Alan Turing
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|12|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Alan Turing, World War II codebreaker and the man behind the modern-day computer. Inspired by Turing's genius, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea, when they use the power of computers to put on a spectacular fireworks display.
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| EpisodeNumber = 19
| Title = Curie
| Aux1 = Marie Curie
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|26|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Marie Curie, one of the most famous female scientists of all time. Inspired by Curie's genius ideas, they come up with their own, involving an exploding shed.
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| EpisodeNumber = 20
| Title = Talbot
| Aux1 = Henry Fox Talbot
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|2|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Fox Talbot, a pioneer of photography. Inspired by him, they come up with their own genius idea when they turn a bin into a giant pinhole camera.
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=Series 3 (2014-2015)=
In this series, Dick and Dom move on from science and now look at all the apps that people can download to their iPads, phones and computers. At the end of each show they try to make their own game in real life. This last segment is narrated by YouTube personality Joseph Garrett (AKA "Stampy Cat"). Series 3 ran for 8 Episodes over 8 weeks. Series 3 was titled Appsolute Genius with Dick & Dom. The series also ran a competition to create a new app and game for the CBBC website, the winner of which was 14-year-old Alex, which was later made into 'Escargot Escape Artistes'. Filming for this series took place between March and July of 2014.
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| EpisodeNumber = 21
| Title = Programme One
| Aux1 = N/A
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|10|7|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom explore the world of computer games. They reveal some of the past and present games that have had a major impact on the gaming world. Celebrity gamers talk about their favourite games - from the ones they can't put down to the ones they're so bad at even their gran could beat them.
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| EpisodeNumber = 22
| Title = Animation
| Aux1 = Walt Disney
Yuji Naka
Jordan Mechner
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|10|14|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom explore animation in computer games and reveal the three geniuses whose brilliant ideas all helped develop animation in gaming through the years.
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| EpisodeNumber = 23
| Title = Character
| Aux1 = Toru Iwatani
Jim Henson
Colin Urquhart
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|10|21|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = In this episode, Dick and Dom discover how characters are created for computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have all created iconic characters that we know and love.
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| EpisodeNumber = 24
| Title = Story
| Aux1 = J. R. R. Tolkien
Ron Gilbert
Yoshinori Kitase
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|10|28|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = In this episode, Dick and Dom discover the genius of stories in computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have all created legendary tales.
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| EpisodeNumber = 25
| Title = Building a World
| Aux1 = Andrew Whalley
Shigeru Miyamoto
Markus Persson
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|4|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom discover the genius of worlds and environments in computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have all created amazing worlds.
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| EpisodeNumber = 26
| Title = Coding
| Aux1 = Ada Lovelace
Ralph Baer
Tim Berners-Lee
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|11|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom discover the genius of coding in computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have changed the programming world.
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| EpisodeNumber = 27
| Title = Platform
| Aux1 = Allan Alcorn
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|18|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom discover the genius of platforms in computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have changed the way we play games.
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| EpisodeNumber = 28
| Title = The Winner's Story
| Aux1 = N/A
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|3|26|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = In the final episode of the series, Dick and Dom meet the winner of their amazing competition to design your own computer game.
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=Series 4 (2015-2016)=
In Series 4, Dick and Dom are now looking at super tech from all over the world, from tech that can save lives, to tech that you can buy, to tech that is out of this world, and at the end of each show, they try to make their own super tech and beat the challenge set to them. Series 4 ran for 8 Episodes over 8 weeks. Series 4 was titled Absolute Genius Super Tech with Dick & Dom. The series was filmed between November 2015 and January 2016.
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| EpisodeNumber = 29
| Title = Space Tech
| Aux1 = Sergei Korolev
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Rob Manning
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|28|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom look to the stars and reveal three geniuses whose tech-tastic ideas have pioneered space travel. The boys go to Nasa to see where real astronauts train before going to space, meet the man who sent the Rover to Mars, and get to drive a real space vehicle!
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| EpisodeNumber = 30
| Title = Robots
| Aux1 = William Grey Walter
Marvin Minsky
Satoshi Shigemi
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|4|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom meet man's future best friend - robots! The boys reveal three geniuses whose ideas have changed the world of robotics and they come face to face with one of the world's largest humanoid robots. They also create their very own destructive robot!
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| EpisodeNumber = 31
| Title = Techno Toys
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|11|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom get to play with the coolest toys with tech from both the past and the future. The boys reveal three geniuses whose ideas have changed the way we play and get to ride a real-life hoverboard and drive a full-sized remote-controlled car!
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| EpisodeNumber = 32
| Title = Communication
| Aux1 =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|18|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom look at how technology has changed the way we communicate and the geniuses behind the innovations. From how a film star's idea to help win World War II led to Wi-Fi, to how technology may one day allow us to communicate just using our brains.
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| EpisodeNumber = 33
| Title = Superhuman Tech
| Aux1 =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|25|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom attempt to become superheroes by using technology to have superpowers, and reveal three geniuses whose inventions allow us to do the impossible, from breathing underwater to having superhuman strength and even extra limbs! Not only that, Dom becomes a real-life human wrecking ball.
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| EpisodeNumber = 34
| Title = Super Transport
| Aux1 =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|12|2|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom look at the geniuses whose ideas have changed travel and explore how people might travel in the future. They visit Germany to get a ride in a driverless car and attempt hyperspeed when they make their own mini version of the future of transport.
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| EpisodeNumber = 35
| Title = Dick and Dom's Tech
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12|9|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom travel through time to look at five of their favourite technological innovations that have changed the way we live at home. With the help from tech experts, their celebrity friends and science buddy Fran, they look at how these inventions work, and how they have changed the way we live.
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| EpisodeNumber = 36
| Title = Absolute Genius
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|2|18|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom put the eight finalists of the Absolute Tech Genius contest through their paces to crown one of them the ultimate absolute tech genius. Judging these finalists through a variety of challenges will be industry experts, including Jon Bentley from the Gadget Show, Clive Beale from Raspberry Pi, Lucy Hedges, the tech editor of the Metro, and our very own CBBC channel controller - Cheryl Taylor. The three finalists who make it through to the later stages of the contest will be flying out to America to attend CES in Las Vegas and Apple HQ in Silicon Valley to meet the ultimate tech genius - Sir Jonathan Ive.
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=Series 5 (2016)=
In Series 5, Dick and Dom and Fran are looking at monster builds. The fifth series, titled Absolute Genius: Monster Builds, was confirmed on 2 June 2016. Filming took place throughout 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/14726152.WITH_PICTURES__Dick_and_Dom_on_da_beach___TV_duo_bring_their_own_brand_of_carnage_to_town/|title=WITH PICTURES: Dick and Dom on da beach - TV duo bring their own brand of carnage to town|publisher=|accessdate=20 April 2017|archive-date=5 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105095848/http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/14726152.WITH_PICTURES__Dick_and_Dom_on_da_beach___TV_duo_bring_their_own_brand_of_carnage_to_town/|url-status=live}} The fifth series began airing on CBBC on 19 October 2016.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/dickndom/status/778686662343659520|title=Dick and Dom on Twitter|publisher=|accessdate=20 April 2017|archive-date=7 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207030221/https://twitter.com/dickndom/status/778686662343659520|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/dickanddomofficial/photos/a.336058079785377.79375.221889071202279/1201990649858778/?type=3&theater|title=Dick and Dom(Official)|website=Facebook|publisher=|accessdate=20 April 2017|archive-date=2 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502205419/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdickanddomofficial%2Fphotos%2Fa.336058079785377.79375.221889071202279%2F1201990649858778%2F%3Ftype%3D3%26theater|url-status=live}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 37
| Title = Deep Underground
| Aux1 = Eupalinos
Alfred Nobel
James Robbins
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|19|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom don their hard hats and head underground to reveal the three tunnelling geniuses whose ideas revolutionised the way we dig deep below the earth. Needing no excuse to blow things up, they put the genius of dynamite to the test and visit the world's largest boring drill burrowing its way through the Alps, before building their own epic tunnelling robot!
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| EpisodeNumber = 38
| Title = Mile High City
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|26|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom head to the home of the skyscraper, New York city, to piece together the genius ideas that have seen buildings soar to incredible heights. Braving the scary heights of some mammoth structures, the boys become human guinea pigs at a lift-testing facility, get right up close to the blistering heat of a steelworks and attempt to build their own skyscraper from a very unexpected material.
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| EpisodeNumber = 39
| Title = Battling Nature
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|02|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom go head to head with the fiercest forces in nature as they enter the genius world of engineering against floods, wind and earthquakes. They head to the Netherlands to see how one of the world's great coastal defences keeps the sea at bay, find a suitably hair-raising method to put earthquake proofing to the test and tackle gale-force winds in their bid to stormproof their most precious possessions.
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| EpisodeNumber = 40
| Title = Massive Movers
| Aux1 =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|9|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom go supersized in this massive movers spectacular in which they trace the origins of the genius ideas that have made shifting heavy weights a whole lot easier. In their element, the boys head to a scrapyard to find out how hydraulic grabbers work, get up close to one of the weirdest-looking aircraft ever built and get to grips, literally, with the world's largest hydraulic hand.
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| EpisodeNumber = 41
| Title = Everlasting Energy
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|16|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom's quest takes them into the frazzling, windy and fast-flowing world of renewable energy. Heading deep into the searing Nevada desert, the pair discover how the sun's energy could keep the world powered forever. At the iconic Hoover Dam, they uncover the genius behind how a vast lake can generate epic amounts of power, before they put all they've learnt to the test with their own suitably wacky take on a power station.
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| EpisodeNumber = 42
| Title = Under Attack
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|23|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom are under attack in this high-octane tour through defensive engineering. The boys delve into the work of three geniuses whose ideas have given us impregnable castles and reinforced concrete bunkers and may one day protect planet Earth from asteroid attack! To top things off, they head to the seaside for a mega-sized game of smash the sandcastle.
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| EpisodeNumber = 43
| Title = Epic Bridges
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|30|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Dick and Dom turn their attention to the incredible world of monster bridges, tracing the genius ideas that have taken us from ancient Roman arches to elegant cable-stayed suspension spans, to a future where we may see bridges 3D-printed by robots. In their challenge, the boys join the Royal Engineers for an army bridge-build race... complete with a severe dressing-down for the loser.
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| EpisodeNumber = 44
| Title = Ultimate Playground
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12|7|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Absolute Genius presenters Dick and Dom sample all the fun of the fair in this thrill ride through the engineering genius of roller coasters and water slides. As well as learning how coasters somehow stay on the track when upside down, the boys don their swim shorts and bravely research the science behind the world's fastest water slides. Then they put their theories to the test with an epic slide challenge which attempts to topple a record owned by a certain Usain Bolt.
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External links
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Category:2010s British children's television series
Category:2013 British television series debuts
Category:2016 British television series endings
Category:BBC children's television shows
Category:BBC television documentaries about science
Category:British documentary television series about science