Outrageous Acts of Science
You Have Been Warned is a science program shown on Discovery Channel, featuring a fast-paced countdown of the top 20 Internet videos in each episode. Shown as Outrageous Acts of Science on Science in the U.S. and Discovery Science in Canada, the program features homemade science experiments and stunts, often accompanied by warnings of "don't try this at home" when doing so might endanger the viewer.
Each episode focuses on a particular science theme that features the cleverest, funniest, most daring, or just downright bizarre clips, along with an explanation and breakdown from science and engineering experts, including Debbie Berebichez, and also-comedians Helen Arney, Matt Parker, Adam Ruben, and Tom Wrigglesworth, among others. The expert panel's explanations are accompanied with storytelling motion graphics and an explanation of what, how and why these clips were scientifically possible.[1]
The series is narrated by Tim Dadabo. Now in its fifth season as of February 2016, it is produced by October Films UK. In early February, it was announced that a sixth season was on order for the summer. For the U.S. TV network, it was the top-rated show of 2015.[2]
Episodes
U.S. airdates and selected clip examples from each episode.
Season 1
1. Homemade Heroes - April 20, 2013
2. Human Guinea Pigs - April 27, 2013
3. Natural Born Thrillers - May 4, 2013
4. Epic Stunts - May 11, 2013
5. Power Junkies - May 18, 2013
6. Dukes of Havoc - May 25, 2013
Season 2
1. Kings of Carnage - February 15, 2014
Destruction in the name of science, including using an MRI machine to destroy objects.
2. Show Offs - February 22, 2014
Skills including tightrope walking between two trucks, a walrus that whistles, and a needle thrown through glass but not shattering it.
3. Daredevils - March 1, 2014
Daredevil stunts, including "surfing" on a high-speed train, a dog walking on a tightrope, a Moto X on the water, "brain freeze", a backflipping car, jumping onto a cactus, and a skydiver walking from plane to plane.
4. Zeros to Heroes - March 8, 2014
A Mexican firework hammer, freezing a tongue to a lamppost, superglue, and an easily scared man.
5. When Nature Calls - March 15, 2014
A gorilla that walks like a person, clouds formed indoors, surfing glacier runoff, a wrong way to feed a crocodile, and a man that gets dangerously close to volcanoes.
6. Human Lab Rats - March 29, 2014
Self-experimentation, including speed eating, a bot fly larva in a person's scalp, and a helicopter powered by a person.
7. The People's Vote - April 5, 2014
The best of the first 12 episodes.
8. Masters of the Universe - April 12, 2014
Vertical driving, a high-speed hammock, a man without a fear of heights, RC helicopter maneuvers, and a supersonic ping pong ball.
9. Freaks of Nature April 19, 2014
Featuring a washcloth wrung in outer space, a backwards-driving car, a "human axe", naked at the South Pole, and using animals to catch animals.
10. Muthas of Invention - April 26, 2014
Shooting rock salt to kill a housefly, a bicycle 14 feet (4.3 m) tall, a hover platform, human-powered cars, a solar 3D printer that melts layers of sand with a lens, and pulse-jet bicycle.
11. Backyard Boffins - May 3, 2014
Backyard boffins, including a triple backflip on a BMX bike, homemade civil defense siren, and a submarine made from apropane tank.
12. Hackaverse - May 10, 2014
Life hacks, featuring an inflatable snowmobile, a shopping cart rocket, an orchestra from drinking glasses, an explosion of gummy bears, bedbug "tattoos", and a car driven by an iPad.
13. Heroes and Hoaxers - May 17, 2014
14. Greatest Hits II - May 24, 2014
The best clips from season two, as chosen by the scientists.
Season 3
1. Fact or Fake? - January 17, 2015
Underwater BASE jumping and a billiards trick shot.
2. License to Thrill - January 24, 2015
3. Kings of Creation - January 31, 2015
Ridiculous inventions, like a car that skips a jump rope, a robot that always wins at Rock Paper Scissors, and a single-wheeled motorbike.
4. Born to Be Wild - February 7, 2015
More daredevils, including an avalanche survivor, a man who can hold his breath for more than 22 minutes, and one who walks between hot-air balloons a few thousand feet (over a kilometer) above ground.
5. Grand Masters - February 14, 2015
A man drifting two cars at once, a snake able to open a door, and a three-year-old basketball player.
6. Tested on Humans - February 21, 2015
A man who pops his eyes out of their sockets, contagious yawning, and a bike helmet with an emergency airbag.
7. Lord of the Elements - February 28, 2015
A skydiver with a jetpack, levitating objects, and a solar car.
8. Cowboys of Chaos - March 7, 2015
A homemade cannon, exploded houses, and magnets that can crush a person's hand.
9. Epic Fails - March 14, 2015
An extreme surfing wipeout, the hardest tongue twister, and a man with an extreme fear of lobsters.
10. Urban Legends - March 21, 2015
Home inventions, including a dangerous electric bike, a submarine under human power, and a full-sized car made of Lego s.
Season 4
1. Fact or Fiction - June 20, 2015
Snow skiing on Hawaii's Mauna Kea, a wingsuit pilot towed by a car, a great white shark encounter, driving vertically, and a handgun trick shot.
2. Speed Freaks - June 27, 2015
A car drives 1,000 feet (300 m) across water, a mantis shrimp with the fastest punch of any animal, bionic boots, and a car that jumps over a plane.
3. Home Hacks - July 4, 2015
Motorcycle chariot racing, a homemade Iron Man-like exoskeleton, a plane flying with no wings, and a 9-foot (2.7 m) tall robotic insect.
4. No Limits - July 11, 2015
A world-record truck jump, the world's fastest electric motorcycle, a 90-year-old gymnast, and a skydiver and wingsuit pilot who form a human flying carpet.
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5. Win or Fail - July 18, 2015
A spinning skydiver, an wasabi prank, and car jump that is the longest ever attempted.
6. Demolition Derby - July 25, 2015
A man's finger that pokes through coconuts, a nearly indestructible Batman suit, and a 30-foot (9 m) robotic hand that can crush cars while controlled by a person with a glove.
7. Superhuman - August 1, 2015
Walking on the ceiling with magnets, a knife/nunchuck master, a small arm-wrestler taking on a bodybuilder, and a man runs a loop-the-loop.
8. Forces of Nature - August 8, 2015
A shark rescue, leeches as first aid, and a cluster balloon aircraft made of a lawn chair, helium balloons, and a "pilot" with shotgun.
9. Insane Inventions - August 15, 2015
A car with color-changing paint, an model rocket that reaches the edge of space, a flying car, and a stunt machine that crosses a skateboard and tank.
10. Weird Science - August 22, 2015
A ghost ship made of light projected into sprayed water, a bear with a human-like walk, and an uphill tightrope walk.
Season 5
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