Episodes
Series 1: The Flat-Earth Incident
At a utopian commune in the West Norfolk Fens, Samuel Rowbotham conducted a series of experiments that led to a career as an evangelist for a bizarre cosmological system. His work inspired John Hampden to issue a challenge, offering £500 to any scientist to try to prove the rotundity of the earth. The naturalist and former surveyor Alfred Russell Wallace accepted the challenge, and in the end Hampden of course did not graciously accept defeat.
Series 1: The Flat-Earth Incident
At a utopian commune in the West Norfolk Fens, Samuel Rowbotham conducted a series of experiments that led to a career as an evangelist for a bizarre cosmological system. His work inspired John Hampden to issue a challenge, offering £500 to any scientist to try to prove the rotundity of the earth. The naturalist and former surveyor Alfred Russell Wallace accepted the challenge, and in the end Hampden of course did not graciously accept defeat.
Series 2: The Rabbit Incident
In 1726, Mary Toft of Godalming, Surrey, claimed to be able to give birth to dead rabbits, convincing many of Georgian England's elite, including the King's Surgeon Nathaniel St André.
Series 2: The Rabbit Incident
In 1726, Mary Toft of Godalming, Surrey, claimed to be able to give birth to dead rabbits, convincing many of Georgian England's elite, including the King's Surgeon Nathaniel St André.
Series 3: The Forbidden Experiment
From Ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe to Mughal India, a rumour has surfaced on multiple occasions of kings conducting a strange and cruel investigation into the origins of language.
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- Episode 1
- More episodes coming soon
Series 3: The Forbidden Experiment
From Ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe to Mughal India, a rumour has surfaced on multiple occasions of kings conducting a strange and cruel investigation into the origins of language.