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S1 E1: Fire And Water
Sick of spending time at the car wash? Want to know how to get a free meal at a restaurant? Watch Street Genius and find out!
S1 E2: Forces Of Nature
Tim Shaw takes science to the streets again and teaches viewers how to make a bomb out of a coffee creamer. This and more, on Street Genius.
S1 E3: Smash And Grab
In this episode, Tim Shaw's scientific experiments take in everything from Hollywood-style car chases to bottle caps and bicycle wheels.
S1 E4: Sparks Will Fly
Tim Shaw creates lightning, passes a live wire through a pickle, blasts through ice blocks, and attempts to create instant fried turkey from frozen.
S1 E5: In The Line Of Fire
Tim Shaw continues to take science to the streets with insane experiments, from burning teddy bears to firing a laser in an arcade.
S1 E6: Under Pressure
Tim Shaw takes us on a freewheeling journey through the science on our doorstep, asking normal people what makes things do what they do.
S1 E7: Defying Gravity
Tim Shaw shows us wonderful, bewildering and sensational science is all around us through a series of experiments in everyday environments.
S1 E8: Extreme Heat
Tim Shaw takes us on a thermometer-busting journey from the concentrated sunlight of a Fresnel lens, to the deep freeze properties of liquid nitrogen.
S1 E9: Raining Fire
Tim Shaw takes on more scientific challenges, attempting to find the best improvised BBQ lighters and achieve perfect synchronicity.
S1 E10: Deep Heat
Tim Shaw demonstrates dramatic ways to understand the natural forces at work in our everyday lives, while the public tries to anticipate the outcome.
S1 E11: Blown Apart
Tim Shaw invites us to witness more bizarre experiments, from making ice-cream with a fire extinguisher, to blowing up a garden shed.
S1 E12: Breaking Point
Tim Shaw attempts a familiar tablecloth trick, goes on a rescue mission for melted ice-cream, and attempts to blow open a safe.
S1 E13: Spitting Fire
Tim Shaw explains the science behind shooting a rain of fire from a shotgun, and destroys a boulder with an improvised explosive.
S1 E14: What Goes Up
From shooting hoops in a moving vehicle to boiling a bottle of bubbly in a microwave, Tim Shaw shows us more everyday science in the world around us.
S1 E15: Powers Of Attraction
Tim Shaw tests the stopping power of tires with explosive consequences, and performs some gravity defying experiments with shattering results.
S1 E16: The Big Bangs
Tim Shaw begins his explosive journey in a grocery store, then turns a glass droplet into a grenade, and seemingly turns silver into gold.
S1 E17: Chain Reactions
Tim Shaw shows us how a harmless table tennis ball can pack a mighty punch and the science behind the slinky in mesmerizing slow-motion.
S1 E18: Waves Of Fire
Tim Shaw invites members of the public to predict the outcome of some high-octane experiments then makes a quick getaway with an ejector seat.
S1 E19: Blast Off
Tim Shaw organizes a set of highly unusual scientific challenges for ordinary members of the public, including a slip-sliding race.
S1 E20: Short Fuse
Tim Shaw fires fast food out of a cannon, fights fire with a kitchen sieve, and finishes with a barrel blasting experiment that you can't miss.
S2 E1: Master Blaster
On a tour of Las Vegas, Tim sets off fire extinguisher rockets and finds out what happens when a person gets vacuum-packed.
S2 E2: Crash & Burn
Tim Shaw takes science to the streets, creating a gas tank fireball and demonstrating how water balloons stop a bullet moving at 1,000 km per hour.
S2 E3: Positively Shocking
Tim invites us to witness the crushing power of a steel blade, the force of a shotgun, and explosive action of a man-made lightning bolt.
S2 E4: Shock & Awe
Tim takes science to the streets, revealing which weird rocket fuel will be the most effective and how to quench your thirst with a chainsaw.
S2 E5: Falling, Floating, & Feasting
Tim takes science to the streets, testing the sticking power of glue, the kicking power of a rocket boot and the mystifying properties of dry ice.
S2 E6: Pedal To The Metal
In this episode Tim tackles the intense white heat of magnesium, the strength of car components and the winning qualities of increased muscle power.
S2 E7: Shattering Conclusions
Even toughened glass can't resist the impact of Tim's experiments, in this shattering edition of Street Genius.
S2 E8: Pressure Cooker
The man they call the Street Genius introduces us to the incredible truth about why things do what they do.
S2 E9: Shooters, Showers, & Shockwaves
Tim takes science to the streets as he shoots at targets from a moving vehicle and reveals the surprising science behind helium-filled balloons.
S2 E10: Blow It Up
Tim takes science to the streets as he fires a bowling ball across the desert using four unusual fuels and reveals how indigestion antacids work.
S2 E11: Blasts, Fire, And Beers
Tim sets off some explosives in water, air, sand and a partial vacuum and finds out what material can or cannot contain the blasts.
S2 E12: Human Cannonball
Tim takes science to the streets, turning everyday items into fuel for a human cannonball and trying to balance 18 nails on the head of one.