Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain
University Challenge icons and real-life best friends Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull are on a road trip with a difference. Feeding their insatiable appetite for knowledge, they visit Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales in search of hidden gems of British scientific and technological ingenuity.
Episodes
Runtime: 30m
Eric and Bobby head to Northern England where they discover "The Captive Flying Machines," the giant telescopes of the mysterious Jodrell Bank Observatory and a museum dedicated only to lawnmowers.
Runtime: 30m
Talking industrial engineering as they sail across the highest navigable aqueduct in the world and climb the summit of Mount Snowdown via the mountain's iconic rack-and-pinion narrow gauge steam railway train.
Runtime: 30m
In Northern Ireland Bobby and Eric encounter a piece of aviation history that has saved thousands of lives: the ejector seat, designed in Northern Ireland.
Runtime: 30m
Monkman and Seagull make a tour of some of Scotland's most enigmatic scientific achievements.
