Factomania

Synopsis

Dom Byrne, Fran Scott and Greg Foot compete for points using explosive experiments, animated tales and strange stunts, and whoever packs in the most facts and fun wins!

First Air Date: 2014-05-14

Last Air Date: 2014-07-16

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 10

Networks: BBC Knowledge

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Top Cast

Greg Foot as Self - Host
Fran Scott as Self - Host
Dominic Byrne as Self - Host

Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Fire Tornado (2014-05-14)

Greg checks out Archimedes' plan for a death ray in 214BC, while Fran investigates 'déjà vu'.
Ep. 2: Compost Go-Cart (2014-05-21)

Fran finds out how 157 people have fallen from planes and survived without parachutes since 1900.
Ep. 3: Exploding flour (2014-05-28)

Will moles, cockroaches or alien bacteria inherit Earth post nuclear fallout?
Ep. 4: Rocket on Zipwire (2014-06-04)

Greg looks at a space hotel that lets guests see 16 sunsets and sunrises in 24 hours.
Ep. 5: Jet Engine (2014-06-11)

Dom smashes Viking myths when he finds out more about them, such as having their own parliament.
Ep. 6: Gunpowder (2014-06-18)

Fran mixes a few anvils with a little gunpowder and Dom investigates Leif Erikson.
Ep. 7: Hoover (2014-06-25)

Did you know the vending machine was invented in the 1st century AD?
Ep. 8: Hooverboard - Steam Cannon (2014-07-02)

Fran investigates a Scottish island that had to be quarantined for 48 years.
Ep. 9: Hindenburg (2014-07-09)

Dom finds out which German spy was an inspiration for Bond, James Bond.
Ep. 10: Fruit and Veg Cannon (2014-07-16)

Greg drops into a volcano to discover they explode with 24 megatons of thermal energy.