Rough Science (2000) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Rough Science online in HD.
Rough Science — Storyline
Science challenge series in which a team of five scientists pool their knowledge in order to complete a selection of set tasks.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Kate Humble, Iain Stewart
Rough Science — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2000-05-26 |
| Seasons | 6 |
| Episodes | 34 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Status | Ended |
Rough Science — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Mediterranean Mystery (2000-05-26) — The five scientists are taken to a mystery location in the Mediterranean. Their first challenge is to determine their latitude and longitude and thus pinpoint exactly where they ar
- E2: Simmering Shutterbugs (2000-06-02) — The castaways are challenged to create an electric battery from natural materials, a power meter for testing the battery, and a camera and film, as well as natural dyes to make a f
- E3: Power Supplies (2000-06-09) — Moving on from the battery in episode 2, this time the scientists face the challenge of building an electric generator to run on natural energy.
- E4: Sustenance and Sayonara (2000-06-16) — The team are asked to create soap and toothpaste using only ingredients they can find in the wild, and a record player from scrap material.
Season 2
- E1: Mapping It Out (2002-05-07) — The second series takes five scientists to the Carribean island of Carriacou, where their first challenge is to create a scale map of the island – using paper and ink derived from
- E2: Bugs and Barometers (2002-05-14) — Cut off from their usual laboratory equipment, the team are challenged to create their own from scratch – including a microscope, biology lab and weather station.
- E3: Time and Transmitters (2002-05-21) — The team turn their attention to communication in the third episode from Carriacou. Kate challenges them to build a transmitter and radio reciever to send messages across the islan
- E4: Feel the Heat (2002-05-28) — Keeping cool is the focus of the latest batch of scientific challenges. Using only the basic equipment provided, plus whatever plants they can find on the island, the team are give
- E5: Sun and Sea (2002-06-04) — The Rough Scientists are challenged to devise an underwater lighting system to help them explore the waters around Carriacou – but they can only use natural power sources.
- E6: The Science of Celebration (2002-06-11) — With the team about to leave their tropical island base, it's time for a party. The team face the challenge of creating a light-and-sound show to celebrate their success in the pre
Season 3
- E1: Gold Rush (2002-10-25) — In the first set of gold-mining challenges in New Zealand's Westland National Park, Ellen, Mike B and Mike L attempt to pan gold from a river while Jonathan builds a metal detector
- E2: Shakers (2002-11-01) — Mike L, Kathy and Jonathan are set the task of building an automated gold-panning machine, while Ellen is challenged to work out the date of the most recent major earthquake in the
- E3: Quakers (2002-11-08) — Ellen's task this week is to devise a way of waterproofing a tent that Mike B and Mike L will take on an expedition to seek out gold. Meanwhile Kathy and Jonathan build a seismogra
- E4: Ice (2002-11-22) — The entire team are taken on a journey to the Franz Josef glacier and must pool their knowledge to work out both how fast the glacier is moving, and how fast it is melting. They mu
- E5: Treasure Hunt (2002-11-29) — With the team's time in New Zealand running out, Kate offers the team some extra gold to help them make their jewelery. But it's buried somewhere on a nearby mountainside – so the
- E6: The Big Smelt (2002-12-06) — The culmination of the group's New Zealand adventure. The team have found enough gold to carry out their final task, but they still face the challenge of purifying the gold and wor
Season 4
- E1: Rover (2004-01-06) — Week one's challenges are heavily focused on the "exploration" theme. Jonathan's challenge is to make a rover; a remote controlled vehicle that could explore strange new worlds. St
- E2: Communication (2004-01-13) — No space mission can succeed without communication, so our second set of Rough Science space challenges are all based around making contact. Jonathan and Kathy have to come up with
- E3: Spacesuit (2004-01-20) — Although everyone thinks of space as very cold, in fact, if you stood on the sunny side of the moon, the temperature would be hot enough to boil the blood in your body. Spacesuits
- E4: Impact (2004-01-27) — This week's programme is all about meteorites and asteroids. Not too far from the Rough Science base on the edge of Death Valley is Meteor Crater. Iain, Kathy and Mike have to work
- E5: Aerial Surveyor (2004-02-03) — In Programme One the Rough Scientists had to make a Mars Rover which could explore strange new worlds. This week Kathy and Jonathan have to go one better and design an aerial surve
- E6: Rocket (2004-02-10) — Our final set of Rough Science space challenges are all about rockets. Mike, Jonathan and Kathy have to make three different rockets, but there's a catch; they're only allowed to u
Season 5
- E1: Shipwrecked (2005-02-16) — The Rough Scientists are sent to a nearby wreck which offers a whole new artificial habitat for plants and fish. As in every programme the team are set three challenges. Firstly, J
- E2: Lost at Sea (2005-02-23) — It’s a dark tropical night and Kate has fallen overboard and is in need of rescue. Mike has to build a distress flare, while Kathy and Ellen are tasked with making a life jacket or
- E3: Call of the Wild (2005-03-02) — The waters around Zanzibar are teeming with life and they are surprisingly noisy. The team’s challenge this week is to eavesdrop on the underwater sounds of the reef to discover wh
- E4: To the Lighthouse (2005-03-09) — The team have to build a lighthouse on an outlying island which does not have electricity. Challenge one is for Ellen and Mike to make a light source that can be seen from far out
- E5: The Reef (2005-03-16) — This week the scientists are set their most environmentally friendly challenge yet – to protect a coral reef. The reef is home to over 400 species of tropical fish and 200 types of
- E6: Beneath the Waves (2005-03-23) — It’s the final challenge and perhaps the most dangerous yet. The scientists have to make a SCUBA device so that Kate can descend safely to the seabed some 5m down. It has to be sop
Season 6
- E1: Power (2005-11-02) — Kicking off the new series of Rough Science, at their high altitude base in the Rocky Mountains, the team attempt to make the old mill a little more hospitable – they’ve got to sup
- E2: Safety (2005-11-09) — For this programme the team are tackling two environmental hazards: fire and pollution.
Fire is a major hazard in the dry Colorado environment and Mike and Jonathan’s challenge i
- E3: Mountain (2005-11-16) — The Rough Science base this year sits on the slopes of a magnificent mountain: Mount Kendall. And for this week’s challenge the team will have the task of getting to know this peak
- E4: Clean (2005-11-23) — Three challenges down, and by now the team are starting to look a little worse for wear – and to be honest, they’re not smelling great either. So this time their challenge is to ge
- E5: Mine (2005-11-30) — Fresh and spiffing after last week's cleaning challenges, our Rough Scientists are about to get all messy again. This week's challenge is to find a way to detect radioactive rocks
- E6: Photo (2005-12-07) — The Rough Science team face their final challenge. They must take a memento of the mill and send it, by air, along a valley to Kate. Mike and Hermione decide to take a silver-nitra
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Rough Science have? 6 season(s) with 34 episodes.
Where can I watch Rough Science? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
