April 12, 1978 • 30m
Johnny Ball, with the help of a studio audience, will show some mind-stretching models, blistering ballistics, lightning calculati...Read more
April 19, 1978 • 30m
This week Johnny discovers why hands are so handy, how to make sense of your senses, automate an automaton and how bionic a bionic...Read more
April 26, 1978 • 30m
This week Johnny looks at family trees, works out how to get rid of a boomerang, puts nylon in an endless spin and turns a fossil ...Read more
May 3, 1978 • 30m
Lots of giggles and quite a few gurgles as Johnny explores water from H to O. Meanwhile - Think of a Number. At a quick guess, whi...Read more
May 10, 1978 • 30m
This week Johnny discovers some dicey things about dice and a number over a thousand miles long; also something heavy about gold a...Read more
May 17, 1978 • 30m
This time Johnny considers why the Earth is in a flat spin; talks about what makes tocks tick and how to gain on the swings and ro...Read more