Outrageous Acts of Science: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The internet is ridden with clips of people doing crazy, hilarious and downright amazing things and on Outrageous Acts of Science, we highlight the cream of the crop. From human powered flying machines in Canada, space explorers in the UK, backwards talking girls in the US and the New Zealander that built a robot rock band the show counts down a definitive top 20 clips of people doing the extraordinary in each episode. With episodes dedicated to homemade inventions, human guinea pigs, nature obsessed thrillers and pure danger junkies the team of scientists deconstruct and explain how each action in the clip worked, how risky it was and above all exactly why it shouldn't be tried at home.

Series details

• Title: Outrageous Acts of Science
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2013-04-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-01-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Science
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 2649

Cast and credited roles

• Tim Dadabo — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-04-20; final listed air date 2013-06-01; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2014-02-15; final listed air date 2014-05-24; episode order: 14.
• Season 3: premiered 2015-01-17; final listed air date 2015-03-21; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2015-06-20; final listed air date 2015-08-22; episode order: 10.
• Season 5: premiered 2016-01-09; final listed air date 2016-04-22; episode order: 13.
• Season 6: premiered 2016-06-22; final listed air date 2016-08-17; episode order: 9.
• Season 7: premiered 2016-10-26; final listed air date 2017-03-29; episode order: 17.
• Season 8: premiered 2017-06-21; final listed air date 2017-08-30; episode order: 10.
• Season 9: premiered 2018-02-28; final listed air date 2018-05-02; episode order: 10.
• Season 10: premiered 2018-10-17; final listed air date 2019-01-30; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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