Street Genius - Season 1 (2013)

The British Tim Shaw conducts remarkable experiments and lets the people on the streets and at home predict the outcomes. In this episode: testing the heat of a Fresnel lens and putting heavy bass through a car's sound system.

The British Tim Shaw conducts remarkable experiments and lets the people on the streets and at home predict the outcomes. In this episode: car chases Hollywood-style and the destructive force of sound.

The British Tim Shaw conducts remarkable experiments and lets the people on the streets and at home predict the outcomes. In this episode: making lighting, making blocks of ice explode and deep frying a frozen turkey.

The British Tim Shaw conducts remarkable experiments and lets the people on the streets and at home predict the outcomes. In this episode: the explosive power of beauty products and overpowering a weight lifter.

Tim goes trackside to re-create the familiar trick of pulling a tablecloth away without disturbing the table settings. But the table is set for a party of 24, and the cloth is attached to a quarter-mile of cord pulled by a stock car going 115mph.

Tim reveals which product normally stored in a garden shed could blow one apart. The answer is both explosive and enlightening. Tim invites audiences to find objects that will resist the power of a unique type of blowtorch.

Tim tries to create fire from the blast of a shotgun, explores the fourth state of matter with a microwave, and destroys boulders with various explosives.

Tim searches for the best improvised BBQ lighter, the smallest number of parts needed to make an electric motor and the best way to cook using a car. He shows how to achieve perfect synchronicity and what happens to a balloon in a microwave.

Tim searches the grocery store for an item that can cook up the most pressure on a heated launch pad. Then, he demonstrates how a seemingly solid glass droplet can instantly become a grenade and appears to magically transform zinc into gold.

Tim organizes a race to find out which household ingredient creates the fastest surface. Audiences participate in a physical feat of human construction. At a pool party, Tim shows the explosive reaction of an everyday metal when mixed with water.

The British Tim Shaw conducts remarkable experiments and lets the people on the streets and at home predict the outcomes.

Tim Shaw visits a desert test track to push the stopping power of tires to the limit - with explosive consequences. He introduces gravity-defying experiments with trapeze artists, a roll of chain link metal balls, and a 90lb chandelier.

Tim tests to see if anything can withstand the withering heat of burning thermite and demonstrates a surprisingly simple way to remove a cork that has been pushed into a bottle. Tim then attempts to scale a wall with a rope made of toilet paper.

From shooting hoops in a moving vehicle to boiling up a bottle of bubbly in a microwave and dropping a piano from 100 feet in the air, Tim Shaw introduces us to more of the everyday science in the world around us.

Host Tim Shaw demonstrates how a harmless ping-pong ball can pack a mighty punch, how dominoes can be used to create a powerful chain reaction and the amazing science behind a slinky in motion.

Host Tim Shaw tests the safety of various gases for use in a blimp and employs a flame-boyant piece of equipment to help us see sound. An illuminating use for liquid nitrogen offers up a Holly-wood style finale.

Tim takes fast food to extremes when he fires food from a cannon to see which will travel the farthest. Cookware is used in unconventional ways, Tim fights fire with a kitchen strainer and performs an optical illusion with oil and glass bowls.