2012 (UK); April 20, 2013 (2013-04-20) – January 30, 2019 (US)
Outrageous Acts of Science is a science program shown onScience Channel in the United States, featuring a fast-paced countdown of the top 20internet videos in each episode. The series first aired in the United Kingdom onDiscovery International with the titleYou Have Been Warned. The program features homemadescience experiments andstunts, often accompanied by warnings of "don't try this at home" when doing so might endanger the viewer. For the U.S.TV network, it was the top-rated show of 2015.[1]
Each episode focuses on a particular science theme that features the cleverest, funniest, most daring, or just downright bizarre clips, along with an explanation and breakdown fromscience andengineering experts, includingHakeem Oluseyi,Debbie Berebichez,Carin Bondar and also-comediansHelen Arney,Matt Parker,Adam Ruben, andTom Wrigglesworth, among others. The expert panel's explanations are accompanied by storytellingmotion graphics and an explanation of what, how and why these clips were scientifically possible.[2]
Outrageous Acts of Science isnarrated byTim Dadabo, whileGareth Cornick voicesYou Have Been Warned for Europe. In mid 2017, the last ten episodes of season seven aired onDiscovery Channel (Australia) asDr. Karl's Outrageous Acts of Science, hosted by Dr.Karl Kruszelnicki, with commentary by other Australians not seen in other versions of the show.[3]
The first two seasons ofYou Have Been Warned are shown in Asia as well, with the third season ofOutrageous Acts also airing there under theYou Have Been Warned banner and intro. Two separate Asian versions were also created. In the first, titledYou Have Been Warned with Ean Nasrun, Malaysian radio announcer and TV personalityEan Nasrun voices and appears on-screen in a separate version that aired onDiscovery Channel Asia, along with some commentators' clips replaced by those featuring scientists from Malaysia.[4] A second independent version,You Have Been Warned Asia, is also produced byRohit Tharani forDiscovery Channel Asia, hosted by fiveFilipinos, actor/comedianRamon Bautista; director and performerRA Rivera; comedic performerJun Sabayton; musician, TV presenter, and political commentatorLourd de Veyra; and actress, TV presenter, and motoring journalistAngel Rivero. The hosts provide the science behind the clips themselves rather than relying in a separate commentator panel in an edgier, more comedic take on the series.[5]
The series is produced byOctober Films UK. In its tenth season, new episodes began airing in the U.S. on 17 October 2018. The first four episodes of season six were compilations of previous clips.A one-seasonspin-off calledOutrageous Acts of Psych aired in the U.S. in 2015.
Zeros to Heroes - March 8, 2014 - A Mexicanfirework hammer, freezing a tongue to alamppost,superglue, and an easily scared man.
When Nature Calls - March 15, 2014 - Agorilla that walks like a person, clouds formed indoors,surfingglacierrunoff, a wrong way to feed acrocodile, and a man that gets dangerously close tovolcanoes.
Freaks of Nature - April 19, 2014 - Featuring awashcloth wrung inouter space, a backwards-driving car, a "humanaxe" (Quantrel Bishop), naked at theSouth Pole, and using animals to catch animals.
Born to Be Wild - February 7, 2015 - Moredaredevils, including anavalanche survivor, a man who can hold his breath for more than 22 minutes, and one who walks betweenhot-air balloons a few thousand feet (over a kilometer) above ground.
Grand Masters - February 14, 2015 - A mandrifting two cars at once, asnake able to open a door, and a three-year-oldbasketball player.
Tested on Humans - February 21, 2015 - A man who pops hiseyes out of theirsockets, contagiousyawning, and abike helmet with an emergencyairbag.
Urban Legends - March 21, 2015 - Home inventions, including a dangerouselectric bike, a submarine under human power, and a full-sized car made ofLegos.
Speed Freaks - June 27, 2015 - A car drives 1,000 feet (300 m) across water, amantis shrimp with the fastest punch of any animal,bionic boots, and a car that jumps over a plane.
Fan Favorites - June 27, 2015
Home Hacks - July 4, 2015 - Motorcyclechariot racing, a homemadeIron Man-likeexoskeleton, a plane flying with no wings, and a 9-foot (2.7 m) tall robotic insect.
No Limits - July 11, 2015 - A world-record truck jump, the world's fastest electricmotorcycle, a 90-year-oldgymnast, and a skydiver andwingsuit pilot who form a humanflying carpet.
Win or Fail - July 18, 2015 - A spinning skydiver, awasabi prank, andcar jump that is the longest ever attempted.
Demolition Derby - July 25, 2015 - A man's finger that pokes throughcoconuts, a nearly indestructibleBatman suit, and a 30-foot (9 m) robotic hand that can crush cars while controlled by a person with a glove.
