I ENJOYED the hell out of science when I was at school. If you didn't make anything explode there was little point. One time our class shattered half the school's entire supply of little ceramic pots after adding too much sulphur.

Brainiac, for those who don't have Sky, is your school science class if it were run by its pupils. It's death to ceramic pots multiplied by a billion, and they especially hate caravans.

Hosted with gusto by the diminutive Richard Ham-mond, it also reins in former Big Brother geek John Tickle for a few side experiments.

In between all the explosions you might just learn a little something, but that's not

really the point, is it...

Lyndon Hogg