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The Well of Random Episodes

  1.

    Scientists Go To Hollywood

    Adam Rutherford talks to scientists who have left the lab for Hollywood.

  2. Free Energy

    Jolyon Jenkins meets the men trying to build free energy machines in their garages.

  3. Cutting Up the Cut-Up

    Writer Ken Hollings examines an artistic device called the 'cut-up'.

  4. The Reluctant Lama

    The story of the Spanish toddler chosen by the Dalai Lama as a reincarnated Tibetan lama.

  5. The Devil's Rope

    Ian Marchant traces the story of how barbed wire privatised America.

  6. Hallucination: Through the Doors of Perception

    Geoff Watts explores the science of hallucination.

  7. Malled: 60 Years of Undercover Shopping

    Will Self explores the appeal of the shopping centre.

  8. Oblique Strategies

    Simon Armitage explores the creative possibilities opened up by Oblique Strategies cards.

  9. What is the Point of... ? Lawns

    Quentin Letts examines the British love affair with lawns.

  10. Hippy Internet - The Whole Earth Catalog

    The story of a book of hippy philosophy that defined the 1960s.

  11. In Praise of the Lido

    Stephen Smith dips his toe in the waters of this great national institution.

  12. Hole in the Head

    Meet the people who think drilling a hole in the head has certain health benefits.

  13. How to Dig a Grave

    Gravediggers exist in popular imagination as a ghoulish breed. But what is the reality?

  14. Save the Moon!

    Prof Chris Riley argues that we need to act now to preserve the moon for all mankind.

  15. The Ghost Trains of Old England

    Ian Marchant travels Britain's least-used, semi-secret trains.

  16. A Call from Joybubbles

    The story of phone phreaking and how teenagers hacked the US phone system.

  17. Welcome to The Well of Random

    Curious, unexpected and superbly quirky documentaries. Introduced by Seren Jones.