The Unofficial Science Of...
- TV comedy
- Sky Max
- 2022 - 2024
- 3 episodes
Comedians investigate the stunts in famous films. Stars Alex Brooker and Zoe Laughlin.
Press clippings
The Unofficial Science Of Die Hard review
From jumping off a building to blowing up a lift shaft, comics Paul Chowdhry and Chris Ramsey break down the blockbuster's stunts to see if they would work in the real world.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 23rd December 2023'The Unofficial Science Of...' returns with Die Hard and Indiana Jones
Sky Max has ordered two more episodes of The Unofficial Science Of..., the format in which comedians investigate the stunts in famous films. Chris Ramsey and Paul Chowdhry look at Die Hard and Greg James and Maisie Adam take on Indiana Jones.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd October 2023The Home Alone recreation that nearly fried James Acaster and Guz Khan
Swinging paintcans, electrified sinks, a drop from a zipwire ... in The Unofficial Science Of Home Alone, the comics undergo the Christmas classic's booby traps - to see what would really happen.
Alexi Duggins, The Guardian, 19th December 2022The Unofficial Science Of Home Alone review - what, no charred skeletons?
This testing of the Christmas classic's violent scenes - from head-smashing paint pots to high-voltage shocks - would have been better if James Acaster and Guz Khan did less wisecracking and more suffering.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 19th December 2022James Acaster and Guz Khan explore the science of Home Alone for Sky
James Acaster and Guz Khan are making The Unofficial Science Of Home Alone, a Sky Max show recreating the home defences featured in the hit 1990 film.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd March 2022