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English

2022

U/A 13+

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

Science, Documentary

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Hannah Fry uncovers the secrets behind the miraculous technologies of the modern world, revealing the mind-blowing stories behind their invention.

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Passport from The Secret Genius of Modern Life Season 2

E1. Passport

48 minsE1. PassportHannah gains access to a top-secret site where anonymous staff and the latest tech work to make the British passport one of the most secure documents on the planet. She reveals the World War I spy craft hidden in the pages of every passport and takes a look into how modern ID checks were shaped by the hunt for a 19th-century French serial killer and 1970s psychedelic art.

Vacuum Cleaner from The Secret Genius of Modern Life Season 2

E2. Vacuum Cleaner

50 minsE2. Vacuum CleanerHannah takes a look at the vacuum cleaner, going behind the scenes with Dyson and discovering how the motor in their latest vacuum spins nine times faster than that of a Formula One race car. She finds out why a wheezy janitor in the 1900s took inspiration from a sewing machine to create the first popular portable vacuum. And she comes face to face with a colony of creepy crawlies whose job is to help us fight the filth.

Smartphone from The Secret Genius of Modern Life Season 2

E3. Smartphone

53 minsE3. SmartphoneWith over six billion of them across the planet, smartphones have changed the modern world. With rare access to electronics giant Samsung, Hannah uncovers the technological game changers that have made the smartphone a reality. She finds out how a 1940s comic book hero inspired the first mobile phone, discovers why the invention of the digital camera led to one of the biggest commercial blunders of all time and reveals what a 2010 South Korean sausage frenzy can tell us about touchscreens.

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