The Unofficial Science of Home Alone

Swinging paintcans, electrified sinks, a drop from a zipwire are all hazards that the baddies ‘’The Wet Bandits’’ are subjected to in the movie Home Alone. When comedians James Acaster and Guz Khan decided to make a TV show recreating the scenes from...

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15.15 20 Dec 2022

The Unofficial Science of Home...

The Unofficial Science of Home Alone

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15.15 20 Dec 2022

Swinging paintcans, electrified sinks, a drop from a zipwire are all hazards that the baddies ‘’The Wet Bandits’’ are subjected to in the movie Home Alone. When comedians James Acaster and Guz Khan decided to make a TV show recreating the scenes from the Christmas classic they knew they needed to call one person, Engineer, Dr Zoe Laughlin.

Zoe joined Sean on the show to discuss the science behind some of the scenes in Home Alone…

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