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Season 1, 15 episodes

Episode 1: Conditioned
- Now playing
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
Pavlov's investigations into dog digestion lead to phone addiction. A failed quest to find a safer refrigerant creates Teflon. A damaged delivery crate is instrumental in the invention of dynamite. And a chance encounter with a composer leads Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr to invent the basis for wifi.
Episode 2: Blue Genes
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
The failed experiment and the world's greatest crime-fighting tool. A clumsily dressed cut leads to the invention of plastics. How chance conversation and sausage poison changed the face of Hollywood. And a broken thermometer sets in motion a chain of events that frees a country from colonialism.
Episode 3: The Beat Goes On
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A clumsy movement throws a sample onto a stove invents vulcanized rubber. The wrong resistor leads to the pacemaker. A failed experiment results in a safe way to create fire. A search for new galaxies leads to hope of extraterrestrials.
Episode 4: Flash of Success
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
Broken thermometer fumes cause the invention of photography. Radar parts and a melting snack bar lead to the microwave. Spilled chemicals result in Scotchgard. A trial heart drug works better on another organ and becomes Viagra.
Episode 5: Sweet Success
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A dirty laboratory and a vacation lead to the discovery of our first real weapon against bacteria: penicillin. A scientist's determination to test the ‘wrong' solution gives us Kevlar. Unwashed hands and some unexpectedly sweet bread is to thank for Saccharin. A failed laser becomes the LED light.
Episode 6: Acid Test
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A swiss chemist's attempts to make a lung drug results in LSD. The son of enslaved parents tires to reverse the fortunes of sharecroppers and inadvertently gives rise to PB&J. A failed dye becomes TNT. And a prison camp doctor and a fridge full of urine lead to improve mental healthcare.
Episode 7: Hair Raising Science
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A failed blood pressure medicine and an unexpectedly hairy woman lead to a cure for baldness. How messing around with a scientific toy gave us the x-ray. An attempt to stop the paper curling in a newspaper printer becomes air conditioning. And why war is responsible for the slinky.
Episode 8: Discovering Drink
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A clumsy lab worker leads to the invention of superglue. And the accidents behind neuroscience, beer, and chemical hair relaxant.
Episode 9: Bigger Bang
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A misguided attempt to make plastic wallpaper results in bubble wrap. The precursor to a blood clotting drug becomes rave favorite, MDMA. A mopped-up kitchen spill brings us smokeless explosive guncotton. A defective satellite lens leads to a new way to identify breast cancer.
Episode 10: Laxative Lunacy
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
The accidents behind the inventions of post-it notes, Ex-lax, Graphene and the way a walk in the snow almost leads to nuclear Armageddon.
Episode 11: Get a Grip
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A failed metal gun barrel recipe becomes kitchen favourite: surgical steel. Messing around in a spectacle maker's shop leads to the telescope. A bag of dirt from a remote island contains a bacteria that helps stop aging.
Episode 12: How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
The search for artificial quinine creates the first artificial dye, Mauvine. A failed dry-cleaning fluid results in Saran Wrap. An attempt to grow bacteria leads to a cancer killing drug, and Western Front nurses invented sanitary towels.
Episode 13: Sleeping on the Job
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A 19th Century party drug and a banged knee lead to the invention of anaesthetics. The story behind the invention of telephone. A shattered experiment results in smart dust, and an ancient attempt to make cheese gave us tofu.
Episode 14: Teas & Tipple
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
The unexpected stories behind the inventions of the teabag the gin and tonic Disulfiram and American female politicians.
Episode 15: Lenin to Lady Gaga
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A failed poison gas detector results in the smoke detector. An experiment to measure gas density produces the Theremin musical instrument. A broken beaker leads to bulletproof glass, and a search for a new gunpowder gives us iodine.

Oops I Changed the World

2022 to present
1 season
52m per episode
Documentary

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Tells the fascinating stories of accidental and surprise inventions that have transformed our lives.

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1 season and 15 episodes so far
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Status: Returning Series
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 15
First aired: September 14, 2022
Original language: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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Episodes

Season 1, 15 episodes

Episode 1: Conditioned
- Now playing
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
Pavlov's investigations into dog digestion lead to phone addiction. A failed quest to find a safer refrigerant creates Teflon. A damaged delivery crate is instrumental in the invention of dynamite. And a chance encounter with a composer leads Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr to invent the basis for wifi.
Episode 2: Blue Genes
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
The failed experiment and the world's greatest crime-fighting tool. A clumsily dressed cut leads to the invention of plastics. How chance conversation and sausage poison changed the face of Hollywood. And a broken thermometer sets in motion a chain of events that frees a country from colonialism.
Episode 3: The Beat Goes On
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A clumsy movement throws a sample onto a stove invents vulcanized rubber. The wrong resistor leads to the pacemaker. A failed experiment results in a safe way to create fire. A search for new galaxies leads to hope of extraterrestrials.
Episode 4: Flash of Success
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
Broken thermometer fumes cause the invention of photography. Radar parts and a melting snack bar lead to the microwave. Spilled chemicals result in Scotchgard. A trial heart drug works better on another organ and becomes Viagra.
Episode 5: Sweet Success
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A dirty laboratory and a vacation lead to the discovery of our first real weapon against bacteria: penicillin. A scientist's determination to test the ‘wrong' solution gives us Kevlar. Unwashed hands and some unexpectedly sweet bread is to thank for Saccharin. A failed laser becomes the LED light.
Episode 6: Acid Test
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A swiss chemist's attempts to make a lung drug results in LSD. The son of enslaved parents tires to reverse the fortunes of sharecroppers and inadvertently gives rise to PB&J. A failed dye becomes TNT. And a prison camp doctor and a fridge full of urine lead to improve mental healthcare.
Episode 7: Hair Raising Science
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A failed blood pressure medicine and an unexpectedly hairy woman lead to a cure for baldness. How messing around with a scientific toy gave us the x-ray. An attempt to stop the paper curling in a newspaper printer becomes air conditioning. And why war is responsible for the slinky.
Episode 8: Discovering Drink
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A clumsy lab worker leads to the invention of superglue. And the accidents behind neuroscience, beer, and chemical hair relaxant.
Episode 9: Bigger Bang
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A misguided attempt to make plastic wallpaper results in bubble wrap. The precursor to a blood clotting drug becomes rave favorite, MDMA. A mopped-up kitchen spill brings us smokeless explosive guncotton. A defective satellite lens leads to a new way to identify breast cancer.
Episode 10: Laxative Lunacy
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
The accidents behind the inventions of post-it notes, Ex-lax, Graphene and the way a walk in the snow almost leads to nuclear Armageddon.
Episode 11: Get a Grip
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A failed metal gun barrel recipe becomes kitchen favourite: surgical steel. Messing around in a spectacle maker's shop leads to the telescope. A bag of dirt from a remote island contains a bacteria that helps stop aging.
Episode 12: How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
The search for artificial quinine creates the first artificial dye, Mauvine. A failed dry-cleaning fluid results in Saran Wrap. An attempt to grow bacteria leads to a cancer killing drug, and Western Front nurses invented sanitary towels.
Episode 13: Sleeping on the Job
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A 19th Century party drug and a banged knee lead to the invention of anaesthetics. The story behind the invention of telephone. A shattered experiment results in smart dust, and an ancient attempt to make cheese gave us tofu.
Episode 14: Teas & Tipple
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
The unexpected stories behind the inventions of the teabag the gin and tonic Disulfiram and American female politicians.
Episode 15: Lenin to Lady Gaga
- 52m
- Sep 14, 2022
A failed poison gas detector results in the smoke detector. An experiment to measure gas density produces the Theremin musical instrument. A broken beaker leads to bulletproof glass, and a search for a new gunpowder gives us iodine.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Conditioned

E2 Episode 2: Blue Genes

E3 Episode 3: The Beat Goes On

E4 Episode 4: Flash of Success

E5 Episode 5: Sweet Success

E6 Episode 6: Acid Test

E7 Episode 7: Hair Raising Science

E8 Episode 8: Discovering Drink

E9 Episode 9: Bigger Bang

E10 Episode 10: Laxative Lunacy

E11 Episode 11: Get a Grip

E12 Episode 12: How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day

E13 Episode 13: Sleeping on the Job

E14 Episode 14: Teas & Tipple

E15 Episode 15: Lenin to Lady Gaga

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E1 Episode 1: Conditioned

E2 Episode 2: Blue Genes

E3 Episode 3: The Beat Goes On

E4 Episode 4: Flash of Success

E5 Episode 5: Sweet Success

E6 Episode 6: Acid Test

E7 Episode 7: Hair Raising Science

E8 Episode 8: Discovering Drink

E9 Episode 9: Bigger Bang

E10 Episode 10: Laxative Lunacy

E11 Episode 11: Get a Grip

E12 Episode 12: How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day

E13 Episode 13: Sleeping on the Job

E14 Episode 14: Teas & Tipple

E15 Episode 15: Lenin to Lady Gaga

Episode 1: Conditioned

Episode 2: Blue Genes

Episode 3: The Beat Goes On

Episode 4: Flash of Success

Episode 5: Sweet Success

Episode 6: Acid Test

Episode 7: Hair Raising Science

Episode 8: Discovering Drink

Episode 9: Bigger Bang

Episode 10: Laxative Lunacy

Episode 11: Get a Grip

Episode 12: How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day

Episode 13: Sleeping on the Job

Episode 14: Teas & Tipple

Episode 15: Lenin to Lady Gaga

Episode 1: Conditioned

Episode 2: Blue Genes

Episode 3: The Beat Goes On

Episode 4: Flash of Success

Episode 5: Sweet Success

Episode 6: Acid Test

Episode 7: Hair Raising Science

Episode 8: Discovering Drink

Episode 9: Bigger Bang

Episode 10: Laxative Lunacy

Episode 11: Get a Grip

Episode 12: How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day

Episode 13: Sleeping on the Job

Episode 14: Teas & Tipple

Episode 15: Lenin to Lady Gaga