S13 Episode 1
Titanic Survival
Fans challenge director James Cameron to explain why characters Rose and Jack didn't share the wooden board to survive the Titanic. Plus, what is rocket surfing?
49 mins · Sun, 7 Oct 2012
S13 Episode 2
Trench Torpedo
Can a trench corner really slow down a shockwave and save a soldier's life? Adam and Jamie put this First World War myth to the test.
49 mins · Sun, 14 Oct 2012
S13 Episode 3
A-Team Special
Jamie and Adam find out if it's really possible to build a working cannon out of stuff abandoned in a barn, then test whether a sewer explosion can really take out the bad guys without serious injury.
Sat, 24 Jan 2015
S13 Episode 4
Video Game Special
Jamie and Adam -- with the help of UFC fighter Brendan Schaub and the makers of DOOM -- test how many weapons you can really take with you and remain operational. And can you really chop fruit a la Fruit Ninja?
Sat, 31 Jan 2015
S13 Episode 5
Transformers
Adam and Jamie tackle two tall tales of mechanical metamorphosis: Is it possible to convert a 2CV into a motorbike? Can you use water bottles to create an amphibious bicycle?
Sat, 7 Feb 2015
S13 Episode 6
San Francisco Drift
Jamie and Adam tackled two tall tales from the world of street racing. Does drifting really get to your destination faster? And does drifting help you park faster?
Sat, 14 Feb 2015
S13 Episode 7
Blow It Out of the Water
Having come to represent the concept of 'overwhelming victory', this saying originally came from submarines in WW2 who were able to use torpedoes to literally blow an enemy ship up and out of the water. But is this really possible? And in the Breaking Bad season finale, Walter White took down every single bad guy with a simple crank shaft, remote control and M60. Potential reality or just fiction?
Sat, 18 Jul 2015
S13 Episode 8
The A to Z of Explosives
Kari, Grant, Tory, Adam and Jamie highlight some of the show's 752 detonations as they blast through the ultimate A-Z of explosions.
49 mins · Sun, 25 Nov 2012
S13 Episode 9
Accidental Ammo
Jamie and Adam tackle another gruesome story about a pane of glass falling from a construction site and cutting an innocent bystander completely in half from head to toe. Then Jamie builds a Lawnmower From Hell also find out whether a stone shot from a mower can have the same power as a bullet shot from a .357.
Sat, 1 Aug 2015
S13 Episode 10
Dangerous Driving
Is it as dangerous to use hands free as it is to use a cell phone while driving? Is it really straightforward to drive at high speed in reverse?
Sat, 8 Aug 2015
S13 Episode 11
Supernatural Shooters
Adam and Jamie take aim at Hollywood's infallible hit men and their seemingly supernatural ability to take down a target. First up, can an armed assassin use a single well-placed shot to kill his victim on the other side of a wall? Do interior walls truly provide such little protection, and can you really track an unseen target this way?
Sat, 15 Aug 2015
S13 Episode 12
Unfinished Business
Can you hold onto a grenade for longer than two hours? Can you really change a magazine in a blink-and-you-miss-it moment? Can video games make you better at real-life tasks, like golf? And can you really stop a car by using hollow spikes?
Sat, 22 Aug 2015
S13 Episode 13
MythBusters vs. Jaws
Jamie and Adam revisit Jaws' final scene, which they'd taken on in 2005's Exploding Scuba Tank. Will the results be different with a giant anatomically accurate shark and a bigger gun? Then the duo test two repellents: the sound of orcas and essence of "dead shark."
Sat, 29 Aug 2015
S13 Episode 14
Star Wars (2) - The Myths Strike Back
Star Wars provides further fodder when Jamie and Adam see whether high ground really is important in a duel, and whether it's possible to dive out of the way of laser blaster bullets (well, a Stormtroopers', anyway).
Sat, 5 Sep 2015
