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Investigating the science behind the headlines and making sense of the issues that matter.

Investigating the science behind the headlines and making sense of the everyday issues that matter to us all.

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Bang Goes the Theory: Series 3

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Bang Goes the Theory: Series 3: Episode 1

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The team investigate the recent Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, and Liz travels to Louisiana.

Bang Goes the Theory returns to put more science to the test. In this episode, the team investigate the recent Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, and Liz Bonnin travels to Louisiana.

BBC One's science magazine show returns to put more science and technology to the test. 

In this episode, the team investigate the recent Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. Zoologist Liz Bonnin travels to Louisiana and takes part in the rescue effort to protect the area's wildlife, while Jem Stansfield builds a scale model to explain what happens when an oil well gets out of control, and how to solve the problem. 

Meanwhile, Dallas Campbell proves Einstein's theory of relativity with the help of a jet plane and a very expensive atomic clock.

The programme is co-produced with the Open University. For more ways to put science to the test, go to www.bbc.co.uk/bang and follow the links to The Open University.

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