The Boffin, the Builder and the Bombardier (2013)
- Genre
- documentary television program
- Country
- Australia
How it feels
A team of three people recreate historical devices and test their efficiency. They use experimental archaeology to see how these inventions might have worked. The tone is lighthearted and curious.
lightheartedcuriousexperimentalplayfuleducationalhands-oninformalinvestigative
What happens
The Boffin, the Builder and the Bombardier is an Australian documentary series produced in Canberra by Bearcage Productions and Concannon TV. The series had its debut in April 2013, when it screened weekly on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC1. It features a team of three people – John Concannon (the boffin), Will Upjohn (the builder), and Tony Miller (the bombardier) – who engage in "experimental archaeology" to lightheartedly recreate historical devices and test hypotheses based on their efficiency. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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