More fun with Brainiac

The production values of English TV shows are oddly low, to those of us raised on American TV. A soap opera set in a hospital, for example, looks like a high-school production of a play set in a hospital. And yet... English TV shows (and of course, the ads) are often better than their American counterparts. Maybe it's because most TV actors in Blighty aren't just pretty faces; they actually have talent?

I'm just speculating. Anyway, here's a British show called "Brainiac: Science Abuse" that's very amusing.

"Brainiac" premiered in 2003; it was going strong until hunky-witty presenter Richard Hammond sustained a serious brain injury in a car crash this fall. (He was filming another TV show, "Top Gear," at the time. Supposedly, he's back to normal now.) A spinoff, "Brainiac's Test Tube Baby," premiered this year.