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Gadget Man - Episode Guide

Season 1

Super Commuter

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2012

Super Commuter

Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross look at gadgets that can make the daily commute more bearable and more fun, including an unconventional electric car, a very unusual bicycle and a 3D headset.

Tasty Tech

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2012

Tasty Tech

Stephen takes a look at how gadgets can make shopping and cooking so much easier and far more entertaining. With Derren Brown, Carol Vorderman and Jo Brand.

Work Made Easy

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2012

Work Made Easy

Stephen examines devices that make work easier and more fun and meets up with Lord Sugar to road test some of the latest work-saving gizmos.

Fun and Games

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2012

Fun and Games

This time Stephen looks at how gadgets entertain us. There's a remote-controlled pet, an automatic cocktail-maker and a futuristic pool-table machine that lines up your shots for you.

Body Beautiful

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2012

Body Beautiful

Stephen looks at how new technology can help keep us fit and healthy. He road-tests some of the latest gym gadgets and gets a makeover from Amy Childs.

Christmas Special

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Dec 24, 2012

Christmas Special

Stephen Fry brings his insight and wit to bear on gadgets from Christmases past as he surveys how Christmas and gadgets go together like mince pies and cream.

Season 2

The Great Outdoors

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 2, 2013

The Great Outdoors

Richard turns his attention to the increasingly popular world of camping and reveals how gadgets can make the great outdoors more entertaining and bearable for novices.

Rise and Shine

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2013

Rise and Shine

Richard tests gadgets to get people get out of bed and out of the house in the morning with long-term early-riser DJ Sara Cox.

Child's Play

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2013

Child's Play

Richard tests some parenting gadgets for toddlers through to teens with the assistance of Denise van Outen and Hugh Dennis, including a mind-controlled helicopter and a £10,000 robotic baby-sitter.

Summer Holiday

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2013

Summer Holiday

Noel Fielding joins Richard Ayoade to road test holiday gadgets including a superfast motorcycle/car, anti-jet lag glasses, a BBQ dinghy and an unbreakable suitcase.

Home Improvement

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2013

Home Improvement

Richard looks at DIY, including robot lawnmowers, the world's safest saw, an automatic wallpapering machine and 3D printers that can make plates and cutlery in minutes.

Smaller is Better

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2013

Smaller is Better

Richard tries to prove small is beautiful by demonstrating the world's smallest gadgets, showing musician Alex James how he can downsize his lifestyle using tiny alternatives to his huge appliances.

Season 3

Weather

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Aug 25, 2014

Weather

Richard takes on the worst of the British weather. With the help of comedian Tim Vine he braves a hurricane in a wind tunnel to assess the best in gust busting gadgetry.

Public Transport

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2014

Public Transport

Richard turns his attention to the noise, dirt and discomfort he suffers while on public transport. Russell Howard joins him on London's tube to assess the effectiveness of gadgets.

The Staycation

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2014

The Staycation

This episode features the world's tiniest caravan and 360-degree cameras, 300-litre rucksacks and a pair of trousers that transform into a picnic table.

Shopping

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2014

Shopping

Richard Ayoade checks out a robotic shopping assistant with farmer Jimmy Doherty. And Richard visits a busy department store to check out a 3D virtual mirror with actress Alison Steadman.

Self-Improvement

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2014

Self-Improvement

Can Richard Ayoade make himself a brighter man with the aid of gadgets? He gets Eamonn Holmes and actor Richard E. Grant to help, and challenges memory legend Dominic O'Brien to a contest.

Staying In

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2014

Staying In

Comedians Seann Walsh and David Mitchell help Richard Ayoade in his endeavour to prove that gadgets can make it possible to lead a full life, without even leaving the house.

Cooking and Dining Out

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2014

Cooking and Dining Out

Richard Ayoade invites celebrity foodie Adrian Edmondson to his revolutionary bistro, where there's printed food, robot waiters, levitating desserts and clear coffee.

Property

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2014

Property

Richard meets an army of window-cleaning robots, samples some garden pods recommended by designer Naomi Cleaver and visits a super high tech home with Claudia Winkleman.

Gadget Man's Guide to Christmas

Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Dec 22, 2014

Gadget Man's Guide to Christmas

Richard and celebrity friends help improve Christmas with gadgets for shopping, to wrap presents, beat the weather, cook the dinner and even improve your carol singing.

Season 4

The Weekend

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2015

The Weekend

Richard tackles the great British weekend with comedians Sara Pascoe and Al Murray, from exercise to a night down the pub, the perfect selfie, and dodging the night bus home.

9 to 5

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Jun 8, 2015

9 to 5

Richard beats the workday grind with cool, clever gadgets, and with the help of comedian Dara O'Briain and writer Grace Dent. He even arranges to do all his office work without leaving bed.

Date Night

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2015

Date Night

Richard joins comedians Katherine Ryan, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Tom Rosenthal in testing out dating and relationship gadgets - including 3D chocolate printing and virtual flowers.

Health and Safety

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Jun 22, 2015

Health and Safety

Fearing that the world is a dangerous place for Gadget Man, Richard Ayoade tests security devices with Keith Allen and Bill Bailey, including a post-apocalypse survival kit that works at festivals too.

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