TV series
Local Heroes
1996–2000 · 5 seasons
A cheerful, gentle amble through local history and homemade science experiments, easy to dip into and quietly educational. It feels like a friendly tour with a curious, eccentric guide.
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Adam Hart-Davis
- Overview
- Local Heroes is an award-winning science and history television programme in the United Kingdom, presented by Adam Hart-Davis. Made by Screenhouse Productions and directed by Paul Bader, it was first aired on the ITV regional network Yorkshire Television in 1991. In the show, Adam Hart-Davis, dressed in the pink and yellow cycling clothes that would became the show's trademark, rode around the YTV region on a matching pink and yellow bicycle, stopping in a particular area to tell the stories of scientists that lived or were born there. These stories were embellished by experiments, performed on the street by Hart-Davis, generally using bits of wood and junk from a trailer on his bike.
- How it feels
- Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Science, education, exploration
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Adam Hart-Davis
