Product Details

• Actors: Kate Humble, Mike Bullivant, Jonathan Hare, Ellen McCallie, Kathy Sykes
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Pbs (Direct)
• DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005
• Run Time: 320 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007VZ8JA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,985 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Rough Science: Gold Rush/Space Race" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Original version available in the UK, December 28, 2006

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eruciform - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rough Science: Gold Rush/Space Race (DVD)

This is the reworked version made for the US. If you want to find the original ones, check out The Open University website in the UK.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars makes you wish you were a scientist, July 29, 2006

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a (massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rough Science: Gold Rush/Space Race (DVD)

this is a ramble:

I loved this series. These 2 seasons are not as good as the first(season's episodes) but those cost a fortune and I have only found them sold in 1 place.

If I had seen this series as a kid I would definitely have majored in engineering.

Remember Gilligan's Island where the professor could make anything (but a boat)? Well, these guys(men & women) can really do that.

why not 5 stars?:

1- there are lots of cheats where they have or find really needed stuff as opposed to really starting with only common items.

2- They do some really cool stuff - but if it takes more than 1 sentence to explain they don't tell or teach you how. The show will motivate you to want to study engineering (or chemistry, biology, geology) but it will not teach you much. I really wish they had shown how jonathan hare makes his stuff (that would be my dream series).

Even with the lack of details the whole cast is incredibly likeable and the show is fun to watch.

I highly recommend checking it out -especially if you are under 20.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Fun, February 18, 2011

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Ximena Gallardo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rough Science: Gold Rush/Space Race (DVD)

I saw these two series on Netflix and now I am trying to find the other four. The challenges are difficult and the enthusiasm, ingenuity, and sheer brain power abound--the Rough Scientists remind you of why science can be both practical and fun.

I recommend it wholeheartedly.