
The Secret Genius of Modern Life Episode Rating Graph
Nov 2022 - present

Nov 2022 - present
8.0
Browse episode ratings trends for The Secret Genius of Modern Life. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of The Secret Genius of Modern Life's 17 episodes.
S2 Ep1
8.4
8th Nov 2023
Hannah gains access to a top-secret site where anonymous staff and the latest tech work to make the British passport one of the most secure documents on the planet. She reveals the World War I spy craft hidden in the pages of every passport and takes a look into how modern ID checks were shaped by the hunt for a 19th-century French serial killer and 1970s psychedelic art.
S1 Ep4
8.2
1st Dec 2022
Hannah Fry discovers why innovations in meat packing almost derailed the electric car revolution and how a breakthrough in camcorder batteries led to Elon Musk’s electric empire, as well as demonstrating how not to drive a multimillion dollar prototype car of the future.
S1 Ep6
8.2
15th Dec 2022
Hannah Fry visits Ebay’s authentication centre, where they are waging war against fake high-value trainers.
S1 Ep3
8.1
24th Nov 2022
Hannah Fry delves into the inner workings of virtual assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri, which are now found in almost half of all UK homes.
S2 Ep4
7.9
6th Dec 2023
Hannah Fry discovers the hidden WW2 radar technology that heats up baked beans, learns the legend of the melted candy bar in an engineer’s pocket that kick-started a kitchen revolution, and puts her life on the line to demonstrate why microwaves zap food but not people!
S3 Ep2
6.5
9th Apr 2025
Hannah hits the production line with appliance giants Bosch to find the lifeblood at the heart of every fridge and gets a lesson in carrot droop.
S3 Ep5
6.8
30th Apr 2025
Hannah takes a drive to the National Highways control centre for the UK’s busiest motorway to meet the team that keep the motorways running 24/7.
S3 Ep3
7.0
16th Apr 2025
Hanna uncovers the wild origins of the modern-day rollercoaster and gets the inside story on the UK’s newest, tallest and fastest coaster – Thorpe Park's Hyperia.
S3 Ep4
7.0
23rd Apr 2025
The rise of the smart doorbell is one of the great tech success stories of the 21st century. Hannah heads to Los Angeles to take a deep dive into doorbell history and talk to market leaders Ring.
S2 Ep6
7.3
14th Dec 2023
Hannah goes behind the scenes to look at the technology behind the lift, entering a 246m high lift shaft to test everything from the brakes to her own fear of heights. Along the way, she finds out how rickety 19th-century coal mines made lifts safer, gets to grips with a piece of medieval siege technology still used in lifts today, and discovers how an 1850s PR stunt changed the modern skyline forever.
S1 Ep1
7.7
10th Nov 2022
Hannah Fry takes a look at the bank card, the digital key to accessing cash, and finds out how its extraordinary innovations have some surprising and sinister origins.
S1 Ep2
7.8
17th Nov 2022
Hannah Fry tucks into the tech behind food delivery apps, which are now used by 24 million people in the UK. Hannah finds out how pizza made us fall in love with the internet.
S1 Ep3
8.1
24th Nov 2022
Hannah Fry delves into the inner workings of virtual assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri, which are now found in almost half of all UK homes.
S1 Ep4
8.2
1st Dec 2022
Hannah Fry discovers why innovations in meat packing almost derailed the electric car revolution and how a breakthrough in camcorder batteries led to Elon Musk’s electric empire, as well as demonstrating how not to drive a multimillion dollar prototype car of the future.
S1 Ep5
7.8
8th Dec 2022
Hannah Fry finds out how 1970s car crashes helped us to count our steps, why WWII dog-fights led to a crucial health monitor and how fitness trackers are even being used to catch killers.
S1 Ep6
8.2
15th Dec 2022
Hannah Fry visits Ebay’s authentication centre, where they are waging war against fake high-value trainers.
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The first episode of The Secret Genius of Modern Life aired on November 10, 2022.
The last episode of The Secret Genius of Modern Life aired on April 09, 2025.
There are 17 episodes of The Secret Genius of Modern Life.
There are 3 seasons of The Secret Genius of Modern Life.
Yes.
The Secret Genius of Modern Life is set to return for future episodes.