‎Oops I Changed the World - Apple TV

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The fascinating stories of accidental and surprise inventions that have transformed lives.

Documentary · 2022 · 52 min

EPISODE 1

Conditioned

Pavlov's investigations into dog digestion lead to phone addiction; a failed quest to find a safer refrigerant creates Teflon; a damaged delivery crate is instrumental in the invention of dynamite.

51 min · Sep 15, 2022
EPISODE 2

Blue Genes

The failed experiment and the world's greatest crime-fighting tool; a clumsily dressed cut leads to the invention of plastics; how chance conversation and sausage poison changed the face of Hollywood.

51 min · Sep 15, 2022
EPISODE 3

The Beat Goes On

Clumsy gesticulation throws a sample onto a stove, accidentally inventing vulcanized rubber; grabbing the wrong resistor leads to the pacemaker.

51 min · Sep 15, 2022
EPISODE 4

Flash Of Success

Fumes from a broken thermometer cause the invention of photography; Radar parts and a melting snack bar lead to the microwave.

51 min · Sep 15, 2022
EPISODE 5

Sweet Success

A dirty laboratory and a vacation lead to the discovery of the first real weapon against bacteria: penicillin; a scientist's determination to test the wrong solution makes Kevlar.

51 min · Sep 15, 2022
EPISODE 6

Acid Test

A Swiss chemist's attempt to make a lung drug results in LSD; the son of enslaved parents tries to reverse the fortunes of sharecroppers and inadvertently gives rise to PB&J.

51 min · Sep 15, 2022

Stuart Pender

Producer