
Citation Needed (2014)
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Tom Scott as Self - Host
Episodes 49
The Big Lobster and Drive-through Booze
In the series premiere, Gary, Chris and Matt are faced with two challenges: first, a Big Lobster, and second, trying not to offend Australians too much.
Read MoreThe Newgate Novel and Condiments on Toast
We're going highbrow this week. Or at least, we're trying to. It all falls apart when Matt suggests some unusual toast preferences.
Read MoreStefania Follini and a Moon Theremin
This week: we get stuck somewhere dark, it all gets a bit serious for a moment, and Gary pulls his hoodie over his head. It's all kicking off.
Read MoreSimplehuman and Russian Toilette
This week... well, there's more than one type of toilet humour in here. Brace yourselves, folks: 'cos we're goin' lowbrow.
Read MoreBossche Bol and Nun's Puffs
As the sun sets, we have an entire pastry-based episode, offend the Dutch, and have a nun pun run.
Read MoreNeckarwestheim and the End of the World
Dusk has fallen, and while we start off with science fiction farce and retro British TV, it all goes a bit dark when we starting talking about armageddon.
Read MoreThe Counts of Andechs and Motorway Service Stations
This week, Gary works on his impressions, we delve into some European history, and Chris pops a button.
Read MoreThe Flag of Mars and Rods from God
This week, we get distracted by chocolate, disrespect a man who's been dead for nearly a century, and debate low-gravity football.
Read MoreThe Arctic Winter Games and Dropping the Bomb
It's the season finale! As the sun sets, we talk about very cold sports; Tom learns he's got weak fingers; and surprisingly, it all ends on a song.
Read MoreThomas Trueblood and the Ridiculous Marathon
We're back! We start with the tale of Thomas Trueblood, rapidly steer off into the 1904 Olympic marathon -- perhaps the most ridiculous Olympic race ever -- and then have a quick discussion about a man called Jam Handy. Get your mystery biscuits ready.
Read MoreThe Coffin Ray and Hugging a Penguin
This week, we start with Steve Irwin, discuss some shocking fish, and tell a tale of a penguin in the desert who just needed a hug.
Read MoreThe Centennial Light and Edison the Cheat
Highbrow and lowbrow collide this week, as a giant brass arse meets Thomas Pynchon. And there's a barnstorming start from Matt as he connects "Livermore, California" with a rather famous bulb.
Read MoreA Message from Earth and Flappy Gloves
This week, interstellar spammers meet Ming the Merciless. And folks outside the UK might want to have a Google window open, because we're about to crack through a whole load of musical references that never made it outside our borders.
Read MoreThe Flitch of Bacon and a Goose on a Train
This week, we delve into obscure British traditions, and Gary gets points for two of his specialist subjects: archives and goose impressions.
Read MoreLisa Clayton and Cake Black Holes
This week, we're meant to be talking about a not-so-famous adventurer, but it rapidly runs into deep-fried food and a baking disaster.
Read MoreThe Swarm and the Giant Jam Sandwich
It's the last episode of the season! This time we're talking about Michael Caine: COVERED IN BEES. Thanks for watching this run, everyone: we'll be back in the summe
Read MoreThe SS Bessemer and Ask Heaves
We're back again! We start with the tale of SS Bessemer, but soon enough we're coming up with a rejected Bond villain, working out how schooling really happens in Rotherham, and then inventing a terrible butler. Hold on to your mystery biscuits, because this is Citation Needed, Season 3.
Read MoreThe Boobrie and Conservative Pandas
It turns out the Citation Needed team have a certain amount of skepticism when it comes to mythological beasties. So rather than talk about the boobrie, it's on to slaughtering birds, extinct creatures, and why all pandas are actually Conservatives.
Read MoreSergeant Reckless and Terry Google
Surprisingly few tangents this week, because the subject matter is astonishing enough that there's no stopping us. Apart from getting a cat stuck in an index file, of course.
Read MoreSidney Weltmer and the Queen's Package
This week! We're tracking down some suggestive pseudoscience, and wondering about the Queen's package. And no, you're not finding out what was in the bit that got removed for legal reasons.
Read MoreJimmy Carter's Rabbit and Tinfoil Hats
Last in this season! We take on a former President of the USA, and one particularly vicious rabbit. Thanks for watching, everyone!
Read MoreGraham Island and Ye Starbucks
We're back! And back where we belong, too, in a kitchen with dodgy lighting. Time for a new run of five episodes, and our not-so-new problem with slightly insulting the nations of Europe. This time, to the Mediterranean, and to Graham Island.
Read MoreProject Cybersyn and Military Fridges
We're off to the Left Bit of Bottom America (thanks Matt), to Chile, and to a socialist scheme to bring a computer revolution decades early. Just one problem: people.
Read MoreCello Scrotum and Radium Water
This week, we're taking on the world of medicine as we run through dodgy research, quack cures, and homeopathic kitten chlamydia.
Read MoreShanghai Fugu and Mucky Fat
From East Asia to West Yorkshire, today we're taking on the world's culinary delights and some odd governmental manipulations.
Read MoreVictor Lustig and Binary Points
Last in this season! Today we're off to France for a tale of the world's greatest conman, the Eiffel Tower, and some easy points.
Read MoreThe Hydraulic Telegraph and Latin Grease
We're back! Good luck to everyone who's subscribed since the last season, heaven knows what you'll think of it. This time, we're talking about ancient technology, Morse code, and taking a brief diversion into Latin!
Read MoreThomas Midgley Jr and a Pope Infestation
This week, we're stopping at taking on one of the most -- and least -- successful inventors in history, travelling via a television flop and a brief diversion into stained glass!
Read MoreBackpackersXpress and the Disco Carriage
This week, a business venture that never got off the ground, and one of Gary's regular diversions into TRAINS.
Read MoreCamp Bonifas and Yorkshire Scouting
I think if we've learned anything from this episode, it's that Tom would probably not have survived Chris' childhood.
Read MoreCamille Flammarion and a Spiritualist Story
Last in this season! Yes, we've talked about psychics and pseudoscience before, but this time there's a very different approach behind it…
Read MoreRuth Belville and Time Balls: Citation Needed LIVE
Here it is! The first half of Citation Needed Live, from Conway Hall in London, where we take some time to talk about time. And balls.
Read MoreThe Ice Block Expedition and Chainsaw Licenses: Citation Needed LIVE
The second half, this time about the greatest publicity stunt in history.
Read MoreClassic Trivia Question Cards: Citation Needed Live, The Encore
A long time ago, we did a podcast. For the live show encore, we brought it back for one night only.
Read MoreJack Churchill and a Live Studio Audience
We're back! And we start Season 6 with a tale of bravery, bagpipes, and big Scottish swords - with a live studio audience.
Read MoreThe $100 Hamburger and Tach Time
Today, we're not delving into history: instead we're talking about language, pop culture, and one heck of a sandwich.
Read MoreStephens Island Wren and the Cobra Effect
Please welcome our guest panelist Will Seaward, as we run through ecological disasters and unintended consequences!
Read MoreJulie D'Aubigny and Dueling Scars
In this episode: four men from England, talking about a woman from France. Nothing can possibly go wrong.
Read MoreAcoustic Kitty and Bat Bombs
"That is horrific," says Matt at one point during this episode. He's not wrong. We delve into unconventional Cold War tactics, and some surprising - and doomed - members of the animal kingdom.
Read MoreBenjamin Rush and Inventing the Bucket
In the season finale: Gary gets nauseous, Matt gets accused of being a minor royal, and Chris pulls a face. This time, we're back at the founding of America, talking about a man who helped, or perhaps hindered, a famous expedition...
Read MoreCharles Blondin and the Stolen Point
Back in front of a live studio audience! We start off Season 7 with a tale of bravery, courage, and omelettes.
Read MoreThe Sark Football Team and Hovercraft Enthusiasm
This week, Gary's on home turf, Matt's hoping to float on air, and we all set a new record for longest time to get to the actual subject of the article.
Read MoreTurra Coo and Four-Legged Juggling
Matt Parker joins the team this week, in which there's talk of the great cream seams and a surprisingly in-depth discussion of how quadrupeds might juggle.
Read MoreThe Flip Flap Railroad and Marshmallow Bearings
In the second of two shows with guest Matt Parker, we're covering some hair-raising history, and also imagining some little ears flapping in the breeze.
Read MoreJohn Stonehouse and Dropped Trousers
This time, join us for a tale of politics, intrigue, and a man dropping his trousers.
Read MoreAtomic Annie and Blue Peacock
It's the last show of the season, and we're going out with a bang.
Read MoreThe Battle of Fishguard and "Brandy"
The final season begins! With a traditional tale of a military mistake and a wheel that spins and lands on France.
Read MoreThe Norwegian Butter Crisis and the Ark of Taste
This time, we're taking on smørpanikk, food politics, and - for the second week running - brandy.
Read MoreJuan Pujol Garcia and Thirtynineitude
Our traditional Wartime Badass Episode this week, albeit a wartime badass whose weapon included expense reports.
Read MoreHail Cannons and Operation Popeye
No, a hail cannon isn't for if you just want to accelerate a lot of hail really quickly. This week: pseudoscience and real science!
Read MoreThe Crazy Eights Incident and the Pumpy Thing
I realise we never actually define "pumpy thing" in this video. I'm not going to define it here either.
Read MoreThe Sweater Curse and Clothing Controversies
That's it! That's the end of the series. You made it! Congratulations! Enjoy the best mime that Matt has ever done.
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