Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom

Season 1 Episode 8: Widdowson

5 Seasons Mar 13, 2013 NR 28m 6.7

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of food expert Elsie Widdowson, who helped to devise war time rationing, and come up with their own genius idea, involving some rations, some army cadets and a gruelling assault course.

Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom background

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Archimedes

1. Archimedes

Aired: Jan 22, 2013

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician...

Episode 2 Von Braun

2. Von Braun

Aired: Jan 29, 2013

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, and ins...

Episode 3 Newton

3. Newton

Aired: Feb 5, 2013

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scien...

Episode 4 Faraday

4. Faraday

Aired: Feb 12, 2013

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Michael Faraday, a pioneer of electricity a...

Episode 5 Derbyshire

5. Derbyshire

Aired: Feb 19, 2013

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Delia Derbyshire, a pioneer of modern-day m...

Episode 6 Bazalgette

6. Bazalgette

Aired: Feb 26, 2013

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the man who invented...

Episode 7 Watt

7. Watt

Aired: Mar 5, 2013

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Scottish inventor and engineer James Watt, ...

Episode 8 Widdowson

8. Widdowson

Aired: Mar 13, 2013

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of food expert Elsie Widdowson, who helped to ...

Episode 9 Da Vinci

9. Da Vinci

Aired: Mar 20, 2013

Dick and Dom reveal the genius of artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci and b...


Info about Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBBC

Genres: Comedy, Family, Documentary