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Season 1

  • S01E01 Radio Transmission Towers

    • February 18, 1997
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between people who are obsessed by radio transmission towers. The panellists often visit the various towers around the UK, photograph them, compare their statistics and even get into trouble with security guards who are not very understanding of their unusual hobby.

  • S01E02 Lunar Conspiracy

    • February 25, 1997
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion about lunar conspiracies. Some of the panellists believe that the Apollo landings were hoaxed, while others have different ideas about what is going on up there.

  • S01E03 Competitions

    • March 4, 1997
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between people who enter competitions on a regular basis. Some of these panellists live off their competition winnings, while others discuss how they manage to create witty slogans or appropriate answers in order to win.

  • S01E04 Numbers

    • March 11, 1997
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between people who are obsessed with numbers. These are no ordinary mathematicians, but numerologists and others with non-mainstream views.

  • S01E05 Ghosts

    • March 18, 1997
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between believers in ghosts. They talk about experiences and interaction with spirits.

  • S01E06 Cryptozoology

    • March 25, 1997
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between people interested in cryptozoology, the study of and search for animals not recognised by mainstream zoology.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Trees

    • August 15, 1997
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel between people who are fascinated by trees and what draws them to them.

  • S02E02 Marine Tropical Fish

    • August 22, 1997
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between people who keep marine tropical fish. The hobby turns out to be very expensive, time consuming and involves a great deal of complex work to get the conditions just right.

  • S02E03 Politeness

    • August 29, 1997
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between those who believe politeness is fundamental to human interaction.

  • S02E04 Subterranea

    • September 5, 1997
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between people who enjoy exploring underground spaces, and who talk about the unusual things they have found there.

  • S02E05 Pet Communication

    • September 12, 1997
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between people who believe that they can communicate on a deep level with their pets and have a bond with them.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Celibacy

    • February 23, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between people who have chosen to lead a sex free life and why they have done so. The panelists include a Christian monk, an asexual person and one who has chosen to forego sex for life.

  • S03E02 Diana Consipracy Theories

    • March 3, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between those who believe Princess Diana's death was no accident.

  • S03E03 Alien Abduction

    • March 10, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between people who are fascinated by alien abduction or claim that it has happened to them.

  • S03E04 Grouse Shooting

    • March 16, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between grouse shooting enthusiasts, who talk about what they enjoy about the sport.

  • S03E05 Time Travel

    • March 23, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between people interested in time travel, including those who claim to have experienced it personally.

  • S03E06 Big Brother

    • April 7, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between people who are concerned by the impact of intense surveillance on society and the individual.

  • S03E07 Alice

    • April 21, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion about the character Alice, from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".

Season 4

  • S04E01 Faith: Scientology

    • October 30, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Scientologists who talk about what drew them to the religion and what they appreciate about it.

  • S04E02 Faith: Quakers

    • November 6, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Quakers who talk about what drew them to the religion and what they appreciate about it.

  • S04E03 Faith: The Aetherius Society

    • November 13, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between members of the Aetherius Society, an organisation which believes that extraterrestrials communicate with them telepathically on a regular basis.

  • S04E04 Faith: Hare Krishna

    • November 20, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing members of ISKCON who talk about what drew them to the religion and what they appreciate about it.

  • S04E05 Faith: Tibetan Buddhism

    • November 27, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Buddhists who talk about what drew them to the Tibetan form of the religion, including western converts and what they appreciate about it.

  • S04E06 Faith: Sikhism

    • December 4, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Sikhs who talk about their religion and what they appreciate about it.

  • S04E07 Faith: Jesus Army

    • December 11, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between members of the Jesus Army, a "hands on" & controversial form of Christianity which practices communal living, and restrictions on dating and marriage.

  • S04E08 Faith: Kabbalah

    • December 18, 1998
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Kabbalists who talk about what drew them to the practice and what they appreciate about it. The panelists include rabbis and those from non-Jewish backgrounds.

  • S04E09 Faith: Mormons

    • January 8, 1999
    • Channel 4

    Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between practicing Latter-day Saints who talk about what drew them to the religion and what they appreciate about it. The panelists include converts, those born in the religion and a young man about to go on a mission for the church.

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Models

    • May 5, 2000

    Investigative journalist journalist Jon Ronson leads a panel discussion between female supermodels, who talk about what it is like to work in the industry.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 The '60s

    • August 8, 1999

    Jon Ronson leads a panel between people who love the 1960s and who discuss what they were like.