Maddie is at a building site and finds out how tracks work to help a digger move up and down mounds of earth. Maddie wears some special shoe attachments to show us how the digger’s tracks work to stop it sinking into the soil. Then she attaches a special camera to the digger – to see it in action as it lifts the soil high into the dumper truck! Next, she visits a wellie factory to see how wellies are made. Maddie uses her special cameras to see how the PVC material is injected into the wellie moulds – a bit like making a jelly! We find out how a different colour is injected to make the sole before they are squashed together to make a complete colourful wellie.
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Series 1: 5. Bike Chain And Tennis Ball
Maddie is outside being active. She uses a special camera to find out how the chain on a bicycle works to turn the wheels and how the front wheel and handlebars are used to stee ...
09-07-2025
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Series 1: 4. Bin Lorry And Newspaper
Maddie does the recycling. She uses a special camera to find out how a bin lorry works to lift a bin and tip the rubbish into the hopper. An animation reveals how a moving wall ...
08-07-2025
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Series 1: 2. Fire Engine Hose And Reflective Strips
Maddie looks at the emergency services. She uses a special camera to find out how the hose on a fire engine works and how the pump inside the fire engine creates pressure and se ...
07-07-2025
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Series 2: 21. Fish Tank And Bath
In today's episode, Maddie finds out about things that use water. She visits an aquatic centre to show us how a fish tank works, using a special underwater camera to explain how ...
04-07-2025
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Series 2: 20. Kite And Wind Turbine
In today's episode, Maddie is outdoors finding out about things that use the wind. She finds out how a kite works when it flies high in the sky, shows us how to measure the wind ...
03-07-2025
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Series 2: 19. Television And Carpet
In today's episode, Maddie is relaxing at home, playing games and watching television. She shows us how a television screen works using millions of tiny squares called pixels. U ...
02-07-2025
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Series 2: 18. Lift And Spacesuit
In today's episode, Maddie is finding out about things that go up and down. She shows us how a lift works, when it carries people up and down between floors of a building. With ...
01-07-2025
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Series 2: 17. Bubbles And Chocolate
In today's episode, Maddie is having a party! She finds out how bubbles work when we blow into bubble mixture. She shows us how the surface tension of water changes when we add ...
30-06-2025
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Series 2: 16. Posting A Letter And Colouring Pencils
In today's episode, Maddie is sending a letter in the post to the CBeebies house. She finds out how posting a letter works as she follows the letter's journey from the post box ...
27-06-2025
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Series 2: 15. Disco Ball And Jigsaw Puzzle
In today's episode, Maddie is having fun. She takes to the dance floor to show us how a disco ball works. We learn how light is reflected in lots of different ways, and a specia ...
26-06-2025
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Series 4: 5. Drinking Water And Carrot
In this episode, Maddie visits a reservoir that collects water from our homes, natural springs and the rain. She heads to a draw-off tower, which takes water from the reservoir ...
11-04-2025
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Series 1: 25. Cake And Soft Play
Maddie is getting ready for a party. She uses a special camera and animation to find out how cake ingredients work together to make cake sponges rise in the oven. Next, Maddie v ...
05-06-2025
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Series 2: 19. Television And Carpet
In today's episode, Maddie is relaxing at home, playing games and watching television. She shows us how a television screen works using millions of tiny squares called pixels. U ...
02-07-2025
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Series 1: 2. Fire Engine Hose And Reflective Strips
Maddie looks at the emergency services. She uses a special camera to find out how the hose on a fire engine works and how the pump inside the fire engine creates pressure and se ...
07-07-2025
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Series 2: 22. Hand Dryer And Toilet Roll
In today's episode, Maddie is looking at things we use when we go to the toilet. She visits a factory to see how hand dryers work. She shows us how infrared light is used to swi ...
09-04-2025
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Series 2: 14. Playground And Plant Pot
In today's episode, Maddie is having fun outdoors. First, she's in a playground learning how we keep swinging on a swing and how gravity helps us slide down a slide. She uses a ...
25-06-2025
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Series 2: 20. Kite And Wind Turbine
In today's episode, Maddie is outdoors finding out about things that use the wind. She finds out how a kite works when it flies high in the sky, shows us how to measure the wind ...
03-07-2025
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Series 4: 6. Radio Telescope And Maze
Today, Maddie is finding things! First, she visits an observatory to see how a really big radio telescope uses powerful computers to collect radio waves from space and turn them ...
14-04-2025
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Series 2: 13. Hairclippers And Ballet Shoes
Today, Maddie is dressing up. She visits a barber to find out how clippers work to cut hair. Using a special microscope camera, Maddie shows us how the blades work, and a slow-m ...
24-06-2025
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Series 1: 13. Toilet Flush And Toilet
Maddie is in the bathroom. She uses a special underwater camera to find out how a toilet flush works and why it makes a gurgling sound. An animation shows how the float ball and ...
19-05-2025
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