human guinea pigs (3/8)

Dan, Ollie, Nicky, Mike and Kirby are the Human Guinea Pigs –five best mates who take pleasure in performing outrageous stunts. Today’s programme sees the boys head to the limits of lunacy as they are shot with rubber bullets and attacked by angry dogs.

Having grown up together and developed a shared fascination with hurting themselves, the Human Guinea Pigs are now putting their stupidity to good use to solve a range of scientific conundrums. Along the way the boys are assisted by Professor Stuart Milligan, who pushes them to their limits in the pursuit of knowledge. As the guinea pigs are submitted to various tests, the professor explains what is happening to their bodies using animated images.

In tonight’s edition, the boys head across the Atlantic to take their unique brand of idiocy to the USA. Taking advantage of America’s lax gun laws, they decide to test the effects and the efficacy of rubber bullets. Though these projectiles are designed to incapacitate rather than kill, they can still pack a real punch, so viewers are reminded not to try this at home!

Elsewhere, Dan investigates the possible consequences of having too much of a good thing by ingesting vast quantities of vitamin C, and Ollie attempts to beat his personal best on the track with the help of an angry dog. To round the show off with some more suffering in the name of science, the boys explore the various properties of pepper –by attacking each other with spray.