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Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie

BBC

Greg James and Bella Mackie learn a fascinating and fun lesson from one of Britain’s most inspiring teachers.

Episodes

20 of 35 episodes

Can We Make Fast Fashion Guilt Free?

Greg and Bella get a lesson in ethical consumerism from Design and Technology teacher Mr Brandy. They'll start by looking at their own purch...

52:15Nov 14, 2022

Is Taylor Swift Our Greatest Living Poet?

Following the release of her latest album, 'Midnights', Greg and Bella find out if Taylor Swift is a great poet, as well as a great songwrit...

42:50Nov 7, 2022

Halloween Special: How To Grow A Skeleton

It's a Halloween special as Forensic Anthropologist and now secondary school science teacher Miss Robinson gives Greg and Bella a lesson abo...

51:37Oct 31, 2022

Can We Live Our Whole Lives Online?

IT teacher Mr Kolawole teaches his favourite lesson to Greg and Bella – after 18 months of WFH, home learning and video calls – could we eve...

50:17Oct 24, 2022

Will Humans Ever Become Extinct?

Greg and Bella explore the science of extinction with the help of dinosaur enthusiast Mr Yates. Together, they’ll look at some famous recent...

43:07Oct 17, 2022

Why Do We Need Sadness?

Greg and Bella are back with a brand-new term of teachers teaching their favourite lesson! To kick us off we have RE teacher Mr Bonfield wit...

49:29Oct 10, 2022

How To Never Lose A Penalty Shoot-Out

In the last lesson before the summer break, Greg and Bella get schooled in penalties by primary school teacher Miss Sheridan. Can they find...

39:52Jul 11, 2022

What's So Great About '68?

Greg and Bella welcome back Drama teacher Mr Yale with a lesson about the year 1968. '68 might seem to fall through the history books - dwar...

42:21Jul 4, 2022

How To Kill A Vampire... With GCSE Science!

Award-winning Miss Jethmalani recruits Greg and Bella to her vampire slaying research team! What's the best way to kill a vampire - with a s...

47:50Jun 27, 2022

10 things you might not know about the Windrush

To mark Windrush Day 2022, our resident history teacher Miss Patel is back for a lesson all about the Windrush Generation. In this lesson Gr...

49:10Jun 20, 2022

Where's The Most Painful Place To Get A Tattoo?

Greg and Bella are joined by award-winning Biology teacher Miss Wilsher for a lesson all about tattoos! By looking at how a tattoo works, we...

40:56Jun 13, 2022

Can Maths Explain What We Find Beautiful?

Greg and Bella are back with a brand new term of teachers giving their favourite lessons! Today it's Maths with former semi-professional foo...

42:12Jun 5, 2022

How Can Cheese Slices Help Us Find The Speed Of Light?

Professional breakdancer and Physics teacher Mr Ceeraz invites Greg and Bella to an end-of-term cheese-but-no-wine party, as they attempt to...

41:13Jan 24, 2022

How Can We Mend A Broken Heart?

Greg and Bella return for 2022 with a special lesson from primary school teacher Miss Osueke all about the heart. Award-winning Miss Osueke...

50:00Jan 17, 2022

Are You More Squeamish Than A Shakespearean?

English teacher Mrs Steele gives Greg and Bella a lesson about just how gross life was in Shakespeare's day. Greg and Bella will work out if...

46:40Dec 20, 2021

Can We See Music?

Greg James and Bella Mackie head back to the art room for a lesson from Miss Green about how art and music collide. They'll hear about how t...

37:30Dec 13, 2021

How To Be The Real You

With the help of drama teacher Mr Yale, Greg and Bella find out how to escape stereotyping to become their true selves. They'll look at the...

47:54Dec 6, 2021

CSI Geography: Can we solve a 2,000 year old crime with GCSE Geography?

In a Geography lesson like no other, DI Greg James and DCI Bella Mackie investigate how human bodies can be preserved for thousands of years...

41:22Nov 29, 2021

Are We Manipulating Images Or Are Images Manipulating Us?

Greg and Bella are back with a another slightly terrifying Computing lesson from Mrs Cunningham-Smith, this time looking at how much we can...

38:49Nov 22, 2021

Could A Human Actually Get Super Powers?

Greg James and Bella Mackie take a lesson in genetics from Biology teacher Ms Marwick. Greg and Bella look at the science behind DNA, find o...

44:03Nov 15, 2021