What Would Happen If...? is a documentary series which uses science to investigate the potential result of a number of commonly-asked questions.
The series premiered in South Africa on DStv's National Geographic channel on Monday 25 February 2008, at 18h00. Episodes air on weeknights at the same time.
Synopsis
What would happen if gravity was twice as strong? Or if there was no friction in the world? This series, hosted by Dr Marty Jopson, seeks the answers to these questions and more.
With inventor Jem Stansfield and leading academics, find out what happens when a watermelon is blasted with artificial lightning and meet the female British ballistics expert who reveals if a camera could stop a bullet.
See if it's possible to open a car door via a mobile phone, blast a watermelon with lightning, or what thr implications of an increase in gravity would be.
Learn what would happen if you fired a gun on a train that was travelling at the speed of a bullet; attempt to improve your chance of winning the National Lottery; drop a water balloon from a great height onto a stationary car; and finally, try to hatch an egg bought off the supermarket shelf.