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Chemistry Set is the fourth episode of Series 2.

Summary[]

Norman's dream of making the pongiest stink bomb in the world backfires when Dilys walks into the laboratory. In a subplot, Trevor arranges to take Dilys to see the local male voice choir in concert but this backfires when he slips on engine oil which has leaked from his bus whilst wearing his concert attire.

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  • When this episode first aired in English on BBC One London on 22 November 1988, it aired at 16:00.[1]
  • Despite this episode being copyrighted in 1988, during it's first English airing, the credits showed it as being copyrighted in 1987 for a brief second, before an extra "I" was added to the Roman Numerals to change it to 1988.
  • Stock footage from Flat Tyre is used.
  • In Wales, this is the twelfth episode of the first series.
  • The Welsh title is called, "The Scientist".
  • This episode along with Norman's Tricky Day, The Wishing Well, Dilys' Forgetful Day, What Goes Up and The Big Freeze were the only episodes to be not added on BBC iPlayer in November 2020.
  • On the bus going to Newtown, Trevor can be heard singing "Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer/Jehovah" (aka ā€œCwm Rhonddaā€), a well-known Welsh hymn - the last two lines from the first verse can be heard: ā€œBread of Heaven, bread of Heaven, feed me til I want no more (I want no more), feed me til I want no more.ā€

In Other Languages[]

Language Title
Czech MalĆ½ Chemik
Dutch De Scheikundedoos\Norbert Heeft een Laboratorium
Finnish Kemistin Pakkaus
German Norman, der Chemiker
Hebrew ×¢×Øכה כימיה
Hungarian Vegyi FelszerelƩs
Italian Il Piccolo Chimico
Japanese ć˜ć£ć‘ć‚“ć‚»ćƒƒćƒˆ
Korean ė…øģøģ˜ ė°œģ—“ķ’
Norwegian Kjemisettet
Polish Mały Chemik
Slovak NeĆŗspeÅ”nĆ½ vynĆ”lez
Swedish KemisƤtt
Swiss-German Chemie-Bouchaste
Welsh Y Gwyddonydd

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