How To Make Big Ben Strike Thirteen? - Secrets of the Universe - BBC Three

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How is it possible to make Big Ben strike 13 o'clock? There aren't that many numbers on the clockface. Greg Foot uses the speed of sound to play with time and make Big Ben chime thirteen times at midnight.
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  • @CharityAngelSpectrum
    @CharityAngelSpectrum11 жыл бұрын

    Bless you BBC. Gerry Anderson beat you to this by nearly 40 years...

  • @itsmephil2255

    @itsmephil2255

    7 жыл бұрын

    www.dailymotion.com/video/xftv62_captain-scarlet-03-big-ben-strikes-again-3-3_shortfilms

  • @dan4lau

    @dan4lau

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@itsmephil2255 I wonder if they actually did it for the episode. I know they showed it happening but I wonder if they just used recordings or if they actually did the experiment and used that recording... I know that's what I would have wanted to do.

  • @TheUNKLEPaulTHX
    @TheUNKLEPaulTHX11 жыл бұрын

    Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons - Episode 03 - Big Ben Strikes Again

  • @MetusModus
    @MetusModus13 жыл бұрын

    captain scarlet "big ben strikes again." October 13, 1967

  • @GrnArrow092
    @GrnArrow0927 жыл бұрын

    If everyone remembers 5 years back, Big Ben chimed 30 times for the 2012 Olympic Games. It's hard to believe it's been that long ago already.

  • @Thomas1651

    @Thomas1651

    6 жыл бұрын

    No, it chimed 42 TIMES!!!

  • @Thomashorsman

    @Thomashorsman

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was like whoa london2012 was already 5 years ago!? Then I saw your comment is 4 years ago. Where has time gone

  • @nintyking64
    @nintyking6413 жыл бұрын

    @grubbg001 I made a mistake, it was actually Captain Scarlet (created by Gerry Anderson who did Thunderbirds too) from the episode 'Big Ben strikes again'.

  • @supermariobryanrocks8167
    @supermariobryanrocks81674 жыл бұрын

    3:17 THE TEAM!!!

  • @ragerancher
    @ragerancher13 жыл бұрын

    I bet they watched Captain Scarlet when they were younger :D

  • @RJ.MacReady

    @RJ.MacReady

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly what brought me here in 2022. LOL.

  • @ShantekaGlenn-cv8ek

    @ShantekaGlenn-cv8ek

    4 ай бұрын

    @@RJ.MacReady same but with 2024

  • @ChrisFalconBuilds
    @ChrisFalconBuilds6 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure they just stole this idea from Captain Scarlet!

  • @itsmephil2255

    @itsmephil2255

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chris Falcon you mean this episode ? www.dailymotion.com/video/x5rv13v

  • @007ryanwilliams
    @007ryanwilliams2 жыл бұрын

    Apparently there is a legend that if Big Ben chimes 13 times the Lions in Trafalgar Square will get up and start walking around the square. Either they hushed it up really well, or that myth has just been debunked.

  • @Kristiansolis15
    @Kristiansolis154 жыл бұрын

    It would be cool if Big Ben tells American military time

  • @seanleeboboyo1338

    @seanleeboboyo1338

    2 жыл бұрын

    If midnight, it would chime 24 times.

  • @naysmith5272
    @naysmith52722 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know what happened to the other video on youtube where people re-created the 13 chimes based on the Captain Scarlet episode?

  • @Redbird4912
    @Redbird49122 ай бұрын

    So the out of phase chimes (the actual chimes and the radio wave chimes) must have been synchronised (1 with 2 and 2 with 3, etc). Therefore if you got closer or further away from Big Ben, you would hear 24 chimes, at midnight or midday?

  • @TV21
    @TV2113 жыл бұрын

    I doubt it very much that the guy in this video worked it out. They nicked the idea from Captain Scarlet, 'Big Ben Strikes Again'. It was a lot more entertaining than this too.

  • @mjerew576
    @mjerew5767 жыл бұрын

    Thats so cool that you Maye Big Ben strik 13

  • @theministryofnow9403
    @theministryofnow94032 жыл бұрын

    if big ben chimes 13 times the Trafalgar square lions will come to life!!

  • @dhtelevision
    @dhtelevision6 жыл бұрын

    If Big Ben chimes 13 LONDON WILL TURN INTO LABYRINTH

  • @HauntinMatthew1969
    @HauntinMatthew19694 жыл бұрын

    13? YESSSSS!!!!! MY LUCKY NUMBER!!!

  • @askjt8090
    @askjt80908 жыл бұрын

    My dad works at the houses, and he'll often hear 24 bongs at 12, as the sound bounces off buildings!

  • @SilentCrafterProject

    @SilentCrafterProject

    8 жыл бұрын

    Is that a joke or does that actually happen I don't know why but I've always liked learning about Big Ben

  • @askjt8090

    @askjt8090

    8 жыл бұрын

    Jimmy JO4 No, it really happens. Sometimes if you're standing round the back of the building on the porch you'll hear it 36 times at 12!! Albeit very quickly, but it certainly is a sound to behold!

  • @SilentCrafterProject

    @SilentCrafterProject

    8 жыл бұрын

    Boman an spoderman srik bick oh ok thanks

  • @Necondus
    @Necondus13 жыл бұрын

    @nintyking64 yeah was in captain scarlet

  • @Weeble68
    @Weeble6813 жыл бұрын

    @Caead Well strickly speaking they heard every chime twice. It's just that they heard them out of sync. They should've stood half the distance that they did and then they would've heard 24 chimes and twice as fast! : )

  • @Nogli
    @Nogli13 жыл бұрын

    @coolcam262 On paper that is fine, you would have to be far enough away for the sound from Big Ben so that the sound of the first chime, didn't make it to the listener until the third chime. However, I think that that is simply too far away to hear the bell very well. I might be wrong though.

  • @grubbg001
    @grubbg00113 жыл бұрын

    @nintyking64 do u know what episode, if so can u send me the name plz

  • @tomwatts703
    @tomwatts7034 жыл бұрын

    This was a very interesting video! Now where did I put that nuclear device....

  • @niniliemijanto2933
    @niniliemijanto29336 жыл бұрын

    Big Ben Struck a 13=LABYRINTH LONDON!!!!!!

  • @vanni9283
    @vanni928311 жыл бұрын

    I'm guessing you're saying this...The first chime they hear over the radio, as it actually occurs. From their location, they'd probably hear that first chime about the time when they hear the 2nd actual chime over the radio. And then the 2nd around the time the radio broadcasts the 3rd, right on down the line. Because the actual chime is being broadcasted over the radio, you turn off the radio after the 12th chime occurs, which allows them to hear the 12th (13th) chime from their location.

  • @Rafaaa1111
    @Rafaaa11114 жыл бұрын

    What 13 bongs???

  • @StreamlinePictures
    @StreamlinePictures12 жыл бұрын

    we did an experiment in physics class the other day like this, all it is is the equation of the echo and how its synced with the other bell chime so it sounds liike there are still 12 but on the last one you hear another one

  • @dkintana
    @dkintana9 ай бұрын

    You guys should try to get Big Ben to strike 13 times, but at high noon. October 24 2023

  • @farshnuke
    @farshnuke13 жыл бұрын

    @thunderboba it rather depends upon your perspective

  • @RAS2525
    @RAS25253 жыл бұрын

    They played a video of Big Ben chiming 12 times in the walk-ie talkie and for the 13th chime they declined the walk-ie talkie so the 13th chime was the 1st chime

  • @WeeDefault

    @WeeDefault

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, the “13th” chime is actually the 12th chime heard from their location.

  • @niniliemijanto2933
    @niniliemijanto29336 жыл бұрын

    It will chime 13 o'clock AM.

  • @godfreypoon5148

    @godfreypoon5148

    6 жыл бұрын

    ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED

  • @hbblleague
    @hbblleague5 жыл бұрын

    Palace u got to fix big ben at that time

  • @thunderboba
    @thunderboba13 жыл бұрын

    @Caead exactly!

  • @nintyking64
    @nintyking6413 жыл бұрын

    I recall there was something like that in a Thunderbirds episode, scientifically accurate kids show i guess.

  • @majorgeneralexcaperr2583
    @majorgeneralexcaperr25833 жыл бұрын

    Tea time system overflow!

  • @niniliemijanto2933
    @niniliemijanto29336 жыл бұрын

    12AM+1=13AM

  • @troshs
    @troshs11 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. :)

  • @Weeble68
    @Weeble6813 жыл бұрын

    Oh, in other words the first chime they only heard on the radio.

  • @piplup2009
    @piplup200913 жыл бұрын

    easy just change big ben to digital (in daytime at 1pm it'll say 13:00)

  • @davidtownson1476

    @davidtownson1476

    3 жыл бұрын

    Like on The Simpsons (except on that it just flashed 00:00 like there'd been a power cut)

  • @ShantekaGlenn-cv8ek

    @ShantekaGlenn-cv8ek

    4 ай бұрын

    You’re so smart

  • @thunderboba
    @thunderboba13 жыл бұрын

    @thunderboba i think that too!

  • @jsnxbskscnskcnskcjbzjzjbvd
    @jsnxbskscnskcnskcjbzjzjbvd5 жыл бұрын

    3:16

  • @thunderboba
    @thunderboba13 жыл бұрын

    @coolcam262 I think someone recorded it

  • @Yasin_2312
    @Yasin_23123 жыл бұрын

    0:46 why do you have to be 1360 metres away?

  • @georgenicholson1727

    @georgenicholson1727

    3 жыл бұрын

    Speed of sound in order to have another fully spaced chime

  • @Yasin_2312

    @Yasin_2312

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@georgenicholson1727 I know but why exactly 1360 metres

  • @georgenicholson1727

    @georgenicholson1727

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Yasin_2312 The amount of time it would take for there to be a full delay. Sound travels much slower than light so it will be delayed from the walkie talkie signal which travels at the speed of light.

  • @XX-35withtophat
    @XX-35withtophat7 ай бұрын

    Big ben after: 😈

  • @dkintana
    @dkintana9 ай бұрын

    3:14 Big Ben Strikes 13 October 24 2023

  • @8909silver
    @8909silver10 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @cachely
    @cachely4 жыл бұрын

    2:26

  • @niniliemijanto2933
    @niniliemijanto29336 жыл бұрын

    Big Ben+25:00:XIII Numeral on Clock Face

  • @hwygrrl
    @hwygrrl13 жыл бұрын

    There's four minutes and six seconds I'll never get back.

  • @CurtisLittlechild92

    @CurtisLittlechild92

    7 жыл бұрын

    hwygrrl awww! Such a shame!

  • @niniliemijanto2933
    @niniliemijanto29336 жыл бұрын

    London 25:00

  • @dialpforpete621
    @dialpforpete6215 жыл бұрын

    well done BBC for just copying a kids TV show

  • @dialpforpete621

    @dialpforpete621

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Geoffrey The Giraffe Captain Scarlet

  • @niniliemijanto2933
    @niniliemijanto29336 жыл бұрын

    London 24:59

  • @Rafaaa1111
    @Rafaaa11114 жыл бұрын

    Thers no 13 on the clock face

  • @ShantekaGlenn-cv8ek
    @ShantekaGlenn-cv8ek4 ай бұрын

    It was the same amount of years ago

  • @unfitforconsumption
    @unfitforconsumption4 жыл бұрын

    Who else is staring at Elizabeth tower in the background?

  • @niniliemijanto2933
    @niniliemijanto29336 жыл бұрын

    Labyrinth London.

  • @arieas
    @arieas13 жыл бұрын

    @millsy1804 Someone blew a fuse!

  • @thunderboba
    @thunderboba13 жыл бұрын

    Someone OBVIOUSLY recorded that last one :L

  • @azer_ix
    @azer_ix10 жыл бұрын

    .......is that TURE

  • @KCandFriendsUSA
    @KCandFriendsUSA3 жыл бұрын

    How did the 13th bong happen?

  • @StringedGuitar17

    @StringedGuitar17

    8 ай бұрын

    they explain it in the video

  • @tubefish22
    @tubefish2213 жыл бұрын

    sooooooooooooooo it chimed 12 times...not 13,you just heard it 13 times.sometimes i wonder what the hell is wrong with some people

  • @Rafaaa1111
    @Rafaaa11114 жыл бұрын

    And 13 th chime is the 12th

  • @tntgamerdansmith6895
    @tntgamerdansmith68957 жыл бұрын

    13

  • @quik76
    @quik7613 жыл бұрын

    @millsy1804 dont be mean they were just asking.

  • @grubbg001
    @grubbg00113 жыл бұрын

    lol high 5 rejection

  • @nintyking64
    @nintyking6413 жыл бұрын

    @Necondus Thanks, easy mistake to make.

  • @Fbasu
    @Fbasu13 жыл бұрын

    try make it chime 14 timess now :)

  • @jameer8225

    @jameer8225

    3 жыл бұрын

    Make it 10^10^10

  • @jameer8225

    @jameer8225

    3 жыл бұрын

    @J.W. S.D ofc btw thx

  • @ShantekaGlenn-cv8ek
    @ShantekaGlenn-cv8ek4 ай бұрын

    You are doing a mistake the time square lion will become real

  • @iskandar_06anthem52
    @iskandar_06anthem525 жыл бұрын

    Sound Travel

  • @dhtelevision
    @dhtelevision6 жыл бұрын

    And the queen will be Sarah

  • @FreddyFazbearProductions
    @FreddyFazbearProductions Жыл бұрын

    WHAAAAAAAT😱

  • @batmanofni
    @batmanofni13 жыл бұрын

    BBC does science, wtf.

  • @2seconds2long
    @2seconds2long12 жыл бұрын

    i ate a big red candle

  • @Nautical_Parsnip

    @Nautical_Parsnip

    7 жыл бұрын

    2seconds2long good to know

  • @dkintana

    @dkintana

    9 ай бұрын

    ? October 24 2023

  • @KCandFriendsUSA
    @KCandFriendsUSA6 жыл бұрын

    Bad luck number

  • @paulkuijpers
    @paulkuijpers13 жыл бұрын

    Geek fun

  • @hbblleague
    @hbblleague5 жыл бұрын

    13 well idk about that anyways press my profile to watch my vid

  • @chenfungliew8337
    @chenfungliew83373 жыл бұрын

    How did you did bigben strike 13times everyone in london will beat you up because bigben strike13 times you burger

  • @p-944-t3
    @p-944-t37 жыл бұрын

    That is just rong.Just freaking rong.

  • @caramelthecat3128

    @caramelthecat3128

    6 жыл бұрын

    P-944-T Your spelling is just wrong

  • @cachely
    @cachely4 жыл бұрын

    3:15

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