Click: 2021
Season 22 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Click Season 21.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 22 Progress Shield
Click at 20
Jan 2, 2021 · 23 min
Recorded in front of a live online audience of Click fans from around the world, Spencer Kelly and Lara Lewington invite Click reporters, old and new, to pick their favourite momen
The Virtual Race
Jan 9, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at virtual cycling and explores the issue of cheating in the world of online racing.
Click ‘Visits’ CES 2021
Jan 16, 2021 · 30 min
Usually, CES, the world's biggest tech show, takes place in Las Vegas at the beginning of January. This year, the show has been forced to go online. We look at what this means for
What's Next For Big Tech?
Jan 23, 2021 · 30 min
On Click this week we ask what will President Joe Biden mean for the future of social media? We speak to a number of key insiders who are helping to shape policy around this issue
Health and Whisky
Jan 30, 2021 · 30 min
As remote medicine becomes more commonplace, Click looks at easy-to-use, medical-grade, diagnostic devices that are becoming available so family physicians can provide a full consu
Perfect Posture
Feb 6, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at the truth about wearable tech that promises to fix your posture. Plus recoding stem cells and a 'flush cord' that ends your video calls.
Behind the Mask
Feb 13, 2021 · 30 min
Paul Carter looks at robots to help autistic children, and Click’s own Cupid Omar Mehtab looks for apps to help couples rekindle the fire in their relationships.
Clubhouse, Combat and Cardboard
Feb 20, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at the new audio app Clubhouse which has been getting a lot of buzz in Silicon Valley. Is it really the future of podcasts and audio more generally, or another overinfl
Digital Models and Fungi Fashion
Feb 27, 2021 · 30 min
The week, meet the striking digital models sporting 100% digital outfits. As London Fashion Week shifts online, we dive into the industry designing clothing that will never be phys
The Next Level
Mar 6, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at how gaming has helped people with their mental health through the pandemic. The team also talks to legendary filmmaker James Cameron, and sees how augmented reality
When Art Goes Digital
Mar 13, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at a new way of buying and authenticating assets online. The team follow a million-dollar digital art sale at Christies and see if this way of transacting online can co
Taking on the Covid Scammers
Mar 20, 2021 · 30 min
Click investigates how crooks have used the pandemic to con people out of thousands of pounds and talks to the man charged with protecting the NHS and vaccine supplies from cyber-a
Movie Monsters and Mental Health
Mar 27, 2021 · 30 min
Click meets the Australian community torn apart by suicide, and learns how tech can offer support. Plus behind the scenes of Zack Synder's Justice League.
A New Dawn
Apr 2, 2021 · 30 min
Click celebrates its 21st birthday! We also take a look at how the gaming industry has thrived during the pandemic and discover a robot that builds other robots.
Spot The Dog?
Apr 17, 2021 · 30 min
Click takes a robot dog for a remote walk around San Francisco and looks at the latest developments in cloud gaming.
Is AI Biased?
Apr 24, 2021 · 30 min
We explore how biases built into everyday technologies impact people's lives and how the tech industry is trying to address it. We go behind the scenes looking at how facial recogn
Seeing is Believing
May 1, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at what you can believe on the web and the open source tools that can help to track down the truth. Plus Click chats to the investigative journalism website Bellingcat
Beating the Bike Thieves
May 8, 2021 · 30 min
Click tests the tech hoping to keep your bike safe, and we visit a smart shop that tries to imagine what the future of shopping might be.
Hacking Your Health
May 15, 2021 · 30 min
Can tech turn back time? Click meets a community of biohackers who believe they can use data to stop ageing in its tracks and live on to well beyond 100. The show also looks at ne
Shooting for the Stars
May 22, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at how you can capture stunning images of the night sky with your smartphone.
Go, Go, Go!
May 29, 2021 · 30 min
Click heads to a race track with a dashboard device which might help you drive like Lewis Hamilton. Plus how advances in music technology could help people with dementia.
A Very Tall Tale
Jun 5, 2021 · 30 min
Click is in Ireland to explore plans to create a series of giant tech statues, and we report from the Hay Literary Festival in Wales and test out the UK's first flying theatre ride
The Future of Transport
Jun 12, 2021 · 30 min
Click explores the future of transport. Companies are betting big on autonomous, electric and connected mobility, but innovation is rife across the board. Find out about the radica
Online-only E3
Jun 19, 2021 · 30 min
The year’s most-anticipated video games convention, E3, has gone digital for 2021. Click takes a look at the standout stories and biggest announcements from the event.
Battling Brain Trauma
Jun 26, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at the technology tracking brain trauma caused by heading footballs. Plus Easy Life talk about developing their in-game Fortnite concert.
I am not a Robot, or am I?
Jul 3, 2021 · 30 min
Click tours Mobile World Congress, but through the eyes of a robot. Plus Duran Duran explain how they used AI to create their latest music video.
High-Res Hajj
Jul 10, 2021 · 30 min
Click experiences Islamic pilgrimage Hajj through digital art. Plus 3D-printed houses in the USA and how AI is helping wine production in Australia.
Racing to Victory
Jul 17, 2021 · 30 min
Click hits the racetrack to meet a motorsport team with a difference. Team Brit is made up of six disabled drivers using bespoke, specially adapted cars to compete in races agains
The Future is Now
Jul 24, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at how online shopping has exploded in the pandemic and how social media companies want a piece of the action. They are now turning their platforms into shopping destin
Hacking Electric Car Chargers
Jul 31, 2021 · 30 min
Click investigates how electric vehicle charging points can be targeted by hackers. Plus drones being tested on an erupting volcano in Iceland, with a view to deploy them on Mars.
Can AI Save the NHS?
Aug 7, 2021 · 30 min
The UK's National Health Service has been under strain for years - and then the pandemic hit. Could artificial intelligence and its applications be the NHS's saviour?
Finding Footballers with AI
Aug 14, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at whether artificial intelligence could help to find the next Harry Kane. Plus Ryan Reynolds talks about his new movie set within the world of a videogame and Click te
Back to School
Sep 4, 2021 · 30 min
As children go back to school, Click looks at the tech that could help to revolutionise education for students, parents and teachers.
Mind-Controlled Machines
Sep 11, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at an emerging way of controlling things with your mind. Also, Click investigates the metaverse, and if it is likely to live up to the hype.
Extremism Online
Sep 18, 2021 · 30 min
Gaming is a place where many of us play, but the gaming space is also where extremists hang out, socialise and influence other gamers. Click investigates.
What's On The Menu?
Sep 25, 2021 · 30 min
As technology powers forward, Click looks at some of the advances in food technology that could change the way we eat forever.
Inside Your DNA
Oct 2, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at our DNA and how new scientific techniques may help improve our health and even solve decades old crimes.
Ready for Arrival?
Oct 9, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at the growing Right to Repair movement, which is trying to ensure there are ways of keeping our gadgets alive for longer and to make our tech more sustainable.
Wikipedia: The Fight for Facts
Oct 16, 2021 · 30 min
Click investigates the suspension of seven pro-China editors from Wikipedia, which turns 20 this year, and if the platform can remain free of state propaganda.
The Greatest Show, Man!
Oct 23, 2021 · 30 min
Click is in Dubai where we get a glimpse of the future at Expo 2020 and visit the Middle East's biggest tech fair - Gitex.
We All Scream for… Carbon Ice Cream?
Oct 30, 2021 · 30 min
Click digs into carbon capture and sustainable technology ahead of COP26.
Can Tech Save the World?
Nov 6, 2021 · 30 min
In this Cop26 special, Click checks out the latest innovations focused on the climate crisis, showcasing solutions that you can embrace, including some serious food for thought. F
Sustainable Buildings
Nov 13, 2021 · 30 min
In the third of Click's special shows about the ways in which tech can help save the planet, we focus on construction - one of the biggest carbon emitters. We look at efforts to r
Brain Surgery
Nov 20, 2021 · 30 min
Click discovers how VR could help parents decide whether to go through with potentially life-changing surgeries for their children, James Clayton looks at whether whistle-blowing i
Ice Ice Baby
Nov 27, 2021 · 30 min
Click finds out how Iceland is playing an unlikely role in the mission to Mars, a trip to The Mobile Phone Museum, and a forest full of NFTrees.
EV Sounds Good
Dec 4, 2021 · 30 min
Click talks to the musicians creating soundscapes for electric cars. We also head to the Top Gear track with an autonomous electric van and chat poetry with a robot.
Autonomous Weapons: a Threat to Humanity?
Dec 11, 2021 · 30 min
AI and autonomous weaponry may be the biggest leap in military technology since the advent of nuclear weapons. Should they be banned? The debate is heating up.
Leap into the Metaverse
Dec 18, 2021 · 30 min
Click looks at the metaverse. It's the latest buzzword in the tech world but what exactly does it mean and is it really the future?
Merry Clickmas
Dec 25, 2021 · 30 min
Click explores some Christmas-related gadgets and looks back at some of our highlights from the year.