1998: BISCUIT DUNKING - the SCIENTIFIC method | BBC News | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

“The most comprehensive study ever into the tea absorbing properties of biscuits.“ Scientists have concluded that 25% of all attempts to dunk a biscuit end in failure. Appalled and dismayed by this startling statistic, Big Biscuit have implored said scientists to apply their rational scientific methods to the haphazard world of biscuit dunking. After months of thorough research, the scientists have made a breakthrough, and come up with the definitive dunking times for all manner of your favourite biscuits. No longer will you dunk a biscuit in blind hope, now you can dunk with scientific confidence. Yes, this was a BBC News report... Originally broadcast 24 November, 1998. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of tv to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic tv clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive -