menu Home chevron_right
SCIENCE

If I get this wrong, 50,000 people will hear it.

Tom Scott | July 16, 2026



At Worcester Cathedral, I finally take on a challenge that hundreds of people have suggested: bellringing. | 📰 AD: Avoid clickbait and ragebait with 40% off Ground News’ Vantage plan! Use this link: https://ground.news/tom 🗺️ England series map: https://tomscott.com/england/

🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/
(you can find contact details and social links there too)

📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: https://www.tomscott.com/newsletter/
❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: https://lateralcast.com/ https://youtube.com/lateralcast/
➕ TOM SCOTT PLUS: https://youtube.com/tomscottplus
👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: https://youtube.com/techdif

Written and presented by
Tom Scott

Producers
for Penny4 https://penny4.co.uk/
Cambria Bailey-Jones
Guy Larsen

Studio Associate Producer
Heloise Lowenthal

Studio Director of Photography
Jamie MacLeod

Studio Gaffer
Frank Hammond

Head of Post
for Breadbox Studios https://www.breadboxstudios.co.uk/
Mandy Celine

Associate Post Producer
Isla McTear

Senior Editor
Jamie MacLeod

Assistant Editor
Bethan Leadley

Sound Supervisor
Dan Pugsley

Sound Assistant
Maggy Apodaca

Subtitles by So Speedy https://www.sospeedy.co.uk/

With thanks to the Historic County Borders Project https://www.county-borders.co.uk/

Executive Producer
Tom Scott

© Pad 26 Limited MMXXVI

Written by Tom Scott

Comments

This post currently has 48 comments.

  1. @cornbeef

    July 16, 2026 at 9:14 pm

    I would be doing my Mum a disservice if I didn't take this opportunity to say, if you're in Bury, Lancashire (I refuse to say GM) and want to give it a go, give me a message on here. She's the Captain of the Tower and would love to teach more people. It's a fun thing to do and as the man said in the video, it's a fantastic way of keeping the mind fresh.

  2. @jaysonlee8625

    July 16, 2026 at 9:14 pm

    I used to ring the bells of my church, and one of the fun things to do was to fly up with the rope, we could shoot up several meters. Sadly now all the bells here in singapore are electric.

  3. @crayoniii

    July 16, 2026 at 9:14 pm

    I’ve loved the sound of bells ringing since I was about 15 years old. One of my favorite albums, Sister by Sonic Youth, ends with a track that ends with change ringing interspersed with open guitar strings ringing out from the back of the neck being knocked with knuckles. It’s a perfect moment to end a perfect album.

    Little over a decade later I find myself in Lucerne, Switzerland, on top of an old stone wall with two great friends. The blue sky studded with clouds over the most gorgeous landscape I’d ever seen. And then the bells started ringing. I’d never felt more heavenly than in that moment. Ecstasy washed over me and I felt greater then than any time before or since.

    Anyway, thanks for another great video and reminding me of a couple of great things.

  4. @Chaun1998

    July 16, 2026 at 9:14 pm

    Bit of a shame that over here in the US, we've electrified the whole process for most churches. Admittedly there are so damn many of the things that they probably couldn't find volunteers to ring the bells.

  5. @jeremiahcurtis3067

    July 16, 2026 at 9:14 pm

    Very glad to see these videos in my feed again. I watch very sporadically, but always find the content fascinating and educational when I stop by. Thanks for what you do, Tom. Enjoy the rest of the trip!

  6. @glossaria2

    July 16, 2026 at 9:14 pm

    Thank you so much, Tom! I'm American, so this (as far as I know) doesn't really exist near me, and I've wanted to see how bellringing worked every since my favorite author (Robin McKinley) talked about it.

  7. @beheroot

    July 16, 2026 at 9:14 pm

    worcester and queue are 2 english words that made me think that english language should pay for its letters that it doesnt use. Or maybe donate them somewhere…
    As for bells -here the machines do the ringing in most churches but, on the other hand, most villate/town churches have only 1 bell, and it is not big.

  8. @dxjxc91

    July 16, 2026 at 9:14 pm

    Damn youtube influencers messing up the bells for a whole town to hear. I'm kidding, but you definitely would have benefited from a group practice on the silent bells to get used to the timing.

  9. @bonuscheesemilk

    July 16, 2026 at 9:14 pm

    As long as I can remember, I've always hated the sound of church bells, thinking it was a cacophonous noise. After watching this video I think maybe there's just no good bell ringers near me, I could hear the scale! 😹

Leave a Reply





This area can contain widgets, menus, shortcodes and custom content. You can manage it from the Customizer, in the Second layer section.

 

 

 

  • play_circle_filled

    92.9 : The Torch

  • play_circle_filled

    AGGRO
    'Til Deaf Do Us Part...

  • play_circle_filled

    SLACK!
    The Music That Made Gen-X

  • play_circle_filled

    KUDZU
    The Northwoods' Alt-Country & Americana

  • play_circle_filled

    BOOZHOO
    Indigenous Radio

  • play_circle_filled

    THE FLOW
    The Northwoods' Hip Hop and R&B

play_arrow skip_previous skip_next volume_down
playlist_play