human power station

i know that watching telly rots your brain / is evil and all that. but. this looks like it could be interesting:

A Bang Goes the Theory special event showing how much electricity we use and abuse without even thinking about it.

This massive experiment attempts to power a house for an entire day solely through human pedal power - while the unsuspecting family inside go about their normal Sunday routine. Will they drive the Human Power Station to meltdown?

thursday at 8pm, bbc 1