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Daniel Radcliffe sings "The Elements" - The Graham Norton Show - Series 8 Episode 4 - BBC

BBC · 9.2M views · 2010-11-12 · 1:40

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Daniel Radcliffe performs his party trick on The Graham Norton Show: singing Tom Lehrer's 'The Elements', the periodic table song, from memory. It is a two-minute talk-show clip.

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Mentioned in Tom Lehrer threads as a charming example of Lehrer's song reaching a new audience.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2015–2025

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sriram_malhar · 2015-12 · Recommendation

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter actor) did Lehrer's periodic table song not too long ago. Earnest and cute! [VIDEO]

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vmlinuz · 2025-07 · Reference

We all know the Daniel Radcliffe story, right? (He performed The Elements from memory on a UK talk show, which was allegedly what got him hired to play Weird Al in his 'biopic' - [VIDEO] )

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lupire · 2024-05 · Reference

Daniel Radcliffe sang it on Graham Norton, introducing Tom Lehrer to a crowd who didn't know him. [VIDEO]

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