Daniel Radcliffe sings "The Elements" - The Graham Norton Show - Series 8 Episode 4 - BBC
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mentioned in Tom Lehrer threads as a charming example of Lehrer's song reaching a new audience.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2015 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Recommends sriram_malhar · 2015-12 · on “Tom Lehrer”
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter actor) did Lehrer's periodic table song not too long ago. Earnest and cute! [this video]
Cites lupire · 2024-05 · on “Why did Tom Lehrer swap fame for obscurity?”
Daniel Radcliffe sang it on Graham Norton, introducing Tom Lehrer to a crowd who didn't know him. [this video]
Cites vmlinuz · 2025-07 · on “Tom Lehrer has died”
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' - [this video] )