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

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

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.

“introducing Tom Lehrer to a crowd who didn't know him” (HN, 2024)

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@sriram_malhar Dec 2015 Recommends
on HN thread Tom Lehrer
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter actor) did Lehrer's periodic table song not too long ago. Earnest and cute! [this video]
Daniel Radcliffe performs Lehrer's periodic table song

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@vmlinuz Jul 2025 Cites it
on HN thread 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] )
Radcliffe performed The Elements from memory on talk show

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