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The Planets
Episode 3 - The Godfather
- Broadcast
- 2019 (58 mins)
Professor Brian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Its enormous size gives it a great power that it has used to manipulate the...
The Planets
Episode 4 - Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
- Broadcast
- 2019 (58 mins)
Saturn is the jewel of the solar system, the most seductive of all the planets, but as Professor Brian Cox reveals - it wasn’t born that way. Raised in the freezing outer reaches of the solar system Saturn...
The Planets
Episode 5 - Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds
- Broadcast
- 2019 (58 mins)
In the final episode of The Planets, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home. These worlds remain shadowy for a simple...
Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths
Episode 2
- Broadcast
- 2018 (58 mins)
In this new series, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. It underpins so much of our modern world that its hard to imagine life without its technological advances but where exactly does...
Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths
Episode 3
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
In this new series, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. It underpins so much of our modern world that it’s hard to imagine life without its technological advances - but where exactly...
Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics
Episode 1 - Making Sound
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
In this programme, Dr Helen Czerski investigates the extraordinary science behind the sounds we’re familiar with and the sounds that we normally can’t hear. She begins by exploring the simplest of ideas:...
Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics
Episode 2 - Using Sound
- Broadcast
- 2017 (58 mins)
In this programme Dr Helen Czerski examines the extraordinary messages sound wave carry, and how they help us understand the world around us. Visiting a hidden location buried beneath the hills of Scotland,...
The 21st Century Race For Space
The 21st Century Race For Space
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
A new age of space exploration, and exploitation, is dawning. But, surprisingly, some of the boldest efforts at putting humans into space are now those of private companies started by a handful of maverick...
The Search For A New Earth
The Search For A New Earth
- Broadcast
- 2017 (89 mins)
Professor Stephen Hawking thinks the human species will have to populate a new planet within 100 years if it is to survive. With climate change, overdue asteroid strikes, epidemics and population growth, our...
The Beginning and the End of the Universe
The Beginning - Ep1
- Broadcast
- 2016 (59 mins)
In this 2 part series Prof Jim Al-Khalili tackles the biggest subject of all, the universe. Through a series of critical observations and experiments that revolutionised our understanding of our world Jim...