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  • Bang Goes The Theory Series 6

    Episode 1

    Broadcast
    2012 (30 mins)

    In the first of a new series, the team investigates why petrol costs so much, and whether we can use science to make fuel for free. Liz experiences life on an oil rig, Jem and Dallas compete to make their...

  • Bang Goes The Theory Series 6

    Episode 2

    Broadcast
    2012 (28 mins)

    In the second episode of the series, the team ask whether modern life is damaging our ears. Dallas explores how safety conscious scientists are putting the noise back into driving, Liz learns to like the...

  • Bang Goes The Theory Series 6

    Episode 3

    Broadcast
    2012 (28 mins)

    In the latest of the series, Liz finds out how safe digital storage like DVDs and memory sticks are, and whether The Cloud answers all our problems. Dallas and Jem see what it takes to properly wipe your...

  • Bang Goes The Theory Series 6

    Episode 4

    Broadcast
    2012 (27 mins)

    In the latest of the series, Dallas finds out how crowds can cooperate subconsciously, Liz sees how architects control the flow of crowds, and Jem meets scientists trying to understand how crush injuries can...

  • Bang Goes The Theory Series 6

    Episode 5

    Broadcast
    2012 (28 mins)

    In the latest of the series, the team reveal how life surrounded by wireless signals affects us. 26 years after his first report on the issue, Howard Stableford brings us up to date on the health risks of...

  • Bang Goes The Theory Series 6

    Episode 6

    Broadcast
    2012 (28 mins)

    In the latest of the series Jem dreams of flying under his own power by pedalling a homemade plane into the air. He sets out to discover why muscles get tired, and to see if he can boost his own using...

  • Bang Goes The Theory Series 6

    Episode 7

    Broadcast
    2012 (29 mins)

    In the latest of the series Jem dreams of flying under his own power by pedalling a homemade plane into the air. He sets out to discover why muscles get tired, and to see if he can boost his own using...

  • Andrew Marr’s History of the World

    Episode 1 - Survival

    Broadcast
    2012 (59 mins)

    Starting with our origins in Africa 70,000 years ago, Marr traces the story of our nomadic ancestors as they spread out around the world and settled down to become the first farmers and townspeople. Marr...

  • Andrew Marr’s History of the World

    Episode 2 - Age of Empire

    Broadcast
    2012 (58 mins)

    Andrew Marr tells the story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world. From the Assyrian’s brutal King Sennacherib to the vast empire of Alexander the Great, conquerors rampaged...

  • Andrew Marr’s History of the World

    Episode 3 - The Word and the Sword

    Broadcast
    2012 (58 mins)

    Andrew Marr plunges into the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD. Through visiting Ashoka’s Vishali edict he sees how the bloody prince Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire...