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The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 2
Smartphone
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
With over six billion of them across the planet, smartphones have changed the modern world. With rare access to electronics giant Samsung, Hannah uncovers the technological game changers that have made the...
The Royal Institution Xmas Lectures 2023
Episode 1 - How to Build an Intelligent Machine
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
Professor Mike Wooldridge asks: what is artificial intelligence? He compares how AI works and learns with how the human brain functions. Exploring the roots of AI, Mike reveals how Alan Turing devised the...
The Royal Institution Xmas Lectures 2023
Episode 2 - My AI Life
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
Professor Mike Wooldridge reveals the huge role AI already plays in our daily lives - sometimes without us even realising its role. Mike investigates how games like chess and Go have become a training ground...
The Royal Institution Xmas Lectures 2023
Episode 3 - The Future of AI: Dream or a Nightmare?
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
Professor Mike Wooldridge grapples with the future of AI in the third and final Christmas lecture. Mike takes a ride in a driverless car. Autonomous vehicles, once a science fiction dream, are now a reality....
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Scientists
- Broadcast
- 2019 (58 mins)
This episode sees naturalist Chris Packham, who has spent his career studying the world around us, assess the lives of the 20th century’s greatest scientists. Chris will examine the lives of Marie Curie,...
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Live Final
- Broadcast
- 2019 (61 mins)
In this live final hosted by Claudia Winkleman and Nick Robinson, the celebrity advocates return to fight their winning icon’s case, and the public vote for the person they think was the greatest figure of...
Horizon - Ten Things You Need To Know About the Future
Ten Things You Need To Know About the Future
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
This episode of Horizon looks at the issues that will change the way we live our lives in the future. Rather than relying on the minds of science fiction writers mathematician Hannah Fry delves into the data...
Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots
Episode One
- Broadcast
- 2017 (58 mins)
Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots, explores if machines built to enhance our lives could one day become our greatest rivals. Presenters Professor Danielle George MBE, an electronics engineer from...
The Secrets of Silicon Valley
Episode One - The Disruptors
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
Jamie Bartlett uncovers the dark reality behind Silicon Valley’s glittering promise to build a better world. The Tech Gods believe progress is powered by technology tearing up the world as it is - a...
The Secrets of Silicon Valley
Episode Two - The Persuasion Machine
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
Jamie Bartlett reveals how Silicon Valley’s mission to connect the world is disrupting democracy, helping plunge us into an age of political turbulence. Many of the Tech Gods were dismayed when Donald...