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  • Bang Goes The Theory Series 7

    Safety

    Broadcast
    2013 (29 mins)

    The team explores things that could be threatening people on a daily basis. Liz Bonnin finds out why pedestrians of a certain age may never be safe crossing the road, Maggie Philbin remembers former...

  • Bang Goes The Theory Series 7

    Air Pollution

    Broadcast
    2013 (29 mins)

    Air pollution is now second only to smoking as a killer in the UK...yet as a nation we are failing to meet targets on reducing emissions. The team investigate what air pollution is, where it comes from, and...

  • 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 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...

  • Growing Children

    Autism

    Broadcast
    2011 (59 mins)

    Autism is a complicated and often misunderstood condition. In this film child psychologist Laverne Antrobus goes on a quest to discover the different way that the brain works in children with autism and to...

  • Growing Children

    OCD

    Broadcast
    2011 (59 mins)

    In this fascinating film Laverne Antrobus explores the complicated and often misunderstood condition of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Laverne reveals what is actually happening in the brains of children...

  • Growing Children

    Dyslexia

    Broadcast
    2011 (59 mins)

    In this programme Laverne looks into one of the most common problems for children - dyslexia. She uncovers some incredible developments in neuroscience that are showing how the dyslexic brain works. As many...

  • British Isles: A User’s Guide to Natural History

    Episode 1 - Dinosaurs, Deserts and Volcanoes

    Broadcast
    2004 (58 mins)

    Chris Packham and the team discover evidence of dinosaurs, deserts and volcanoes. Needles, Isle of Wight, Scarborough Castle, dinosaur footprints, ammonites, nautilus

  • British Isles: A User’s Guide to Natural History

    Episode 2 - Ice Age

    Broadcast
    2004 (58 mins)

    In this programme we look back through time at the periods of Ice Ages that Britain has been through during the last 2 million years and the warmer interglacial periods when hyenas, lions and hippos roamed...

  • British Isles: A User’s Guide to Natural History

    Episode 3 - Island Britain

    Broadcast
    2004 (59 mins)

    In this programme we discover how a warmer climate and rising sea levels caused Britain to become an island with 18,000 km of coastline and a changing landscape.