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Think With Pinker
Ep11 - Headlines and Trendlines
- Broadcast
- 2021 (28 mins)
The media fills our minds with vivid images of rare events from plane crashes to terrorist attacks. In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker explores how we can stop the news from distorting...
Think With Pinker
Ep12 - Being Right
- Broadcast
- 2021 (28 mins)
Why getting it right might mean admitting you’re wrong. What if we were to replace intellectual combat with genuine discussion and treat beliefs as hypotheses to be tested rather than treasures to be...
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Ep1 - Martindale Road
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
During the blitz over 450,000 bombs dropped on Britain and every bomb has its own story. This series examines the specific effect of four bombs, from their initial impact on individual lives, right through...
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Ep2 - 6th Avenue
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
This second episode explores the ramifications of a bomb that fell on 6th Avenue in the port city of Hull, flattening two houses and changing the lives of two families forever. The Taylors lost baby Peter...
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Ep3 - Jellicoe Road
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
Episode three follows a bomb that fell on Jellicoe Street in the Scottish town of Clydebank. It was a tightly knit community of ship builders and factory workers who worked hard in difficult conditions; for...
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Ep4 - St Peter’s Church
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
This final episode looks at the deadly impact of the incendiary bomb when an incendiary sets fire to St Peter’s Church in the historic heart of Bristol. Before November 1940 the Castle Street area was...
Genius of the Modern World
Freud
- Broadcast
- 2016 (59 mins)
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world. This time she travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud - the father of psychoanalysis....
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...
Eyewitness
Eyewitness Ep.1
- Broadcast
- 2010 (59 mins)
1/3 of documentary. 10 people are secretly filmed as they witness what theybelieve to be a real crime, then interviewed by police to see how their versions differ. Crime location this week:...
Eyewitness
Eyewitness Ep.2
- Broadcast
- 2010 (59 mins)
2/3 of documentary. 10 people are secretly filmed as they witness what they believe to be a real crime. They are then interviewed by police to see how their versions differ. Crime location this week:...