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  • 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...

  • Seven Ages of Britain

    Age of Revolution

    Broadcast
    2010 (59 mins)

    4/7 of documentary in which Sir David Dimbleby looks at Britain’s history through its art and architecture. During the 17th century the people of Britain learned to question everything - the result was the...

  • Seven Ages of Britain

    Age of Ambition

    Broadcast
    2010 (59 mins)

    In the last episode of Seven Ages of Britain, David Dimbleby looks at how the 20th century saw ordinary Britons upturning ancient power structures and class hierarchies. The catalyst was the First World War,...

  • Bang Goes The Theory Special

    Drake’s Equation: The Search For Life

    Broadcast
    2010 (59 mins)

    For many years our place in the universe was the subject of theologians and philosophers not scientists. But in 1960 one man changed all that. Dr Frank Drake was one of the leading lights in the new science...

  • Bang Goes The Theory Special

    Explosions: How We Shook The World

    Broadcast
    2010 (59 mins)

    200 years before the birth of Christ, in the moutain wildernesses of Western China, travellers put lengths of bamboo on their campfires to make loud ‘cracks’ to ward off shape-shifting creatures of the...

  • Alternative Therapies

    Hypnotherapy

    Broadcast
    2008 (59 mins)

    Imagine having your dentist pull your teeth out and drill into your jaw with no anaesthetic - just someone muttering in your ear about being on the beach. Sounds alarming? Welcome to the extraordinary world...

  • Alternative Therapies

    Reflexology

    Broadcast
    2008 (59 mins)

    Reflexologists claim that the body is mapped onto the soles of the feet, and that pressing particular points can help with a range of medical conditions from back pain and asthma to infertility and...

  • Alternative Therapies

    Meditation

    Broadcast
    2008 (59 mins)

    Meditation: Professor Kathy SYKES investigates the ancient practice of meditation, meeting scientists working at the very frontiers of knowledge of how the brain functions.

  • Ever Wondered About Food Series Five

    Onions and Garlic

    Broadcast
    2007 (29 mins)

    While the world may be a "great big onion" nothing divides us quite like garlic. In the edition of ever wondered about food chef Paul Merrett discovers that why the onion caused the first strike in recorded...

  • Ever Wondered About Food Series Five

    Milk

    Broadcast
    2007 (29 mins)

    Chef Paul MERRETT discovers the many uses of milk, including its role in fuelling Genghis Khan’s armies and how it keeps astronauts healthy in space.