Sperms race to the egg | James May’s Things You Need to Know

Cells under a microscope | Science In Action

Spec references J247: B1.1a. Showing onion cells and cheek cells under a microscope.

Electron microscope | Science In Action

Spec references J247: B1.1c. Electron microscope to see the structure of algae and observe cell processes.

01: Creation | How to Build a Human

Scientists are now at the pivotal moment of being able to unlock the instructions hidden in the cells of humans.

Infested! Living with Parasites

Dr Michael Mosley explores the bizarre and fascinating world of parasites by turning his body into a living laboratory and deliberately infes...

Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell

This film reveals the exquisite machinery of the human cell system from within the inner world of the cell itself - from the fre...

01: The Hidden Kingdom | The Cell

Adam Rutherford tells the story of the biological cell. He explores how centuries of scientific and religious dogma were overturned by the ...

Cells | Curriculum Bites

Schools science programme where topics in the double science curriculum are broken down into small chunks.

The establishment of Germ Theory | The Cell

This clip explores the revolutionary discovery that diseases are caused by microscopic organisms rather than spontaneous generati...

The process of mitosis | Short Circuit

The process of mitosis, seen through a microscope, and then illustrated and explained with a computer simulation.

When a sperm cell meets an egg cell | Inside the Human Body

Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley shows what happens in the moments a sperm cell meets an egg cell.

02: The Chemistry of Life | The Cell

Adam Rutherford explores how scientists delved deeper into the world of the cell, seeking to reveal the magic ingredient that can bring ...

03: Off The Scale | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds

The human eye can see extraordinary detail, but the eye of a needle held at arm's length is pretty much at the limit o...

03: The Secret of Sex | How to Build a Human

The precise mechanics of human sexual reproduction are revealed,using new technology to produce previously unseen images.

Cell division | i-Science

What is the role of mitosis and meiosis in the human body?

Collagen | Secrets of Skin

Collagen makes up 90% of the skin dermis. Professor Ben Garrod talks to a scientist studying collagen whose research has some ground-breaking appl...

Diffusion and Osmosis | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J247: 2.1a J250: 2.1a. Animated shorts to support students preparing for assessments in GCSE Additional Science.

Mitosis, meiosis and reproduction | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J247: B2.1b, B5.1f, B5.1h J250: B2.1b, B5.1f. Different steps of mitosis, asexual reproduction, di...

Protein Synthesis | AS Guru

Programme for AS level students, comprising archive clips and interviews.

Replication | AS Guru

Programme for AS level students, comprising archive clips and interviews.

S02E05: Size Matters | Dara O'Briain's Science Club

Dara and the team reveal why size matters in science and how discoveries large and small are changing the way we view the...