Episode 3 | The Secrets of Everything

01: Deep Earth | How Earth Made Us

Series telling the story of how the development of civilisation was influenced by planetary forces. Professor Iain Stewart explores the ro...

S02E04:...about Speed | James May's Things You Need to Know

James May explains all you need to know about speed with a fast-moving mix of animation and motion graphics, incl...

01: Speed Limits | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds

Using state-of-the-art technologies, Richard Hammond goes beyond the limits of the naked eye and explores the hidden se...

The Science of D-Day

Engineer Rob Bell explores the new inventions - from giant troop-carrying gliders to tanks that could operate on water - that made the Normandy invasion...

03: What Is Gravity? | Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time

Brian takes a fresh look at the concept of gravity, revealing it to be far more than just the force that make...

Distance-time graphs | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J249: P2.1b J250: P2.1b. Description and animation. Distance time graphs.

Acceleration | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J249: P2.1h J250: P2.1h. Calculating acceleration and what the units mean - description and animation.

Balanced and unbalanced forces | Curriculum Bites

Spec references J249: P2.2b J250: P2.2b. Addresses misconception that objects with a force acting on them must move. Refram...

Force arrows and balanced forces | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J249: P2.2c, P2.2d, P2.2f J250: P2.2c, P2.2d, P2.2f. Force arrows and balanced forces - animation a...

Forces and moving objects | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J249: P2.2a, P2.2b, P2.3h J250: P2.2a, P2.2b, P2.3h. Clear description and explanation of types of force a...

Forces on a sky diver and terminal velocity | Curriculum Bites

Spec references J249: P2.2f J250: P2.2f. Speed time graph for a parachutist and terminal velocity (no parachu...

Forces when falling and terminal velocity | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J249: P2.2f, P2.2h J250: P2.2f, P2.2h. Falling, air resistance, balanced forces and termin...

Momentum | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J249: P2.2k J250: P2.2k. Animation, description and worked example, p = m v. Description of force = rate of change of momen...

Newton's Equation Of Gravity | Beautiful Equations

An explanation of Newton's equation of gravity.

S03E03: Egypt | Local Heroes

Adam Hart-Davis travels to Egypt in search of the earliest heroes of science. Using a drinks can and a stove, he recreates Hero of Alexandria's ...

S03E04: Italy | Local Heroes

Adam Hart-Davis visits southern Italy, home to the greatest scientists of the ancient world. In Syracuse, he recreates Archimedes' famous ''eure...

S05E05: Italy | Local Heroes

Adam Hart-Davis sets his sights further afield with a trip to Italy, where he ascends the Leaning Tower of Pisa in a bid to reproduce Galileo's ...

Special: Science Special | Local Heroes

In this one-off special Adam Hart-Davis marks significant anniversaries of great British inventors, including Sir Isaac Newton's death.

Speed | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J249: P2.1h J250: P2.1h. Calculating speed and units of speed - description and animation.

Speed time graph - unbalanced forces | Curriculum Bites

Spec references J249: P2.1e J250: P2.1e. Speed time graph for a rocket related to unbalanced forces.