S01E01: Reproduction | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

Charles Darwin And The Tree Of Life

David Attenborough is a passionate Darwinian, and sees evolution as the cornerstone of all the programmes and series he has ever made. He...

A World Without Down's Syndrome?

Documentary about Down's syndrome and the ethics of pregnancy screening, exploring the thinking around the proposed new screening test and i...

05: What Is the Secret of Life? | The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

How the secret of life has been examined through the prism of the most complex organism know...

The Gene Revolution: Changing Human Nature | Storyville

The biggest tech revolution of the 21st century isn't digital, it's biological. What will CRISPR mean for human evolu...

Unlocking The Code | The Gene Code

Dr Adam Rutherford takes the viewer on a rollercoaster ride as he explores the consequences of one of the biggest scientific projects of a...

IVF | How Science Changed Our World

Professor Robert Winston meets families who benefitted from breakthrough's in research which lead to IVF treatments.

Learning Zone: Episode 2 | Wonders of Life

From algal cells to human beings we are all made of the same things and governed by the same laws as the stars themselves. This is...

Selective breeding | Countryfile

For thousands of years we have been selectively breeding farm animals to make them more and more productive. But in recent years there has b...

The genetic modification debate | Science Britannica - Learning Zone

Brian Cox explores the science behind the genetic modification of plants, and the ongoing debate around ...

Darwin | Bitesize Secondary

A selection of clips taken from BBC programmes about Darwin and evolutionary biology. The programme includes material on adaptation and natural s...

DNA Discovery | The Gene Code

How does the DNA code work?

Engineering the genome | Storyville

Gene therapy, is contoversial, complex, yet valuable science.

Genetically Modified Papaya | Bang Goes the Theory

An examination of the need for, and the potential issues with, the genetic modification of papayas in Hawaii.

Gregor Mendel, Francis Crick and James Watson | Charles Darwin And The Tree Of Life

David Attenborough explores how the discovery of DNA provided further evidence for Darwi...

Learning Zone: Episode 1 | Wonders of Life

There are thought to be as many as 100 million different species on Earth, but every one of them has sprung from just a single lif...

Sickle cell disease | Storyville

Sickle cell disease is an inherited disease, caused by a single change in the DNA sequence.

The structure of DNA | The Cell

Adam Rutherford explains and illustrates the structure of DNA, and the way its discovery revealed the secret of how genes are reproduced when...

What is a gene? | The Gene Code

In the 1980s in Britain, the search to link diseases to specific genes began by focusing on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

01: A Confusion of Names | Botany: A Blooming History

Timothy Walker reveals how the work of Carl Linnaeus, Phillip Miller and John Ray unlocked the mysteries of the plant k...

01: Apeman - Spaceman | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores our place in the universe. He charts the story of humans from apes to the birth of civilisation to our as...