S02E01:…about Einstein | James May’s Things You Need to Know

Episode 1 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, travelling first from July...

How hurricanes are formed by Earth's rotation | Learning Zone

Physicist Helen Czerski explains that hurricanes happen because the earth is rotating. She shows how, because t...

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...

Energy | Bang Goes The Theory

Jem Stansfield, Liz Bonnin and Maggie Philbin investigate how close Britain might get to running out of electricity.

Chernobyl disaster | Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb

Introduction to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the temporary construction that was built to contain the radiation.

Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey | Learning Zone

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, to witness the astonis...

History of the Atom: From Rutherfor to Bohr | Chemistry: A Volatile History

Spec references J248: C1.2a J250: C1.2a. Professor Jim Al-Khalili explains the history of the ato...

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...

The Clash of the Titans | Atom

Nuclear physicist Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of the discovery that everything is made of atoms, and of the minds behind the scientific bre...

01: Spark | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Jim Al-Khalili tells how the first 'natural philosophers' began to unlock electricity's mysteries, studying its curious l...

02: Out of Sight | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds

Richard Hammond uses groundbreaking imaging technology to take the viewer on a journey of discovery beyond the visible ...

02: The Age of Invention | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Jim Al-Khalili shows how harnessing the link between magnetism and electricity transformed the world, allo...

01: Destiny | Wonders of the Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. In this episode, Brian looks at the nature of time and its role in creating both...

04: Can We Have Unlimited Power? | The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

Michael Mosley shows how the most power-hungry generation that has ever lived has harnessed...

Episode 2 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, this time travelling from ...

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...

05: The Big Bang: Before the Dawn | Universe

It's the ultimate question: why are we here? Brian Cox explores how cutting-edge space missions take us back 13.8 billion years ...

08: Newton | Great Britons (2002)

Historian Tristram Hunt presents the case for Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientific intellects of all time.

A Night with the Stars

Professor Brian Cox takes an audience of famous faces, scientists and members of the public on a journey through some of the most challenging concepts...

Episode 3 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

Kate Humble is in the Arctic, where spring arrives with a bang. Helen Czerski chases a tornado to show how the earth's angle...