Playing God | Horizon

Playing God | Horizon

Biology | BBC HD | 2012 | 59'07''

Adam Rutherford meets the spider-goat, created by scientists and the product of a new field of research - synthetic biology.

The Gene Revolution: Changing Human Nature | Storyville

The Gene Revolution: Changing Human Nature | Storyville

Biology | BBC Four | 2020 | 1'26'37''

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

02: Predictor | How to Build a Human

02: Predictor | How to Build a Human

Biology | BBC Two | 2002 | 49'18''

A look at the veracity of scientists' claims that they are on the verge of being able to predict our futures by analysing our genes and ...

02: Unlocking the Code | The Gene Code

02: Unlocking the Code | The Gene Code

Biology | BBC Four | 2011 | 58'17''

Adam Rutherford shows how decoding the human genome has led us to begin to understand the very process by which our DNA makes each one...

01: The Book of Life | The Gene Code

01: The Book of Life | The Gene Code

Biology | BBC Four | 2011 | 58'29''

Adam Rutherford explores how the entire human genome was decoded, discovering that every human carries the entire story of life on earth...

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

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

Biology | BBC Two | 2010 | 58'49''

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

Unlocking The Code | The Gene Code

Unlocking The Code | The Gene Code

Biology | BBC Four | 2011 | 58'04''

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

Chromosomes | Curriculum Bites

Chromosomes | Curriculum Bites

Biology | CBBC | 2003 | 10'28''

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

42500 | Science Cafe

42500 | Science Cafe

Clinical Psychology | BBC Radio Wales | 2016 | 27'01''

Adam Walton looks at the work of the National Centre for Mental Health in Cardiff, where scientists are exploring the question of whether genes affect m...

A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Biology | BBC Two | 2019 | 58'55''

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

What contributions has The Human Genome Project made? | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

What contributions has The Human Genome Project made? | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

Biology | BBC Two | 2012 | 3'08''

When the human genome was sequenced, it was heralded as one of the most sign...

How many genes do we have compared to a banana? | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

How many genes do we have compared to a banana? | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

Biology | BBC Two | 2012 | 1'14''

Dara O'Briain explores how many genes humans have in common with mice, fruit flies...

Sickle cell disease | Storyville

Sickle cell disease | Storyville

Biology | BBC Four | 2020 | 6'07''

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

Clones | i-Science

Clones | i-Science

Biology | BBC Two | 2009 | 3'34''

Daphne and Barbara are so similar because they are clones, two people who have exactly the same genetic makeup. When their mother was pregnant, her fertil...

Our genetic code | The Gene Code

Our genetic code | The Gene Code

Biology | BBC Four | 2011 | 2'03''

The human genome is the total of our hereditary information, the complete list of every single one of the three billion bases in our DNA.

DNA Discovery | The Gene Code

DNA Discovery | The Gene Code

Biology | BBC Four | 2011 | 5'54''

How does the DNA code work?

A new type of screening | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

A new type of screening | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Biology | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'07''

Sally Phillips discusses a new, and far more accurate, type of embryo screening for Down's Syndrome with the...

Medical attitudes to Down’s Syndrome | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Medical attitudes to Down’s Syndrome | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Biology | BBC Two | 2019 | 3'58''

A mother of a child with Down's Syndrome gives a talk about problems with how the medical...

Choices about abortion | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Choices about abortion | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Biology | BBC Two | 2019 | 5'47''

Sally Phillips meets a mother who chose to abort her child after a Down's Syndrome diagnosis and reflects on ...

The ethics of genetic screening | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

The ethics of genetic screening | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Biology | BBC Two | 2019 | 5'24''

A genetics expert talks about the ethics of screening and a Down's Syndrome activist talks about how...

Genome sequencing | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Genome sequencing | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Biology | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'60''

Sally Phillips talks to Razib Khan, the first scientist in the world to fully sequence an embryo's DNA.

The future of genetic screening | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

The future of genetic screening | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Biology | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'60''

In Iceland, Sally Phillips learns about how genetic screening is evolving to predict a complex range...

Living with Down’s Syndrome in Iceland | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Living with Down’s Syndrome in Iceland | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Biology | BBC Two | 2019 | 3'51''

A young woman with Down's Syndrome talks about living with the condition in Iceland, a ...

What is Down’s Syndrome? | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

What is Down’s Syndrome? | A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

Biology | BBC Two | 2019 | 5'12''

An introduction to what causes Down's Syndrome, some of the symptoms and why embryo screening for the...

The production of proteins | The Cell

The production of proteins | The Cell

Biology | BBC Four | 2009 | 1'44''

An explanation and visualisation of DNA, RNA, and the production of protein, the process at the heart of every living cell on earth.

The first images of DNA | The Cell

The first images of DNA | The Cell

Biology | BBC Four | 2009 | 3'16''

Adam Rutherford explains how the work of scientist Rosalind Franklin produced the first images of the structure of DNA.

The structure of DNA | The Cell

The structure of DNA | The Cell

Biology | BBC Four | 2009 | 2'48''

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

The discovery of chromosomes | The Cell

The discovery of chromosomes | The Cell

Biology | BBC Four | 2009 | 1'33''

Adam Rutherford explores how scientists used better microscopes and new chemical dyes to discover and name chromosomes.

Key parts of the cell | Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell

Key parts of the cell | Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell

Biology | BBC Two | 2012 | 3'13''

An amazing visualisation of the cell's structure, and how DNA works within it.
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