Energy

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...

Conduction, convection and radiation and insulation. | Curriculum Bites

Spec references J249: P5.2a, P5.2f J250: P5.2a, P5.2f. Conduction, convection and radiation, and ho...

S04E03: North East | Local Heroes

Adam Hart-Davis's cycling tour of Britain takes him this week to Yorkshire, where he visits Leeds Bridge, site of the first motion picture ...

S03E16: Glasgow | Local Heroes

Adam Hart-Davis concludes the series by visiting western Scotland. There he learns about John Logie Baird, inventor of the television, Lord Ke...

S03E10: Edinburgh | Local Heroes

This week Hart-Davis makes the journey to Elgin, re-creating the moment when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, and to the site w...

Special: Exploding Heroes | Local Heroes

In anticipation of Guy Fawkes Night, Adam Hart-Davis goes on a whistlestop tour from Cornwall to Scotland, looking at the inspiratio...

Physical Processes 3: Temperature and Heat | Scientific Eye

The show delves into the nature of heat as a form of energy transfer,

Nuclear fusion | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J249: P6.2. Description and animation of nuclear fusion.

Nuclear fission | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J249: P6.2. Description and animation of nuclear fission.

Nuclear fission and fusion | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Animated shorts to support students preparing for assessments in GCSE Additional Science.

Energy changes | Short Circuit

Bringing chemistry, physics and biology to life using real-life examples, 3D graphics and practical experiments.

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...

Nuclear fuel production | Powering Britain

An exploration of how nuclear fuel is produced in Springfields nuclear fuel site.

Inside a nuclear reactor | Bang Goes the Theory

Jem climbs inside a nuclear reactor and explains how nuclear power is produced.

Morecambe Bay gas field | Powering Britain

Investigating how gas is extracted at a Morecambe Bay offshore platform.

Inside a wind turbine | Powering Britain

What a wind turbine looks like inside.

Electricity and the National Grid | Powering Britain

How the National Grid is able to regulate electricity throughout Britain.

Turbine | Powering Britain

How does a wind turbine produce energy?

Spirit Energy Gas Terminal | Powering Britain

Once found at the offshore platform, the gas is sent to Spirit Energy Gas Terminal to be processed.

Hornsea One | Powering Britain

An introduction to the offshore windfarm Hornsea One.

Inside a boiler at Drax power station | Powering Britain

A look inside one of the six boilers at Drax power station.

Biomass power station | Powering Britain

The internal workings of a biomass power station, from delivery of biomass pellets to sending energy to the national grid.

Storing renewable energy | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Dr Tara Shine and Dr Enass Abo-Hamed explain how we can store renewable energy.

Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield

Jim Al-Khalili uncovers the story of Sellafield. He encounters some of the most dangerous substances on earth, reveals the natur...

Episode 4 | The Secrets of Everything

Greg Foot finds out if you can escape when buried alive, what he needs to become the world's fastest man, why a boomerang comes back an...

Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? | Horizon

Six months after the explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to discover whether nu...

Energy transportation | Powering Britain

How energy made by the wind turbines is transported to our homes.

Cooling towers | Powering Britain

How the cooling towers at Drax power station work.

Drax power station | Powering Britain

The history of Drax power station and an introduction to its use of biomass.

Britain's relationship with nuclear energy | Powering Britain

The history of Britain's relationship with nuclear energy.

Radiation risk | Powering Britain

Precautions put in place by Heysham nuclear power station to reduce the risk of radiation.