Space Physics

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...

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 ...

01: A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets | The Planets

The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were born at the same time from the same material - yet hav...

02: The Two Sisters - Earth and Mars | The Planets

Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets.

02: Stardust | Wonders of the Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. In this episode, he seeks to answer the biggest questions of all - what are we ...

01: The Sun: God Star | Universe

Since the first star lit up the universe, they have been engines of creation. Professor Brian Cox reveals how, ultimately, stars brought lif...

The centre of our solar system | Wonders of the Solar System

Professor Brian Cox describes each planet's perspective of the star at the centre of our solar system.

Super Telescope: Mission to the Edge of the Universe | Horizon

The inside story of the James Webb Space Telescope, following the Nasa team building the £8 billion device and...

03: Storm Worlds | Solar System

Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's wildest weather, encountering powerful lightning, strange metallic frosts and monsoon rains o...

05: Aliens | Wonders of the Solar System

Professor Brian Cox explores how the search for aliens in the solar system has followed the search for water. He looks at Jupiter's ...

Big Bang | Short Circuit

An introduction to the origins of the universe, exploring the Big Bang theory and the evidence supporting it as well as what people believe.

01: Volcano Worlds | Solar System

Professor Brian Cox explores planets and moons covered in volcanoes. He encounters alien landscapes bursting with fire and ice - eruptions ...

02: Alien Worlds: The Search for Second Earth | Universe

Professor Brian Cox questions whether we are alone in the universe. There might be more planets than stars in our ga...

01: Empire of the Sun | Wonders of the Solar System

Professor Brian Cox describes how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. He explores the...

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...

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 ...

A chaotic beginning | Wonders of the Solar System

The chaotic birth of the solar system is incomparable to the relatively stable system that we see today.

An introduction to the planets in the Solar System | The Planets

A short explanation of the planets and their order away from the Sun.

04: Messengers | Wonders of the Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. He shows how light holds the key to our understanding of the whole universe, ...

04: Ice Worlds | Solar System

Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's ice giants, frozen moons and worlds where ice behaves in unimaginable ways.

Episode 1 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Chris Hadfield, Dr Kevin Fong and Dr Iya Whiteley put 12 candidates through a series of physical and psychological tests t...

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 ...

Episode 3 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Old fears surface when the remaining candidates face some space agency swim tests. Their teamwork and mental agility are s...

Episode 2 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

The remaining astronaut candidates are put through more demanding tests. They have to escape from an underwater capsule an...

Episode 6 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

The finalists head to the Shuttle Landing Facility on Florida's Space Coast for a tough test in weightlessness, and back i...

Episode 4 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

The competition becomes more intense as the remaining candidates are deprived of oxygen to see if they can recognise the s...

Episode 6 | The Secrets of Everything

The last episode sees science geek Greg under pressure as he attempts to dig to Australia. He also tries to find out whether it is phys...

Episode 5 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

The astronaut candidates fight for their place in the final. Their leadership skills are assessed in a survival test and t...