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Glue
History and science of glue from Ancient Egypt to the Post-it note
07 Feb 1996,·13 mins
Documentary looking at the concept of growing plants in space and even on spacecraft.
04 Sep 2007,·30 mins
Climate's Moral Economy
Professor David Livingstone on how climate has shaped how we think about our lives.
03 Dec 2010,·15 mins
Science broadcaster Professor Trevor Cox explores the science of aural architecture.
16 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Deforestation and Prevention
First broadcast in 1991. George Monbiot on the consequences of the loss of the Amazon
15 Nov 1991,·28 mins
Series 3
Shearwater Hurricane
John Aitchison films humpback whales in one of Nature's greatest feeding spectacles.
30 Sep 2011,·15 mins
Quentin Cooper tells the story of a British scientist hailed as a god in Japan.
08 Sep 2014,·30 mins
Civil War
Anxiety, dissolution and post-traumatic stress are mental health issues caused by conflict
11 Sep 2001,·13 mins
Ayisha Yahya investigates the cause of the falling water levels in Lake Victoria.
02 Apr 2007,·30 mins
David Attenborough hosts a documentary game-show about the bird impersonator.
04 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Michael Bird explores Cornwall's beautiful, tiny flower fields.
12 Oct 2012,·30 mins
Episode 2
Professor Steve Jones challenges the controversial science of evolutionary psychology.
09 Nov 2009,·30 mins
Get Me Out of Here, Brazil
Once you're in a slum can you ever get out?
28 Jun 2006,·22 mins
Discussion on the emergence of tetrapods, our early ancestors, and their move onto land
14 Dec 2000,·24 mins
Five million pieces of Lego are washed overboard. Meet the beachcombers looking for them.
11 Sep 2023,·28 mins
Astronomer Lucie Green looks at the dangers a solar superstorm could pose to us on Earth.
23 Apr 2013,·28 mins
Cloning – Science Fiction and Science Fact
First broadcast in 2004. From Dolly the Sheep to a human being – is it possible?
26 Mar 2004,·12 mins
The search for an elusive watery wonder in the aftermath of Sri Lanka's civil war.
28 Jul 2014,·30 mins
Spanish Sardines
Can science save the sardine in northern Spain?
19 Mar 1999,·13 mins
Alien Visitors
Astronomy writer Dr Stuart Clark asks where all the aliens are.
12 Feb 2016,·15 mins
How a natural disaster helped shape the modern world
11 May 2000,·24 mins
Sean Street tells the story of Ludwig Koch, the David Attenborough of his day.
15 Apr 2009,·30 mins
The Large Binocular Telescope
Andrew Luck-Baker meets the scientists behind the Large Binocular Telescope.
07 May 2009,·30 mins
Lesley Curwen investigates the hope, hype and potential harm of stem cell treatments
07 Jan 2020,·37 mins
Chandy Nath visits India to explore the extraordinary Jatropha plant.
09 Jul 2007,·30 mins
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik asks whether we could live without cash.
01 Mar 2011,·30 mins
Why are orchids so popular? Jim Endersby offers a new scientific history of their allure.
26 Jan 2016,·28 mins
Dr Ben Goldacre explores what happens when science takes the long view.
02 Aug 2011,·30 mins
David Lomax reports on the story of the Kamchatka crabs brought to the Arctic by Stalin.
02 Jan 2007,·30 mins
Ian Sansom meets the people daring to dream beyond their own lifespans.
24 Mar 2020,·28 mins
