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Otto Hahn's Nuclear Power
First broadcast in 2000. Nuclear fission and the foundation for nuclear power
21 Jun 2000,·13 mins
Navigating the Anthropocene
Emily Knight tells stories of our changing planet, though the animals which call it home.
28 Mar 2024,·28 mins
The Aurora
First broadcast in 2000. The Aurora is caused by solar activity
07 Apr 2000,·13 mins
Neurology
What happens in the brain during religious experiences?
31 Mar 2010,·30 mins
Game On - Back to The Borderlands
Randy Pitchford from Gearbox Studios joins Game On to talk about Borderlands 4
10 Oct 2025,·32 mins
Plants of the Future
First broadcast in 2001. A look at the possibilities for plants of the future
18 Sep 2001,·13 mins
Brain Science and Behaviour Change
Matthew Taylor looks at the new political choices created by sophisticated brain science.
29 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Omnibus 4
Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on how art and science have inspired each other.
18 Oct 2019,·57 mins
Synaesthesia: when senses merge
Synaesthesia: We meet the man whose sister tastes of blackcurrant yoghurt
13 Jan 2021,·1 min
Omnibus 2
Alice Roberts with her time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
29 Jan 2021,·57 mins
16/12/2008
Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement of animals
16 Dec 2008,·30 mins
West
Author Jerry Brotton explores the story of the four cardinal directions.
17 May 2022,·14 mins
Findings of the AAAS 2002
From the first domesticated animal to giant telescopes
19 Feb 2002,·24 mins
Our Interconnected Planet
Tim Hayward examines the earth’s past, present and future through microbial goggles.
01 Oct 2023,·28 mins
Age of Now
Lisa Jardine explores what's driving science in the 21st century.
17 Sep 2013,·28 mins
Farming
Computers at work in farming
03 Sep 1997,·13 mins
What has happened to the lapwings?
Why are there so few lapwings left in the UK?
03 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Nanotechnology
Medicine through miniaturisation at MIT
19 Oct 1995,·28 mins
Becoming Invisible
Writer Philip Ball meets the physicists who are making real life invisibility cloaks.
10 Jun 2016,·12 mins
The Water Wars?
Last in the series; how a worldwide water shortage could bring about conflict
19 Jun 2001,·13 mins
Insect Technology
Erica McAlister explores how insect technology can solve human design problems.
19 Mar 2013,·28 mins
Ep 6: The Future - What’s There To Sing About?
What is the common ground that can save the North Atlantic Right Whale?
28 Sep 2022,·58 mins
3. The Future
Emily Knight explores the tangled history, and the uncertain future, of zoos.
07 Nov 2022,·28 mins
Soil
How can humans prevent the cycle of life from snapping?
14 Jul 1992,·27 mins
Series 1
Bring back the Lynx?
Euan McIlwraith investigates the case for reintroducing the Eurasian lynx to Scotland.
01 Oct 2015,·20 mins
5. One last lead
Caroline Steel and producer Florian Bohr end their quest in hidden lakes.
26 Sep 2025,·14 mins
Episode 4
Richard Dawkins talks to Craig Venter about the creation of synthetic life.
14 Jul 2010,·30 mins
5. Society
Justin Rowlatt asks if human society could itself be on the cusp of its own tipping point?
10 Jun 2022,·14 mins
Bear Baiting
Asiatic black bears are involved in bear baiting in rural areas in Pakistan
27 Mar 1997,·13 mins
Water in Space
First broadcast in 2003. A look at the search for liquid water on Mars
22 Apr 2003,·12 mins
