The death of a star | James May’s Things You Need to Know

5: 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 t...

Evidence of the Big Bang | James May's Things You Need to Know

James May explores the clues left in outer space that are proof of the Big Bang's occurrence.

How hurricanes are formed by Earth's rotation | Learning Zone

Physicist Helen Czerski explains that hurricanes happen because the earth is rotating. She shows how, because 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 ...

1: Deep Earth | How Earth Made Us

Series telling the story of how the development of civilisation was influenced by planetary forces. Professor Iain Stewart explores the rol...

2: In the Beginning | Stephen Hawking's Universe

Professor Stephen Hawking looks at the mystery of how the Universe. He introduces the Big Bang theory and the scientists who...

4: 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, i...

Billions of Galaxies Out There | The Planets

Exploring the fate of our solar system and the new planetary systems that are being found around nearby stars.

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 to the Dece...

Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey | Learning Zone

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, to witness the astonis...

S1E2:...about the Universe | James May's Things You Need to Know

James May takes a journey of discovery across the universe, asking where it all began, how stars work, and w...

The Northern Lights | From Above

Seen from the International Space Station - a spectacular display of aurora borealis.

1: 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 have...

1: Destiny | Wonders of the Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. In this episode, Brian looks at the nature of time and its role in creating both ...

1: Seeing is Believing | Stephen Hawking's Universe

Professor Stephen Hawking explains the history of mankind's quest to explain the Universe. He shows how advances in techn...

2: 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 gal...

2: 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 a...

2: 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.

4: What Is Time? | Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time

Brian explores the enigma of time - a phenomenon that we take for granted but which, as far as physicists are con...

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

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