S2E5: Headphones | The Secret Genius of Modern Life

AI Decoded (25/04/2024) | The Context

How do we combat fake news in the age of AI? The Context finds out more.

Artificial Intelligence | The Horizon Guide to AI

Documentary looking at the perception of AI from 1964 to the present day. Can we be optimistic about all that AI can delive...

Bristol's data sharing network | The Joy of Data

Hannah Fry discovers how Bristol is pioneering the sharing of data across the city to benefit the citizens of the city.

Coding and dance music | Coding: The Future is Creative

Chloe meets Beardyman, a beatboxer who invented a coding system that turns his voice into live music.

Coding and visual art | Coding: The Future is Creative

Chloe meets Seb Lee-Delisle who uses coding to make laser shows and visual art that the public can interact with.

Computer sorting algorithms | The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms and how perfect they are for computer...

Digital fashion | Coding: The Future is Creative

Chloe Watts goes to Studio X, a ''fashion laboratory'' where Benjamin Males fuses computer programming with fashion design.

Disinformation | Click

Jacqui Wakefield investigates how AI videos are targeting children with disinformation.

Disinformation | Thinking Allowed

Laurie Taylor talks to Annie Kelly, a researcher of the Digital Far Right, about the QAnon conspiracy theory and why it has attracted a str...

Face recognition algorithm | The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

Marcus du Sautoy explains how a face recognition algorithm works, like one on your camera phone.

Fake videos in Middle East | Newswatch

The challenge of fake videos in the Middle East's propaganda war.

Google's PageRank | The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

Marcus du Sautoy explains the PageRank algorithm that was at the heart of Google's beginnings as a search e...

How BBC Verify is transparent in its fact checking | Over to You

BBC Verify and how fact-checking and investigative work is shared with the audience. We ask the BBC's direct...

Introduction to data | The Joy of Data

Dr Hannah Fry explains her introduction to data by explaining a Wikipedia-inspired game where you click on the first link of every art...

Machine learning algorithm | The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

Marcus du Sautoy meets Chris Bishop who is keen to make algorithms that can learn as humans can. C...

Online gaming | Coding: The Future is Creative

Chloe Watts explores how the boundaries have blurred between players and game designers, with many players now contributing to...

Packet switching | The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Hannah Fry explains packet switching, the breaking down of files over the internet rather than sending as one big file.

S1E1: Bank Card | The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Hannah Fry takes a look at the bank card, the digital key to accessing cash, and finds out how its extraordinary innovatio...

S1E2: Food Delivery App | The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Hannah Fry tucks into the tech behind food delivery apps, which are now used by 24 million people in the UK. Hanna...

S1E3: Virtual Assistant | The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Hannah Fry delves into the inner workings of virtual assistants, such as Amazon's Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri...