S1E1: Reproduction | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

02: Predictor | How to Build a Human

A look at the veracity of scientists' claims that they are on the verge of being able to predict our futures by analysing our genes and ...

1: A Confusion of Names | Botany: A Blooming History

Timothy Walker reveals how the work of Carl Linnaeus, Phillip Miller and John Ray unlocked the mysteries of the plant ki...

1: Apeman - Spaceman | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores our place in the universe. He charts the story of humans from apes to the birth of civilisation to our asc...

1: Body and Soul | Andrew Marr on Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Andrew Marr explores how Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has taken on a life of its own far beyon...

1: The Book of Life | The Gene Code

Adam Rutherford explores how the entire human genome was decoded, discovering that every human carries the entire story of life on earth ...

1: The First of Us | Human

The extraordinary story of how the human species, Homo sapiens, first emerged, where the discoveries of recent years are revolutionising the under...

1: What Is Life? | Wonders of Life

In the world's most volcanic region, South East Asia, Prof Brian Cox explores the thin line that separates the living from the dead, posin...

10/05/2016 | Science Cafe

Adam Walton looks at the work of the National Centre for Mental Health in Cardiff, where scientists are exploring the question of whether genes aff...

2: Born Equal? | Andrew Marr on Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Andrew Marr explores Darwin's impact on politics and society, including how the theory of natural selection has been ...

2: Expanding Universe | Wonders of Life

Brian Cox travels across the USA offering a unique retelling of evolutionary history, encountering some astonishing animals that reve...

2: Into the Unknown | Human

Following early Homo sapiens's ancestors as they step out of Africa and venture into the wider world, heading into areas inhabited by other human...

2: Unlocking the Code | The Gene Code

Adam Rutherford shows how decoding the human genome has led us to begin to understand the very process by which our DNA makes each one ...

2: Why Are We Here? | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores our place in the universe. He tackles the question that unites the seven billion people sharing this planet...

3: Are We Alone? | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores mankind's place in the universe. He considers the possibility of alien life - could it exist and will humans e...

3: Endless Forms Most Beautiful | Wonders of Life

Professor Brian Cox asks how, from a lifeless cosmos ruled by the laws of physics and chemistry, it is possible that a plan...

3: Hidden World | Botany: A Blooming History

Timothy Walker looks at how pioneer botanists unlocked the patterns found in different types of plants and opened the door to a ...

3: Last Humans Standing | Human

Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and ...

3: Life and Death | Andrew Marr on Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Andrew Marr discovers how Darwin's ideas are helping mankind to save life on earth from extinction. He explains Da...

3: Mendel and the Pea | The Six Experiments That Changed The World

From Galileo to Einstein, from Faraday to Mendel: modern scientists try to recreate the seminal experiment...

4: A Place in Space and Time | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores mankind's place in the universe. He looks at how we came to understand that we are not at the cent...