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Maths

Episode 6 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Episode 6 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Engineering and Manufacturing | BBC Two | 2017 | 58'13''

The finalists head to the Shuttle Landing Facility on Florida's Space Coast for a tough test in weightlessness, and back i...

Episode 5 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Episode 5 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Engineering and Manufacturing | BBC Two | 2017 | 58'32''

The astronaut candidates fight for their place in the final. Their leadership skills are assessed in a survival test and t...

Episode 4 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Episode 4 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Engineering and Manufacturing | BBC Two | 2017 | 58'18''

The competition becomes more intense as the remaining candidates are deprived of oxygen to see if they can recognise the s...

Episode 3 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Episode 3 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Engineering and Manufacturing | BBC Two | 2017 | 59'00''

Old fears surface when the remaining candidates face some space agency swim tests. Their teamwork and mental agility are s...

Episode 2 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Episode 2 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Engineering and Manufacturing | BBC Two | 2017 | 58'47''

The remaining astronaut candidates are put through more demanding tests. They have to escape from an underwater capsule an...

Episode 1 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Episode 1 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Engineering and Manufacturing | BBC Two | 2017 | 58'44''

Chris Hadfield, Dr Kevin Fong and Dr Iya Whiteley put 12 candidates through a series of physical and psychological tests t...

The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

Computing and IT | BBC Four | 2015 | 58'17''

Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms, revealing where these 2,000-year-old problem-solvers came from, ho...

Kick Sum Maths

Kick Sum Maths

Maths | BBC Two | 2015 | 58'06''

Educational maths programme using animation, puppetry, live action and visuals to deliver KS2 maths. Topics covered include prime numbers, finding factor pair...

Ratio and Fractions | Who Needs Maths?

Ratio and Fractions | Who Needs Maths?

Maths | BBC Two | 2013 | 4'52''

Sanjeev Kohli is having a party. The recipe is for four people and he needs to scale this up for twenty. A professional cook, Emili Fu...

Area | Who Needs Maths?

Area | Who Needs Maths?

Maths | BBC Two | 2013 | 4'08''

To decorate his friend's bathroom, Sanjeev Kohli enlists the help of a professional tiler, Steven Lang. They work out how many tiles they need before...

Measurement | Who Needs Maths?

Measurement | Who Needs Maths?

Maths | BBC Two | 2013 | 4'53''

Sanjeev Kohli has bought a new outfit but the trousers and jacket don't fit. He visits Elle Wilson, a seamstress, for alterations and finds th...

Volume | Who Needs Maths?

Volume | Who Needs Maths?

Maths | BBC Two | 2013 | 4'36''

Sanjeev Kohli needs to put items into storage and so needs to calculate the volume. Together with a removal expert, Gavin Deanville, he measures se...

Angles | Who Needs Maths?

Angles | Who Needs Maths?

Maths | BBC Two | 2013 | 4'28''

Angles feature in our lives in ways which we normally don't notice, even our movements. Sanjeev Kohli takes us on a trip to the hairdresser's where...

Percentages | Who Needs Maths?

Percentages | Who Needs Maths?

Maths | BBC Two | 2013 | 5'01''

Sanjeev Kohli goes to the gym to show that 100% is the maximum effort anyone can give. We hear from his instructor, Riccardo Scala, that perce...

Area and Perimeter | The Maths Channel

Area and Perimeter | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 8'57''

The spoof news programme introduces Makeover Maths, in which Handy Andy Kane redesigns young David's room - making good use of maths i...

Units of Measurement | The Maths Channel

Units of Measurement | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 8'59''

Kenneth challenges a dodgy market trader in the spoof news programme Kenneth Confronts, and there's an Olympiad sports quiz hosted b...

Measuring Length | The Maths Channel

Measuring Length | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 8'58''

The spoof news programme introduces Makeover Maths, in which Handy Andy uses maths to measure and redesign Sinead's room.

Using a Calculator | The Maths Channel

Using a Calculator | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 9'07''

The spoof news programme looks at using a calculator. Kenneth investigates a burger van's charges in Kenneth Confronts, and there's st...

Mental Calculations | The Maths Channel

Mental Calculations | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 9'01''

Kenneth Confronts investigates the Big Deal News Bar in this episode of the spoof news show.

Properties of Numbers | The Maths Channel

Properties of Numbers | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 8'52''

The spoof news programme features a Wrong Numbers animation where only certain numbers are allowed into a nightclub.

Year 6: Decimals | The Maths Channel

Year 6: Decimals | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 8'58''

The spoof news programme explores decimals, with guest star athlete Kelly Holmes.

Fractions and Percentages | The Maths Channel

Fractions and Percentages | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 9'03''

The comprehensive series that addresses tricky topics that pupils have trouble learning and teachers have trouble explaining.

Year 6: Fractions | The Maths Channel

Year 6: Fractions | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 8'51''

Featuring spoof investigative item Kenneth Confronts, which exposes a dishonest pizza seller, and street maths with Kjartan Poskitt, wh...

Place, Value and Ordering | The Maths Channel

Place, Value and Ordering | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 9'05''

A spoof on Tom Cruise's pay cheque, a wildlife animation showing deadly 'division operators' preying on 'number animals', and a...

Problems | The Maths Channel

Problems | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 8'52''

A problem-solving special with real-world posers from all the Maths Channel regulars.

Data Handling | The Maths Channel

Data Handling | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 8'42''

The Chuckle Brothers struggle with a bar chart, while the experts show how it should be done - and where to go for the best holiday weather.

Ordering Numbers | The Maths Channel

Ordering Numbers | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 8'54''

Featuring shopping in a price range, Number School gymnastics, and more apples than the Chuckle Brothers know what to do with.

Year 4: Fractions | The Maths Channel

Year 4: Fractions | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2007 | 9'10''

Half measures in an Indian restaurant and whole fractions with Mr Numbervator.

Time | The Maths Channel

Time | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2008 | 8'57''

Make time for the Maths Channel, the channel you can count on. Timekeeping at the zoo and clockwatching with the Chuckle Brothers.

Money | The Maths Channel

Money | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2008 | 8'56''

Cashing-up at the cafe and coin capers with Mr Numbervator.

Measures | The Maths Channel

Measures | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2008 | 8'58''

Measurements big and small from past and present and some slithery sums at the zoo.

Multiplication | The Maths Channel

Multiplication | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2008 | 9'10''

Features the Chuckle Brothers in table trouble, and shows how model-makers multiply at Legoland.

Reading Scales | The Maths Channel

Reading Scales | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2004 | 8'56''

How to measure something using the appropriate scale. We look at types of scales and how to read them.

Handling Data | The Maths Channel

Handling Data | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2004 | 9'09''

The programme explores how to handle data, and why and to whom this might be useful.

Positions and Directions | The Maths Channel

Positions and Directions | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2004 | 9'11''

The programme gives examples of words or phrases used to describe where an object or person is in relation to another. Plus a lo...

Subtractions | The Maths Channel

Subtractions | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2004 | 9'13''

What happens if you add a number to another and then subtract it, or take away a number from another and then add it on again: you end up wi...

Place Value | The Maths Channel

Place Value | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2004 | 9'09''

Looking at how number lines and squares can be useful tools for arranging numbers in order from lowest to highest.

2D Shapes | The Maths Channel

2D Shapes | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2004 | 8'56''

How to identify different 2-dimensional shapes using clues such as the number of corners and sides. Also looks at how to create new shapes by f...

3D Shapes | The Maths Channel

3D Shapes | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2004 | 8'58''

This episode looks at three-dimensional shapes that can be found all around us, such as cubes, cuboids, cylinders and spheres. Plus the differe...

Difference | The Maths Channel

Difference | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2004 | 9'03''

This programme demonstrates that the difference between two numbers is the same whether you count on or count back.

Subtraction | The Maths Channel

Subtraction | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2004 | 9'04''

This programme demonstrates that you can subtract one or more from another number at a time.

Addition | The Maths Channel

Addition | The Maths Channel

Maths | BBC Two | 2004 | 9'01''

In this programme, we see that numbers can be added together in any order.

How Can We All Win? | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

How Can We All Win? | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Maths | BBC Four | 2019 | 59'14''

Dr Hannah Fry tests the limits of our control, from gravity-defying stunts to human-sized drones, and delves into ...

How to Bend the Rules | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

How to Bend the Rules | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Maths | BBC Four | 2019 | 59'02''

Dr Hannah Fry reveals how data-gobbling algorithms have taken over our lives and now control almost everything w...

How to Get Lucky | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

How to Get Lucky | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Maths | BBC Four | 2019 | 58'49''

Dr Hannah Fry, through a host of live experiments, uncovers the secrets of luck to discover what really controls our ...

3: Weirder and Weirder | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths

3: Weirder and Weirder | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths

Maths | BBC Four | 2018 | 59'03''

Dr Hannah Fry explores a paradox at the heart of modern maths, and what maths reveals ab...

2: Expanded Horizons | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths

2: Expanded Horizons | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths

Maths | BBC Four | 2018 | 58'58''

Dr Hannah Fry travels down the fastest zip wire in the world to learn more about Newton's ...

1: Numbers as God | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths

1: Numbers as God | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths

Maths | BBC Four | 2018 | 58'45''

Documentary series in which Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. Is it invented like ...

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