6: An Answer to Everything | Stephen Hawking's Universe
Professor Stephen Hawking explains how scientists are trying to unite the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics ...
5: On the Dark Side | Stephen Hawking's Universe
Professor Stephen Hawking shows how we discovered that most of the matter in the Universe is missing and looks at the possib...
4: Black Holes and Beyond | Stephen Hawking's Universe
Professor Stephen Hawking looks at how radio astronomy and the discovery of quasars affected the debate about the exis...
3: Cosmic Alchemy | Stephen Hawking's Universe
Professor Stephen Hawking looks at the search from ancient to modern times for the 'cosmic alchemy' that created all the matte...
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...
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...
5: Strange Worlds | Solar System
Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's misfits and oddballs and investigates the forces that sculpted the bizarre features on these...
4: Ice Worlds | Solar System
Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's ice giants, frozen moons and worlds where ice behaves in unimaginable ways.
3: Storm Worlds | Solar System
Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's wildest weather, encountering powerful lightning, strange metallic frosts and monsoon rains on...
2: Dark Worlds | Solar System
Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's hidden realms, between and beyond the planets, where countless worlds lie hiding in the darkness.
1: Volcano Worlds | Solar System
Professor Brian Cox explores planets and moons covered in volcanoes. He encounters alien landscapes bursting with fire and ice - eruptions s...
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...
4: Black Holes: Heart of Darkness | Universe
Professor Brian Cox journeys into a supermassive black hole - a monster that can destroy worlds and stop time, and which is forc...
3: The Milky Way: Island of Light | Universe
A space mission discovers the dramatic history of the Milky Way. Professor Brian Cox reveals how our galaxy endured multiple col...
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...
1: The Sun: God Star | Universe
Since the first star lit up the universe, they have been engines of creation. Professor Brian Cox reveals how, ultimately, stars brought life...
5: Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds | The Planets
In the final episode, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious ...
4: Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn | The Planets
Professor Brian Cox reveals the history of Saturn. Saturn began life as a strange planet of rock and ice and in time transformed...
3: The Godfather: Jupiter | The Planets
Brian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Its size gives ...
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.
Episode 1 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
Chris Hadfield, Dr Kevin Fong and Dr Iya Whiteley put 12 candidates through a series of physical and psychological tests t...
Episode 3 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
Old fears surface when the remaining candidates face some space agency swim tests. Their teamwork and mental agility are s...
Episode 6 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
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?
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?
The competition becomes more intense as the remaining candidates are deprived of oxygen to see if they can recognise the s...
Episode 2 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
The remaining astronaut candidates are put through more demanding tests. They have to escape from an underwater capsule an...
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 ...
James May takes a journey of discovery across the universe, asking where it all began, how stars w...
Comedian Josh Widdecombe joins Dara and the team of experts to take a peek into mankind's final frontier - space.
Dr Helen Czerski looks at the latest scientific insight into the aurora - dancing lights in the night sky that have fascinated cultures throughou...
Seen from the International Space Station - a spectacular display of aurora borealis.
Brian explores the enigma of time - a phenomenon that we take for granted but which, as far as physicists a...
Brian Cox looks at our attempts to answer one of the most profound questions we can ask - are we al...
Brian Cox explores the latest science and takes a new look at his old films and asks: how far c...
The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were born at the same time from the same material - ye...
Professor Brian Cox follows the planet's epic journey through space.
Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. He shows how light holds the key to our understanding of the whole universe, i...
Series in which Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. In this episode, Brian takes on the story of the force that sculp...
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...
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 ...
Professor Brian Cox explores how the search for aliens in the solar system has followed the search for water. He looks at Jupiter's m...
Professor Brian Cox travels to the tallest mountain on Earth to show how something as basic as a planet's size can make the di...
Professor Brian Cox reveals how something as flimsy as an envelope of gas - an atmosphere - can create some of the most w...
Professor Brian Cox describes how nature has carved out the solar system. He looks at the rings of Saturn, explaining how...
Professor Brian Cox describes how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. He explores the ...
With unique access to Nasa, Brian Cox follows Perseverance rover's search for life on Mars during a critical seven-day period as it undertakes ...
Eric Idle persuades Professor Brian Cox to present a lecture on the birth of the entire universe. Brian soon realises Eric is actually hosting a comedy a...
Professor Brian Cox is joined by two of his heroes, the actor Brian Blessed and Professor Alice Roberts. On the agenda are his TV ido...
Brian Cox uses the BBC archive to examine the story of man's relationship with the moon, from James Burke testing out Nasa equipment to Neil Ar...
Professor Brian Cox takes an audience of famous faces, scientists and members of the public on a journey through some of the most challenging concepts...
Jon Chase brings alive a series of fun and engaging demonstrations introducing the subject of space science to Scottish Nationals and GCSE pupils.
Series telling the story of how the development of civilisation was influenced by planetary forces. Professor Iain Stewart explores the rol...
Bringing chemistry, physics and biology to life using real-life examples, 3D graphics and practical experiments.
Kate Humble is in the Arctic, where spring arrives with a bang. Helen Czerski chases a tornado to show how the earth's...
Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, this time travelling...
Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, travelling first from July to th...
Physicist Helen Czerski explains that hurricanes happen because the earth is rotating. She shows how, bec...
Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, to witness the a...
The chaotic birth of the solar system is incomparable to the relatively stable system that we see today.
Professor Brian Cox describes each planet's perspective of the star at the centre of our solar system.
An exploration of each stage of our sun's lifecycle, from clumps of hydrogen and dust to being the most powerful forc...
Professor Brian Cox explains the immense power of the Sun, and the extent of its gravitational influence.
This explanation of the retrograde motion of Mars through the Earth's skies proves beyond doubt the sun's positio...
Jupiter's gravitational influence extends across the Solar System, by not only collecting up objects but also pushing ...
Dr Gabrielle Walker talks to Professor Michele Dougherty about the discovery of ice in space and how this could be a sign of extra-terr...
'Deep Field'' is an image the Hubble telescope took that encapsulates the most definitive image of our visible universe to date.
An explanation of what a black hole is and the mystery surrounding their existence.
The remarkable story of how Hubble revealed the awe and wonder of our universe and how a team of daring astronauts risked their lives to keep it...
Astronauts describe the journey travelling from Earth to the Hubble telescope.
An introduction of the Hubble telescope, launched in 1990 but concieved in the 1940s.
The Hubble telescope has provided some of the most incredible and startling images of the cosmos.
The moon was born from a large mass colliding with the early formation of Earth.
Accretion is the accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter.
An explanation of astronomer Viktor Safronov's low-mass-nebula model of planet formation.
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