6: An Answer to Everything | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

6: An Answer to Everything | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 1997 | 49'07''

Professor Stephen Hawking explains how scientists are trying to unite the theory of relativity and quantum mech...

5: On the Dark Side | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

5: On the Dark Side | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 1997 | 49'05''

Professor Stephen Hawking shows how we discovered that most of the matter in the Universe is missing and looks at the ...

4: Black Holes and Beyond | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

4: Black Holes and Beyond | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 1997 | 49'07''

Professor Stephen Hawking looks at how radio astronomy and the discovery of quasars affected the debate about th...

3: Cosmic Alchemy | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

3: Cosmic Alchemy | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 1997 | 49'21''

Professor Stephen Hawking looks at the search from ancient to modern times for the 'cosmic alchemy' that created all the...

2: In the Beginning | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

2: In the Beginning | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 1997 | 49'01''

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

1: Seeing is Believing | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

1: Seeing is Believing | Stephen Hawking’s Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 1997 | 49'18''

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

2: Dark Worlds | Solar System

2: Dark Worlds | Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2024 | 58'40''

Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's hidden realms, between and beyond the planets, where countless worlds lie hiding in the darkness.

5: Strange Worlds | Solar System

5: Strange Worlds | Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2024 | 58'50''

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

4: Ice Worlds | Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2024 | 58'57''

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

3: Storm Worlds | Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2024 | 58'57''

Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's wildest weather, encountering powerful lightning, strange metallic frosts and monsoon rains on...

1: Volcano Worlds | Solar System

1: Volcano Worlds | Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2024 | 58'57''

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

5: The Big Bang: Before the Dawn | Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 2021 | 59'01''

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

4: Black Holes: Heart of Darkness | Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 2021 | 58'55''

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

3: The Milky Way: Island of Light | Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 2021 | 59'04''

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

2: Alien Worlds: The Search for Second Earth | Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 2021 | 58'48''

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

1: The Sun: God Star | Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 2021 | 59'10''

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

5: Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds | The Planets

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 58'49''

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

4: Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn | The Planets

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'13''

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

3: The Godfather: Jupiter | The Planets

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'10''

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

2: The Two Sisters – Earth and Mars | The Planets

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'16''

Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue p...

1: A Moment in the Sun – The Terrestrial Planets | The Planets

1: A Moment in the Sun – The Terrestrial Planets | The Planets

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'02''

The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were born at the same time from the same material - ye...

4: Messengers | Wonders of the Universe

4: Messengers | Wonders of the Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 57'49''

Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. He shows how light holds the key to our understanding of the whole universe, i...

3: Falling | Wonders of the Universe

3: Falling | Wonders of the Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 58'51''

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...

2: Stardust | Wonders of the Universe

2: Stardust | Wonders of the Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 58'23''

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...

1: Destiny | Wonders of the Universe

1: Destiny | Wonders of the Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 59'04''

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 ...

5: Aliens | Wonders of the Solar System

5: Aliens | Wonders of the Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'14''

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...

4: Dead or Alive | Wonders of the Solar System

4: Dead or Alive | Wonders of the Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 58'27''

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...

3: The Thin Blue Line | Wonders of the Solar System

3: The Thin Blue Line | Wonders of the Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 58'59''

Professor Brian Cox reveals how something as flimsy as an envelope of gas - an atmosphere - can create some of the most w...

2: Order out of Chaos | Wonders of the Solar System

2: Order out of Chaos | Wonders of the Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 58'43''

Professor Brian Cox describes how nature has carved out the solar system. He looks at the rings of Saturn, explaining how...

1: Empire of the Sun | Wonders of the Solar System

1: Empire of the Sun | Wonders of the Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 58'29''

Professor Brian Cox describes how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. He explores the ...

The Entire Universe

The Entire Universe

Physics | BBC Two | 2016 | 59'09''

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...

Episode 3 | Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey

Episode 3 | Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey

Causes of weather | BBC Two | 2012 | 58'01''

Kate Humble is in the Arctic, where spring arrives with a bang. Helen Czerski chases a tornado to show how the earth's...

Episode 2 | Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey

Episode 2 | Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey

Causes of weather | BBC Two | 2012 | 58'58''

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, this time travelling...

Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey

Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey

Causes of weather | BBC Two | 2012 | 58'23''

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, travelling first from July to th...

A chaotic beginning | Wonders of the Solar System

A chaotic beginning | Wonders of the Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 5'10''

The chaotic birth of the solar system is incomparable to the relatively stable system that we see today.

The centre of our solar system | Wonders of the Solar System

The centre of our solar system | Wonders of the Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'55''

Professor Brian Cox describes each planet's perspective of the star at the centre of our solar system.

The life cycle of the sun | Wonders of the Solar System

The life cycle of the sun | Wonders of the Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'14''

An exploration of each stage of our sun's lifecycle, from clumps of hydrogen and dust to being the most powerful forc...

The suns empire | Wonders of the Solar System

The suns empire | Wonders of the Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 3'03''

Professor Brian Cox explains the immense power of the Sun, and the extent of its gravitational influence.

The retrograde motion of Mars | Wonders of the Solar System

The retrograde motion of Mars | Wonders of the Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'53''

This explanation of the retrograde motion of Mars through the Earth's skies proves beyond doubt the sun's positio...

The influence of Jupiter | Wonders of the Solar System

The influence of Jupiter | Wonders of the Solar System

Physics | BBC Two | 2019 | 1'59''

Jupiter's gravitational influence extends across the Solar System, by not only collecting up objects but also pushing ...

The formation of the moon | The Planets

The formation of the moon | The Planets

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 2'56''

The moon was born from a large mass colliding with the early formation of Earth.

Proof of the accretion theory | The Planets

Proof of the accretion theory | The Planets

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 3'41''

Accretion is the accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter.

The formation of planets | The Planets

The formation of planets | The Planets

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 2'35''

An explanation of astronomer Viktor Safronov's low-mass-nebula model of planet formation.

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

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

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 1'04''

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

The formation of our Solar System | James May’s Things You Need to Know

The formation of our Solar System | James May’s Things You Need to Know

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 2'35''

James May explains how our solar system began as a solar nebula, a formation of clouds and dust.

An introduction to Dark Energy and Dark Matter | James May’s Things You Need to Know

An introduction to Dark Energy and Dark Matter | James May’s Things You Need to Know

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 2'38''

James May explains what elements our universe is made up of.

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

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

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 2'27''

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

Billions of Galaxies Out There | The Planets

Billions of Galaxies Out There | The Planets

Physics | BBC Two | 2011 | 2'27''

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