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The 'Baltimore Affair'
The "Baltimore Affair" is example of what can go wrong in scientific research
20 Apr 2000,·24 mins
Is digital equality possible?
An action plan to help end the digital divide?
20 Mar 2006,·22 mins
Midge Ure explains how technical innovation has always stimulated musical creativity.
15 Feb 2014,·30 mins
Rattling Bones
Forensic archaeology with Lisa Marburg Goodman
25 Mar 2000,·14 mins
Peter Lane Taylor
Peter Lane Taylor is an explorer, photographer, author, and documentary film producer
14 Dec 2000,·13 mins
Exploring the long-running science experiments that might give us hope for the future
03 Jan 2025,·28 mins
Richard Hollingham examines British plans for a moon mission.
20 Jul 2009,·30 mins
How DNA analysis reveals that chimpanzees are even closer to humans than we thought
24 May 2000,·24 mins
Reverend Richard Coles explores the science of sacred sounds.
17 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Bear Baiting
Asiatic black bears are involved in bear baiting in rural areas in Pakistan
27 Mar 1997,·13 mins
Food Technology
First broadcast in 1998. The technology at the cutting edge of the food industry
17 Jul 1998,·13 mins
Discussion on the emergence of tetrapods, our early ancestors, and their move onto land
14 Dec 2000,·24 mins
Can you identify the substance in question from a series of clues?
27 Jul 1999,·13 mins
First broadcast in 1996. Examining a powerful weapon against infectious disease
01 Jan 1996,·13 mins
Professor Trevor Cox explores the world of sonic design applied to our outdoor spaces
27 Jun 2011,·30 mins
Biodiversity
The dwindling variety of plants and animals on earth and how they could be saved
21 Feb 2003,·27 mins
Former government chief scientist, Lord May, looks at the role of politics in science.
15 Feb 2007,·30 mins
Dr Kevin Fong looks at the birth of modern plastic surgery during World War II.
08 May 2012,·28 mins
Federal Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee
Examining the Federal Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee
01 Nov 2007,·22 mins
Tracking the virus hunters who race to understand and extinguish new pathogens.
29 Apr 2020,·57 mins
Episode 2
Who should decide funding for scientific research, the public or scientists?
24 Jul 2012,·28 mins
Trevor Cox asks whether computers can ever be truly creative.
15 May 2014,·30 mins
Information technology is Not a Luxury
Information technology is an essential tool for the developing world
23 Dec 2002,·27 mins
Matthew Taylor tells the story of the last eight years in the life of George Price.
03 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Communication Technology and Influence
First broadcast in 2006. Looking at why communications technologies emerge
04 Sep 2006,·22 mins
The Water Wars?
Last in the series; how a worldwide water shortage could bring about conflict
19 Jun 2001,·13 mins
A guide to raising chickens for food
21 Feb 2001,·13 mins
The World's Climate
Our planet is warming up, the ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising
05 Jul 1999,·13 mins
Timing Systems in Sport
Sporting events are timed to hundredths of a second
11 Sep 2000,·13 mins
Asian Tigers
An interview with economist Fu Wai Fong about Chinese and Asian growth
23 Mar 1998,·13 mins
