The Brain

Documentary footage from various sources, set to music. Showing the whole of human life, from birth to death and beyond.

Kate Humble and Helen Czerski reveal the inner workings of the sun and investigate why scientists think changes in the sun's behaviour may have powerf...

Fascinating -- and unintentionally funny -- experiments at Austria's famed Institute for Experimental Psychology involve a subject who for several wee...

Follow leading scientists around the world and to the edge of the universe on their quest to solve one of the greatest mysteries of the universe, the...

What if there was a museum that contained every type of life form in the universe? This experience takes you on a tour through the possible forms ali...

There are endless gruesome ways that the world could end; through nasty, natural disasters or because of some man-made abomination. From maniac killer...

Richard Feynman was a scientific genius with - in his words - a "limited intelligence". This dichotomy is just one of the characteristics that made hi...

The correlation between social class and school performance is a major issue across the world. This miniseries is an attempt to go beyond ideological...

An examination of the extinction threat faced by frogs, which have hopped on Earth for some 250 million years and are a crucial cog in the ecosystem....

For Millions of years, our planet has been floating in space. Millions of creatures have lived on its surface. Many a quaint being was among them, but...

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting ne...

Chaos theory has a bad name, conjuring up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and hid...

What caused Building 7 to collapse on 9/11? Dr. Leroy Hulsey from the University of Alaska Fairbanks may have the answer, following an exhausting four...