Items20The creator’s order
  1. 1The Secret Genius of Modern Life (2022)The Secret Genius of Modern Life (2022) 8.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired 10 Nov 2022Hannah Fry opens up familiar technologies to show the ingenuity hidden inside an ordinary day. The link between a visible object and the people who solved its problems makes an inviting first step back into science. Start with something you use, then let the demonstrations connect its parts; the…0
  2. 2Connected (2020)Connected (2020) 7.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired 2 Aug 2020Latif Nasser follows an apparently modest subject into connections between science, people and the wider world. His curiosity makes the explanation feel like an investigation rather than a lesson delivered from above. Choose it for the pleasure of following a question somewhere unexpected, allowing…0
  3. 3Cosmos (2014)Cosmos (2014) 9.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired 9 Mar 2014Neil deGrasse Tyson connects astronomical scale to the history of people trying to understand it. Animation and the cosmic calendar make ideas easier to picture without requiring equations. The 2014 series is an expansive introduction, with its strongest pleasure in joining explanation to the…0
  4. 4Universe (2021)Universe (2021) 8.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired 27 Oct 2021Brian Cox uses the histories of stars and galaxies to give enormous timescales a narrative shape. The imagery is spectacular, but the useful question is how observations allow scientists to infer what happened. Choose it when you want an involving big-picture account, keeping the visual…0
  5. 5The Planets (2019)The Planets (2019) 9.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 28 May 2019The worlds of the Solar System become individual histories rather than a list of facts to memorise. Brian Cox connects physical processes to the different conditions spacecraft reveal. It is a good route back into space science for someone who remembers the names but wants to understand the…0
  6. 6Wonders of Life (2013)Wonders of Life (2013) 8.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired 27 Jan 2013Brian Cox approaches living things through physics, asking what energy, matter and planetary conditions make possible. Familiar organisms become examples to reason with rather than merely admire. Choose it for a change of scale from space to biology, with ambitious connections best enjoyed as…0
  7. 7Forces of Nature with Brian Cox (2016)Forces of Nature with Brian Cox (2016) 8.1/10 on IMDbFirst aired 4 Jul 2016Shapes, motion and everyday phenomena supply the way into physical laws. The travel and photography provide examples, while the attraction is recognising the same pattern in apparently unrelated places. Its conceptual approach suits a curious viewer who wants to ask why something behaves as it does…0
  8. 8Order and Disorder (2012)Order and Disorder (2012) 8.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired 16 Oct 2012Jim Al-Khalili separates the ideas of energy and information into a short, focused explanation of how physical systems behave. The demonstrations provide something concrete to return to when the concepts become abstract. Pick it for a satisfying mental workout, with its two-part concentration…0
  9. 9Light and Dark (2016)Light and Dark (2016) 8.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired 10 Oct 2016Jim Al-Khalili follows what light allows us to learn and what remains difficult to detect. The history of experiments gives the large cosmological questions a practical foundation. It is an appealing shorter series for viewers who like explanations built from a measurement, with the 2013 date…0
  10. 10Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity (2011)Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity (2011) 8.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired 6 Oct 2011Experiments and arguments show electricity becoming something people can investigate, control and use. Jim Al-Khalili makes the familiar supply at a socket the outcome of difficult intellectual work. Choose it for visible demonstrations and the satisfaction of understanding a basic system, with the…0