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Mayhem & Mishaps: Britain Caught on Camera
Mark Chapman catalogues the everyday mishaps and accidents we encounter in our lives.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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The Joy of Logic
Professor Dave Cliff tells the story of the quest for certainty and sound reasoning.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space Again
Charles Chilton and his cast recall 1953, when six million listeners were moon bound.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Dinosaurs in the Drawing Room
How the Natural History Museum packed its collections off to country houses during WWII.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Mapping the Void
Dr Kat Arney meets a new generation of virtual cartographers, making maps to save lives.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Great Space Hunt
Jolyon Jenkins speaks to the unsung enthusiasts on a mission to protect us from asteroids
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Deep Down & Dirty: The Science of Soil
Chris Beardshaw delves into the micro-world of soil to reveal what it is and how it works.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Vets in the Disaster Zone
Meet the vets responding to the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Bat Man of Mexico
The story of Rodrigo Medellin, who has dedicated his life to saving bats.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins
The story of a 1960s experiment that tried to teach a dolphin to speak English.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Every Breath We Take: Understanding Our Atmosphere
The remarkable story of how we discovered that the air around us is not just empty space.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Mother of the Sea
Quentin Cooper tells the story of a British scientist hailed as a god in Japan.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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How to Dismantle a Nuclear Power Station
Radio 4 explores just what is involved in dismantling a nuclear power plant.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Sound of Space
Dr Lucie Green takes a sonic tour of the Universe, revealing the hidden sounds of space.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Wave World
From destruction to entertainment - impressive use of waves in every day physics.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Climate Change: A Horizon Guide
Charting the transformation of a little-known theory into a great scientific undertaking.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Michael Mosley looks at how scientists have probed the mind of the murderer.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Clocks Go Forward Tonight
Stephen Fry takes a look at the history of daylight saving time.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Wonderful World of Blood - with Michael Mosley
Michael Mosley carries out six experiments on his own blood.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells (Omnibus)
Marine biologist Helen Scales tells the story of seashells.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Hurricane Katrina 10 Years On: Science of the Storm
Ten years on from Hurricane Katrina, Simon King explores the advances in hurricane science
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live
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Why Music? Question Time
Tom Service is joined by Victoria Williamson and Philip Ball answer listeners' questions.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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Shaping the Brain
Claudia Hammond on how music influences the youthful brain and many aspects of our lives.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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Music and Memory
Victoria Williamson explores music and memory in works by Beethoven, Franck and Stravinsky
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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The Tingle Factor
Exploring the neurological basis of musically generated moments of peak emotion.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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Sounds of Nature
Chris Watson demonstrates connections between the sounds of nature and human music-making.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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Why Music? Round-Up
Tom Service and Sarah Walker round up Why Music? with Victoria Williamson and Philip Ball.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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Feeling Music
Sarah Walker explores the science behind music's ability to stir the emotions.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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The Singing Ape
Tom Service and Steven Mithen explore music's origins in human evolutionary development.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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Music As Medicine
Claudia Hammond and guests including Adam Ockleford and Mary King discuss music and health
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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JFK: The Vinyl Reaction
How the American record industry responded to the assassination of President Kennedy.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Scotland's Einstein: James Clerk Maxwell - The Man Who Changed the World
Professor Iain Stewart reveals the story behind Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Scotland
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Six Degrees of Connection
Julia Hobsbawm investigates the idea that we are all connected by only six links.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Omnibus)
Glimpses into the the history and future of one of the most powerful ideas in science.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Severn Bridge at 50: A High Wire Act
Celebrating the 50th birthday of the Severn Bridge.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Wales
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Richard Parks on Everest
Richard Parks attempts to summit Mount Everest without the use of supplementary oxygen.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Wales
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Carlo Rovelli - Reality is Not What It Seems: Omnibus
Provocative account of how science affects our understanding of the world around us.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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CBeebies Snow Babies
Andy Day narrates a tale of animals born in some of the coldest places on earth.
CBeebies
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How to Put a Human on Mars
How would a first human mission to Mars actually work were we to try to send a crew there?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
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Stargazing Live
Dara O Briain and Professor Brian Cox host live coverage of the Solar Eclipse.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
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China's Science Revolution
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ looks at the key projects that are transforming China into a science powerhouse.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
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Great Natural Wonders of the World
David Attenborough in search of the most impressive and inspiring natural wonders on Earth
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Seven Ages of Starlight
How discovering the story of stars has transformed our own understanding of the universe.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Tails You Win: The Science of Chance
David Spiegelhalter's witty, mindboggling look at what chance really is. Truly 'risky' TV.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Final Frontier? A Horizon Guide to the Universe
The scientific breakthroughs that have transformed our understanding of the universe.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Snow Babies
Caroline Quentin narrates a tale of animals born in some of the coldest places on earth.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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David Attenborough - The Early Years
David Attenborough recalls key moments from his early career. (2013)
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Ultimate Swarms
Zoologist and explorer George McGavin searches for the world's most spectacular swarms.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Attenborough's Paradise Birds
Documentary tracing David Attenborough's lifelong passion for birds of paradise.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two