Cameras follow preparations for the second Grand Challenge, a robotic car race across 130 miles...

Surgeon Gabriel Weston explores why so many people are piling on the pounds - and learns about...

People assume they are in control of their lives, deciding what they want and when they want it...

Scientists predict a fit of violent activity on the sun will propel billions of tonnes of...

Around the world, a new generation of astronomers is out to make fresh discoveries about the...

New series. Documentary exploring the impact of colours on people's lives, and how perceptions...

Scientists and researchers analyse discoveries about asteroids, and explain why studies suggest...

The concept of `dark flow', the term given to an unusual phenomenon that is seemingly causing...

Documentary questioning whether humanity's taste for cooked food has contributed to its...

Alan Davies enters a mind-bending world of questions that threaten to unravel his understanding...

The documentary strand examines the concept of speech, discovering why it is unique to humans,...

Black holes are considered to be among some of the most destructive forces in the universe,...

Sophie was paralysed from the waist down while celebrating her A-level results, a rugby...

Investigation into attitudes toward nudity, suggesting people's embarrassment about their...

Insight into the workings of the body's biological clock and how it affects virtually every...

Despite decades of dedicated work, nuclear fusion researchers have been unable to produce...

The documentary series continues with an examination of the mystery surrounding dreams....

Addiction specialist John Marsden challenges common perceptions of cannabis, asking whether it...

Documentary analysing the lifestyles of people who appear to be unaffected by the current...

Examining predictions that computers will grow as intelligent as humans by 2029, a prospect...

Examining the possible colonisation of the moon and the work of entrepreneur Dennis Hope, who...

For generations, both scientists and speculative fiction have been promising the public that...

Investigating the theory of panspermia, which claims life on Earth originated from outer space....

Fifty years ago, an average of one person in 30 was reported to be suffering from an allergy....

Particle physicist Brian Cox investigates the concept of time, exploring its origins and its...

Celebrity farmer Jimmy Doherty sets out to reveal the truth about genetically modified food,...

Professor Lesley Regan, one of the UK's most respected medical experts, takes a scientific look...

The second of two programmes exploring the intricacies of psychiatric diagnosis. Having...

The first of two parts questioning the fine line drawn between madness and sanity. Ten...

A report on the progressive reduction in the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth. This...

An investigation into the work of Edinburgh University's Professor Jose Torero, who claims that...

An expedition to document Madagascar's rainforests and examine their extraordinary diversity of...

Hypothetical investigation into what the modern world would be like if dinosaurs had not become...

Investigating the theory of intelligent design, an alternative way of explaining the origin of...

Insight into the preparations of businesses hoping to be the first to offer tourists trips into...

Human memory from childhood to old age, and how it defines each individual. The programme...

An assessment of a growing body of evidence raising fundamental questions about the theory...

Investigating the black market in body parts that has grown as advances in medical science have...

The latest in the search for other Earth-like planets capable of supporting life, including the...

Dr Brian Wilcox investigates why particular groups of people exhibit extraordinary longevity....

Mathematician Garth Sundem examines how external stimuli can influence decision-making,...

A team of scientists analyse the effects of 20 drugs in terms of physical reaction, addictive...

Professor Brian Cox tries to solve the centuries-old mystery of gravity. Unconventionally...

The ethical considerations and scientific implications of sensory deprivation research. Amid...

Michael Portillo explores humane solutions to the apparent international crisis in capital...

The rise and fall of the Moche people who, despite ruling the northern coast of Peru and...

The threat posed by a geological structure underneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of...