Tag: BBC

A look at the story of Johann Gutenberg, inventor of the world's first printing press in the 15th century, and an exploration of how...

As demand for ivory rises in the Far East, this Panorama special (made jointly with the BBC's Natural History Unit) goes undercover in central...

A BBC documentary which explores the history of climbing K2, the mountaineers mountain, from the early days to the summit with historical footage photographs...

Fundamentalist Islam and neo-conservatism seem to be at odds, but filmmaker Adam Curtis asserts that the two have more in common than one might...

Biography of electrical inventor and visionary genius Nikola Tesla.

Renowned for her legendary beauty and startling violet eyes, actress Elizabeth Taylor has mesmerized audiences with her dramatic performances on the big screen as...

Al-Khalili explores how studying the atom forced us to rethink the nature of reality itself, encountering ideas that seem like they are from science...

The story of a man, who lost the sense, that tells the brain, where his body is in space, and how has he overcome...

The second in Professor Jim Al-Khalili's three-part documentary about the basic building block of our universe, the atom. He shows how, in our quest...

BBC2's "Beautiful Young Minds" takes viewers on a compelling journey into the world of young mathematicians as they compete in the 2006 International Mathematical...