Tag: BBC
The Machine That Made Us
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...
Ivory Wars: Out of Africa
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...
Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
A BBC documentary which explores the history of climbing K2, the mountaineers mountain, from the early days to the summit with historical footage photographs...
The Power of Nightmares
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...
Tesla: Master of Lightning
Biography of electrical inventor and visionary genius Nikola Tesla.
Elizabeth Taylor
Renowned for her legendary beauty and startling violet eyes, actress Elizabeth Taylor has mesmerized audiences with her dramatic performances on the big screen as...
Atom: The Illusion of Reality
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 Man Who Lost His Body
The story of a man, who lost the sense, that tells the brain, where his body is in space, and how has he overcome...
Atom: The Key to the Cosmos
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...
Beautiful Young Minds
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...
