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The Three Rocketeers
How rocketeer Alan Bond and two colleagues built a new spacecraft - Skylon.
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Rosh Hashanah: Science vs Religion
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks meets three leading non-believing scientists.
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Voyager: To the Final Frontier
A look at NASA's Voyager programme as the two spacecraft leave the solar system.
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Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell
Revealing the machinery of the human cell system through the narrative of viral infection.
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Space Dive
The story of Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking freefall from the edge of space to Earth.
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Open Sesame: Science in the Desert
David Shukman travels to Jordan to find out if science can bring peace in the Middle East.
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For All Mankind
Science writer Chris Riley examines the enduring legacy of the Apollo moon missions.
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Sir Patrick Moore: Astronomer, Broadcaster and Eccentric
A look back at the extraordinary life of Sir Patrick Moore.
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Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here
Jeremy Black examines an extraordinary time in British history, the Industrial Revolution.
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Future Food
A 5 live special exploring where your food may come from in the future.
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A Trip around Mars with Kevin Fong
The alien mountains, canyons and craters, inspiring scientists and writers to explore Mars
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Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time
Margaret Mountford uncovers a new story within one of history's most iconic moments.
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Peter Higgs: Scotland's Nobel Winner
The story of Peter Higgs, the Edinburgh-based winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics.
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POP! The Science of Bubbles
Why bubbles are not just toys, but also tools that push back the boundaries of science.
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Maureen Lipman: If Memory Serves Me Right
Maureen Lipman explores through her own recollections how memory works.
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Behind the Scenes at the Universe
Kenneth MacDonald talks to Professor Higgs' friends and colleagues about the Higgs boson.
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The Common Sense of Science
In 1948, mathematician Dr Jacob Bronowski considered science's future role.
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The Tube: An Underground History
Documentary revealing the tube's hidden history as it celebrates being 150 years old.
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Radium Days
Precious. Exciting. Dangerous? The early days of radium and isotopes in Scotland.
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Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
The story of automata, ancient clockwork machines designed to mimic and recreate life.
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Science, Right or Left
Ehsan Masood explores whether science is becoming politicised on controversial issues.
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How to Put a Human on Mars
A team of scientists designs the crafts which would be needed to get a crew to Mars.
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Bragg on the Braggs
Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the Nobel-winning physicists William and Lawrence Bragg.
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Patently Absurd
Rory Cellan-Jones investigates whether patents are harming innovation more than they help.
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Raising Allosaurus: The Dream of Jurassic Park
Adam Hart investigates whether scientists can bring extinct animals back from the dead?
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Crash Test Dummies: A Smashing History
Jem Stansfield investigates how the crash test dummy has become an icon for safety.
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A Pixelated Ulster
As traditional industry struggles, could technology be the future for Northern Ireland?
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Impact! A Horizon Guide to Plane Crashes
Charting the deadly disasters that have helped make air travel safer.
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Impact! A Horizon Guide to Car Crashes
Dallas Campbell charts the key scientific breakthroughs that have transformed road safety.
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Invalid Password - The Password, A History Of Failure
Tim Samuels presents a social history of the password as we prepare for its demise.
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4 Extra at Bletchley Park
Maggie Philbin traces the remarkable history of IT through the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ sound archives.
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The Science of Doctor Who
Professor Brian Cox takes an audience on a journey into the universe of the Doctor.
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Riding the Graphene Wave
Can graphene developed in Manchester give the UK an edge in a new global market?
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Signs Taken for Wonders
Vivienne Parry explores how literary vision has been shaped by scientific discovery.
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The Code of Life: Great Scientists in their Own Words
The story of some of the most important genetic scientists of the modern age.
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Natalie Haynes' Brave New Algo-World
Natalie Haynes attempts to find the algorithm to determine the perfect joke.
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Secrets of the Body Clock with Terry Wogan
Sir Terry Wogan discovers why timing is everything as he explores the human body clock.
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TB: Return of the Plague
Film about victims of multi drug resistant mutations of tuberculosis in Swaziland.
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Belfast City: Mud, Sweat and 400 Years
Dick Strawbridge charts Belfast's journey from humble sandbank to industrial powerhouse.
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All You Need Is Lab - How Science And Technology Inspired Innovation In Music
Midge Ure explains how technical innovation has always stimulated musical creativity.
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Infested! Living with Parasites
Michael Mosley explores the world of parasites by infesting himself with them.
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The Fantastical World of Hormones with Professor John Wass
John Wass presents a documentary telling the story of how hormones were discovered.
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Jumbo: The Plane that Changed the World
The billion-dollar gamble that pushed 1960s technology to create the Boeing 747.
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Rockets in the Desert
Richard Hollingham meets the pioneers building spacecraft in the Mojave Desert.
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Can a Computer Write Shakespeare?
Trevor Cox asks whether computers can ever be truly creative.
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The Battle to Beat Polio
Stephanie Flanders explores the history of the search for a vaccine for poliomyelitis.
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The Science of D-Day
Engineer Rob Bell explores the new inventions that made the Normandy invasion possible.
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The Choice
Edi Stark finds out about the psychology of decision-making ahead of the referendum.
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