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  1. Dealbh is Slighe

    Intrepid Calum Maclean combines his love of exploring with that of photography. F

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  2. The Secret Science of Sewage

    The revolutionary science finding renewable resources and undiscovered life in sewage.

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  3. DNA Family Secrets

    Stacey Dooley helps people find answers to life-changing questions using the power of DNA.

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  4. London and the Second Wave

    How staff at the Royal London Hospital are coping with the second wave of Covid-19.

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    The Science(ish) of... Stranger Things

    The gang dissect the science behind Stranger Things and ask: could that really happen?

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    Italy’s Sunken City

    Amanda Ruggeri meets those developing new technologies to protect an ancient city.

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    Lockdown 1.0 - Following the Science?

    Scientists behind the scenes discuss what really happened in the run up to first lockdown.

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  8. How to Vaccinate the World

    Tim Harford reports on the global race to create a vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic.

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  9. Under the Cloud

    It's the key metaphor of the internet, ethereal and fluffy - but what is the cloud hiding?

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  10. Out of This World

    How space exploration has changed life on Earth.

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  11. Surviving the Virus: My Brother & Me

    Doctors and twins, Chris and Xand van Tulleken dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.

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    Mapping the Future

    Jerry Brotton navigates the transformation from paper to digital mapping.

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    The New Tech Cold War

    Gordon Corera asks if the West is losing the technological race with China.

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    Keeping Britain Fed

    How supermarkets are dealing with the most testing time in their history.

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    Life, Uncertainty and VAR

    Tom Chivers asks what football's search for truth tells us about uncertainty in our lives.

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    The Virus Hunters

    Tracking the virus hunters who race to understand and extinguish new pathogens.

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  17. Ingenious

    Find out what you're made of, one gene at a time, with Dr Kat Arney.

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  18. How to Make

    Zoe Laughlin deconstructs three design classics before creating her own bespoke versions.

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  19. 40 Winks with Sarah Breese

    Comedian Sarah Breese won't rest until she understands the science behind her insomnia.

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    Code Red

    The innovation in trauma science that's saving the lives of bleeding trauma patients.

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  21. World Wise Web

    Teenagers talk to technology pioneers who have shaped their lives

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  22. The Stem Cell Hard Sell

    Lesley Curwen investigates the hope, hype and potential harm of stem cell treatments

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    Swooshes, Seaboards, Synths and Spawn

    Musician Bishi examines how tech and AI shape the future of music creation.

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  24. Secrets of Skin

    Professor Ben Garrod explores how skin has allowed vertebrates to conquer the planet.

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  25. 8 Days: To the Moon and Back

    The story of Apollo 11, told in the voices of the first men to step foot on the moon.

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  26. The Moon and Us

    A special documentary celebrating the anniversary of the moon landing.

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  27. Big Animal Surgery

    Dramatic lifesaving surgery. Presented by Liz Bonnin.

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  28. 13 Minutes to the Moon

    The epic stories of Nasa’s missions to the Moon, Apollo 11 and Apollo 13

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  29. Jack the Ripper - The Case Reopened

    Documentary which casts new light on the Jack the Ripper case.

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    Will AI Kill Development?

    Will artificial intelligence lead to a more unequal world?

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    A Job for the Boys

    What are the hidden consequences of having so few women in the tech industry?

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  32. Australia: Earth's Magical Kingdom

    A look at the magic of Australia.

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  33. The Placebo Paradox

    How could the latest science of placebo change the way we think about medicine?

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  34. Biohacking

    Prof Jonathan Ball explores new genetic technologies and how they might change society

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  35. The Genius of Accidents

    Adam Hart reveals how some of science's greatest discoveries were created by mistake.

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  36. Out of this World: The Colin Pillinger story

    Story of the inspirational leader behind the Beagle 2 mission to Mars - Colin Pillinger.

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  37. Mysteries of Sleep

    Series in which neurologist Dr Guy Leschziner explores various sleep disorders.

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  38. Radiolab

    Weaving stories and science Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich investigate a strange world.

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  39. In Their Element

    Scientists tell stories of the elements, explaining how chemistry made the modern world.

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  40. Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives

    Physics professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the amazing science of gravity.

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  41. The Rise of the Robots

    Adam Rutherford explores the role of robots in science and culture across the ages.

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  42. Wales in Space

    Can a Welsh coal mine really become an astronaut training centre?

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  43. Revisiting the 14-Day Rule

    Matthew Hill presents a series exploring the 14-day limit for human embryo research.

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  44. Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb

    The construction of a structure to entomb the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

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  45. Saving Science from the Scientists

    Alok Jha wonders if science is as rigorous as it should

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  46. The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry

    Science sleuths Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries.

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  47. Putting Science to Work

    Jim Al-Khalili and guests work out how science might solve society's problems.

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  48. Colour: The Spectrum of Science

    Helen Czerski goes in search of colour to reveal how it has written our planet's story.

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  49. Computing Britain

    Hannah Fry reveals the UK's lead role in developing computer technologies we rely on today

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  50. From Enlightenment to Entanglement

    Science writer Stuart Clark explores the relationship between scientists and computers.

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