The Truth about Fat
Surgeon Gabriel Weston wants to find out why we’re getting fatter—and she doesn’t believe that it’s simply a failure of self-control. From the power of hormones on our appetite to stomach surgery, genetics, and the impact of a pregnant woman...
The Book of Life: Genetics and Evolution
Likening the beauty and complexity of DNA to an epic poem, this program revolves around the idea that we all carry the story of life on Earth in our genes, and that the similarities between species may play a more significant role in that story than...
Atom - Program 1: Clash of Titans
About this title: The first of three programs in which nuclear physicist and host, Professor Jim Al-Khalili, tells the story of the greatest scientific discovery ever - the discovery that everything is made of atoms. As scientists delved deep into t...
Atom - Program 2: Key to the Cosmos
About this title: This is the second of Professor Jim Al-Khalili's three part investigation into the basic building block of our universe - the atom. He shows that in our quest to understand the tiny atom, we unravelled the mystery of how the entire...
Atom - Program 3: Illusion of Reality
About this title: The last of Professor Jim Al-Khalili's three part series in which he tells the story of the greatest scientific discovery ever - the discovery that everything is made of atoms. In this film he explores how studying the atom forced ...