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1. Our Universe (2022– )

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary

Follows different aspects of the natural world, from an expansive look into the origin of the Universe, to life on planet Earth and how its oceans function. Narrated by Morgan Freeman

Star: Morgan Freeman

Votes: 2,948

2. Our Universe (2022– )
Episode: Turning Seasons (2022)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary

Dive into the long year of the Alaskan brown bear through the Earth's seasonal cycle amid the frigid winter months and into the warmth of summer.

Director: Stephen Cooter | Star: Morgan Freeman

Votes: 196

3. Our Universe (2022– )
Episode: Elemental (2022)

TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary

The elements that constitute every living being were formed within the very first stars. Today, a green sea turtle searches the ocean for them.

Director: Stephen Cooter | Star: Morgan Freeman

Votes: 186

4. Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time (2021)

59 min | Documentary

Brian Cox tackles some of the most challenging and intriguing questions facing science today by using his best material from past programmes and the latest scientific research.

Stars: Brian Cox, Robert Mueller

Votes: 257

5. Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time (2021)
Episode: Space: How Far Can We Go? (2021)

59 min | Documentary

Professor Cox uses a combination of the latest science and footage from his previous television programmes to explore if mankind is on the verge of a new age of space travel and asks how far can we go in our exploration of the cosmos?

Directors: Tom Beard, Gideon Bradshaw, Stephen Cooter, Alex Hemingway, Chris Holt, Martin Johnson, Michael Lachmann, Rob Liddell, Nat Sharman, Alastair Duncan | Stars: Brian Cox, Charles Duke, Robert Zubrin, A.J. Nick

Votes: 42

6. Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time (2021)
Episode: What Is Time? (2021)

59 min | Documentary

In the final programme in the series, Brian explores the enigma of time - a phenomenon we take for granted but which is one of the biggest mysteries in the universe. He recalls highlights from his TV series that touch upon this conundrum.

Directors: Stephen Cooter, Paul Olding, Steve Smith, Ashley Way, David Briggs | Stars: Brian Cox, Steve V.W. Beckwith, Dennis McCarthy

Votes: 30

7. Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time (2021)
Episode: What Is Gravity? (2021)

59 min | Documentary

Brian looks at gravity, revealing it to be far more than just the force that makes things fall to the ground. He recalls memorable TV moments including meeting a space capsule returning astronauts from the International Space Station.

Directors: Gideon Bradshaw, Stephen Cooter, Chris Holt, Martin Johnson, Michael Lachmann, Paul Olding, Nat Sharman, Nic Stacey, Paul Vanezis, Kate Szell | Star: Brian Cox

Votes: 32

8. Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time (2021)
Episode: Aliens: Are We Alone? (2021)

59 min | Documentary

In this edition, Brian uses memorable moments from past programmes to examine one of the most profound questions humanity has ever asked - Are we alone in the universe? He explains why the search for alien life should be taken seriously.

Directors: Gideon Bradshaw, Stephen Cooter, Matthew Dyas, Chris Holt, Michael Lachmann, Paul Olding, Nat Sharman, Nic Stacey, Giles Harrison, Naomi Law | Stars: Brian Cox, Frank Drake, Richard Hoover

Votes: 33

9. The Surgeon's Cut (2020)

TV-14 | Documentary

The Surgeon's Cut profiles four ground-breaking surgeons from around the world, each with a visionary approach to their craft.

Star: Lin Gallagher

Votes: 1,254

10. The Surgeon's Cut (2020)
Episode: Sacred Brain (2020)

TV-14 | Documentary

Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa chronicles his journey, steeped in metaphor, from migrant farm worker to neurosurgeon.

Directors: Lucy Blakstad, Stephen Cooter | Star: Lin Gallagher

Votes: 168

11. The Planets (2019)

59 min | Documentary

Welcome to the greatest story that's never been told. In a new, ground breaking series we'll be telling the story of the planets as never before.

Stars: Brian Cox, Fran Bagenal, John Grotzinger, Julie Webster

Votes: 3,854

12. The Planets (2019)
Episode: The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars (2019)

59 min | Documentary

Brian Cox reveals how our solar system was once home to two blue planets.

Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Brian Cox, Jennifer Eigenbrode, John Grotzinger, Ashwin Vasavada

Votes: 302

13. The Planets (2019)
Episode: The Godfather: Jupiter (2019)

59 min | Documentary

Brian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter.

Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Brian Cox, Fran Bagenal, Heidi Becker

Votes: 287

14. Nova (1974– )
Episode: The Planets: Inner Worlds (2019)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars all have similar origins, but only one supports life. Was it always this way?

Directors: Martin Johnson, Stephen Cooter | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Anjali Tripathi, David Grinspoon, Suzanne Smrekar

Votes: 110

15. Nova (1974– )
Episode: The Planets: Mars (2019)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

The dry, red planet Mars was once a blue water world studded with active volcanoes. But if it once had many of the ingredients necessary to form life, how far along might that process have gotten?

Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Jennifer Eigenbrode, John Grotzinger, Bruce Jakosky

Votes: 86

16. Nova (1974– )
Episode: The Planets: Jupiter (2019)

TV-G | 53 min | Documentary

Jupiter's gravitational force made it a wrecking ball as it barreled through the early solar system, but it also helped shape life on Earth as it brought comets laden with water and possibly the asteroid that put an end to the dinosaurs.

Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Fran Bagenal, Konstantin Batygin, Heidi Becker

Votes: 80

17. The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed (2017)

Documentary

Chris and Xand van Tulleken uncover the latest secrets of our bodies.

Stars: Chris van Tulleken, Xand van Tulleken, Danny MacAskill, Bruce German

Votes: 66

18. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: Strange Signals from Outer Space (2017)

59 min | Documentary

For decades some have suspected there might be others out there, intelligent beings capable of communicating with us. It might sound like fiction, but scientists from across the globe are ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Tabetha Boyajian, Kenny-Lee Mbanefo, Andrew Shire, Andrew Siemion

Votes: 49

19. The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed (2017)
Episode: Survive (2017)

59 min | Documentary

In this program, Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discover the everyday miracles that keep you alive. They explore the extraordinary lengths our bodies go to in order to keep our organs working at every moment of every day.

Directors: Matthew Dyas, Martin Johnson | Stars: Chris van Tulleken, Xand van Tulleken, Mike Tipton, Bryan Hughes

Votes: 17

20. Forces of Nature with Brian Cox (2016)

232 min | Documentary

Professor Brian Cox combines some of the most spectacular sights on Earth with our deepest understanding of the universe to reveal how the planet's beauty is created by just a handful of forces.

Stars: Brian Cox, Thomas M. Iliffe, Doug Allan, Erlendur Bogason

Votes: 680

21. Forces of Nature with Brian Cox (2016)
Episode: The Pale Blue Dot (2016)

TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary

n this final episode Professor Brian Cox travels to Iceland, where the delicate splendour of a moonbow reveals the colours that paint our world, and he visits a volcano to explain why the ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Cooter | Star: Brian Cox

Votes: 50

22. Forces of Nature with Brian Cox (2016)
Episode: Somewhere in SpaceTime (2016)

TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary

Brian Cox considers the rotations and gravitation of earth and moon, whose (inter)actions dictate tides, tropical storms and floods. Cosmic clashes shaped the celestial bodies and tilted ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Cooter | Star: Brian Cox

Votes: 57

23. The Secrets of Quantum Physics (2014– )

60 min | Documentary, History

Professor of physics Jim Al-Khalili investigates the most accurate and yet perplexing scientific theory ever - quantum physics.

Stars: Jim Al-Khalili, Eliza Shea

Votes: 579

24. Wonders of Life (2013)

TV-PG | 59 min | Documentary

Physicist and professor Brian Cox travels across the globe to uncover the secrets of the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe: life.

Star: Brian Cox

Votes: 1,726

25. Rise of the Continents (2013)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

The epic story of how the world's continents were created, featuring Professor Iain Stewart.

Stars: Iain Stewart, Kevin Swain, Dean Ah Chee, Josh Griffiths

Votes: 494

26. Light and Dark (2013)

60 min | Documentary

Prof. Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of light and darkness in terms of their astronomic importance, and their role in our understanding of the universe.

Stars: Jim Al-Khalili, Daniel Hunt, Simon Werrett, Paul Murdin

Votes: 248

27. Wonders of Life (2013)
Episode: What Is Life? (2013)

TV-PG | 63 min | Documentary

In this episode Brian Cox visits South East Asia's 'Ring of Fire'. In the world's most volcanic region he explores the thin line that separates the living from the dead and poses that most ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Cooter | Star: Brian Cox

Votes: 81

28. Rise of the Continents (2013)
Episode: Eurasia (2013)

TV-PG | 62 min | Documentary

Europe and Asia; geologically they are part of the same vast landmass, Eurasia. Shaped by a series of collisions, mountain ranges have been pushed up, valleys created and a once great ocean... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Cooter | Star: Iain Stewart

Votes: 45

29. Light and Dark (2013)
Episode: Light (2013)

59 min | Documentary

Prof. Jim Al-Khalili explains the properties of light, stories behind these discoveries and how immensely light changed our understanding of the universe.

Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Jim Al-Khalili, Daniel Hunt, Arno Penzias, Simon Werrett

Votes: 25

30. Light and Dark (2013)
Episode: Dark (2013)

Documentary

Prof. Jim Al-Khalili explains the celestial relationship between light and dark, and how darkness covers most of our universe.

Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Jim Al-Khalili, Chamkaur Ghag, Daniel Hunt, Paul Murdin

Votes: 27

31. Wonders of the Universe (I) (2011)

TV-G | 59 min | Documentary, Family

Professor Brian Cox visits some of the most dramatic parts of the globe to explain the fundamental principles that govern the laws of nature - light, gravity, energy, matter and time. With ... See full summary »

Stars: Brian Cox, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 4,344

32. The Code (2011)

58 min | Documentary

Numbers are the rulers of the universe. What if there is a code for life's perfection? A code making the world we see, the "what we are" and the "everything else in the universe"?

Stars: Marcus du Sautoy, Kim Rossmo, Tom Noddy, Loren Carpenter

Votes: 805

33. Wonders of the Universe (2011)
Episode: The Cosmos Made Conscious (2011)

TV-G | 62 min | Documentary, Family

Natural scientists fail to define time, yet they agree with philosophers it's crucial at least to our perception of reality. Without time, there could be no change, hence neither life nor ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Brian Cox, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 194

34. The Code (2011)
Episode: Numbers (2011)

58 min | Documentary

What do the proportions of Chartres Cathedral share with the life cycle of the cicada, with how we hear sound, and with the intricately designed nautilus shell? Du Sautoy investigates their sacred numbers and the power of pi.

Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Marcus du Sautoy, Jennifer Basil, John Cooley, Judy Edworthy

Votes: 107

35. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: To Infinity and Beyond (2010)

Documentary

Large numbers hard to comprehend such as google, googleplex, graham's number and infinity and their significance in mathematics. The infinite room hotel is used to conceptualize infinitely.

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Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Steven Berkoff, Anthony Aguirre, Peter Cameron, Gregory Chaitin

Votes: 85

36. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: How to Survive a Disaster (2009)

Documentary

When disaster strikes who lives and who dies is not purely a matter of luck. In every disaster, from those people face once in a lifetime, to those they face every day, there are things ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Sam Hazeldine, Paul Barney, Judy Brazell, Ed Galea

Votes: 12

37. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: Who's Afraid of a Big Black Hole? (2009)

Documentary

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Director: Stephen Cooter | Stars: Samuel West, Shep Doeleman, Reinhard Genzel, Michio Kaku

Votes: 48

38. What's Really in Our Food? (2007– )

Documentary

Here's a lively and very valuable series that investigates the food we eat, exploring where it comes from and how it is made, demystifying the science, testing the ingredients and ... See full summary »

Stars: Gregg Wallace, Jonathan Church, Sue Davies, Sue Baic

Votes: 16

39. What's Really in Our Food? (2007– )
Episode: What It Says on the Tin (2007)

Documentary

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Director: Hannah Liptrot | Stars: Gregg Wallace, Silas Amos, Sue Baic, Jonathan Church

40. What's Really in Our Food? (2007– )
Episode: Hungry in Hospital (2007)

Documentary

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Director: Esther McWatters | Stars: Gregg Wallace, Mike Duckett, Liz Evans, Claire Feasey

41. What's Really in Our Food? (2007– )
Episode: Ready, Steady, Eat (2007)

Documentary

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Director: Adam Grimley | Stars: Gregg Wallace, Sue Davies, Bob Farrand, Ashok Kaul

42. Are We Changing Planet Earth? (2006 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

Sir David Attenborough undertakes a personal journey to discover how global warming is changing the planet. The Truth About Climate Change is a two part documentary presented by him asking the question: What is the future for our world?

Directors: Nicolas Brown, Stephen Cooter | Star: David Attenborough

Votes: 199

43. Global Warming: What You Need to Know (2006 TV Movie)

120 min | Documentary

A visit to tipping points across the globe, as experts examine the latest evidence to determine the facts about global warming.

Director: Nicolas Brown | Stars: Tom Brokaw, James Hansen, Michael Oppenheimer, Stephen Pacala

Votes: 52

44. Can We Save Planet Earth? (2006 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

The show presents potential solutions to global warming, followed by a panel discussion about the road ahead. Acknowledging the scientific consensus on the issue, the debate will steer ... See full summary »

Director: Nicolas Brown | Star: David Attenborough

Votes: 74

45. Alternative Medicine: The Evidence? (2006– )

60 min | Documentary

In this controversial mini series professor Kathy Sykes embarks on a journey to discover the truth about Acupuncture, Healers and Herbs, and tries to answer one simple question, do they really work?

Stars: Kathy Sykes, Hugh McPherson, George Lewith, Aziz Asghar

Votes: 15

46. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: The Truth About Vitamins (2004)

Documentary

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Stars: Ross Kemp, Demetrius Albanes, Jeffrey Blumberg, Catherine Collins

Votes: 29

47. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: The Bible Code (2003)

Documentary

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Director: Nick Davidson | Stars: Dilly Barlow, Dror Bar-Natan, Michae Drosnin, Robert Kass

Votes: 9

48. Nova (1974– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

Science documentaries about various topics.

Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers

Votes: 3,101

49. Horizon (I) (1964– )

50 min | Documentary

British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.

Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach

Votes: 1,149