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- StarsMorgan FreemanJulie ComerfordReinhard GenzelAfter reviewing theories about how black holes form and how they were detected this program looks at their counterintuitive behavior that makes them seem so bizarre.
- DirectorKurt SayengaStarsMorgan FreemanSean CarrollJohn CramerBut if we succeed with time travel, what are the consequences of such freedom? Will we get trapped in a plethora of paradoxes and multiple universes that will destroy the fabric of the universe?
- 2010–201745mTV-PG8.3 (253)TV EpisodeStarsMorgan FreemanMartin BojowaldAlan GuthFollowing a review of the discovery and evidence for the Big Bang this program examines the progress of scientists trying to determine what went on before the Big Bang that could have caused it.
- StarsMorgan FreemanJeffrey L. BadaJennifer BlankScientists explore a variety of ways that life may have formed on earth and try to recreate them.
- StarsMorgan FreemanWilliam J. BoruckiPaul DaviesThis program considers the likelihood that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe and the prospects that it may inhabit a nearby planet. Then the various methods being used to look for alien intelligence are reviewed.
- 2010–201745mTV-PG8.1 (203)TV EpisodeDirectorKurt SayengaStarsMorgan FreemanJonathan ButterworthFrank CloseThis program delves deep into the atom to find the ultimate constituents of matter focusing finally on the theoretical Higgs Boson.
- StarsMorgan FreemanDan BauerBrenna FlaugherScientists have discovered that the universe we see is an incidental component of all there is. This program explains how dark matter and dark energy were discovered and how scientists are struggling to understand them.
- 2010–201744mTV-PG7.6 (195)TV EpisodeDirectorKurt SayengaStarsMorgan FreemanEben AlexanderBruce GreysonScience is a long way from answering the question posed in this program. But exploring it has proved a fertile avenue for investigation into what exactly is consciousness and self-awareness.
- 2010–201744mTV-PG8.3 (177)TV EpisodeStarsMorgan FreemanAndy AlbrechtNeil CornishTo the average person it seems obvious that the universe must have an edge. Yet most cosmologists think that like a ball, or more likely a bagel, the universe has no end, other then a temporal one - a beginning and, perhaps, an end. But several scientists agree with the common man that there is an edge to the universe and they have some definite ideas about what is beyond the edge and how to prove their case.
- DirectorKurt SayengaStarsMorgan FreemanJulian BarbourSean CarrollAfter a brief explanation of how we measure time this program takes a detailed look at how we perceive time. Then it's time for the physicists to present their ideas about what time is before Steve Weinstein talks about two dimensional time.
- 2010–201744mTV-PG7.8 (151)TV EpisodeStarsMorgan FreemanEric AdelbergerSue BarryTo scientists it looks like the weakness of gravity, the existence of dark matter and the big bang may all be dependent on how many dimensions there are to the universe. But are the three dimensions we're used to too few or too many? This program examines the pet theories of several scientists about the dimensionality of our universe, how they are going about proving their theories and why their theories don't agree with the three dimensions that seem obvious to us.
- StarsMorgan FreemanDaryl BemChristie CampagnaSeveral scientists have conducted experiments, although with somewhat questionable controls, that suggest humans may have a rudimentary capabilities for telepathy and precognition. This program reviews the studies and the scientists speculate about how these capabilities may work and why we might have them.
- 2010–201744mTV-PG8.0 (156)TV EpisodeStarsMorgan FreemanElie CartanAndrew ClelandThis program presents the scientific foundation for parallel universes. Then it reviews the various speculative ideas scientists are exploring about how universes form and how they interact. In our explorations we bump into our old cosmic friends; black holes, white holes, dark matter and the big bang.
- 2010–201743mTV-PG7.9 (139)TV EpisodeDirectorKurt SayengaStarsMorgan FreemanClare BurrageYves CouderA revolution in science is underway that will transform life on Earth and ensure our survival as a species. If we can solve the equation of everything, it will present the keys to creation itself.
- 2010–201743mTV-PG8.1 (153)TV EpisodeStarsMorgan FreemanMiguel AlcubierreSean CarrollThe laws of physics allow a variety of ways to get around the universe faster than the speed of light. These prospects are explained along with the daunting engineering challenges of making them practical and safe.
- StarsMorgan FreemanAubrey de GreyGreg FahyThis program reviews current thinking about what causes death and aging. Then it examines increasingly bizarre ideas about how to prevent them.
- 2010–201744mTV-PG7.6 (137)TV EpisodeStarsMorgan FreemanWilliam BainsJohn DiPrimaThis program gives serious consideration to what life forms on other planets might look like founded on the vast diversity of life on earth now and in the past and what is now known about the environments on other planets found by the Kepler telescope. Then it indulges in a little speculation about what extra-terrestrial intelligence might be like.
- DirectorOtto BathurstStarsRory KinnearLindsay DuncanDonald SumpterPrime Minister Michael Callow faces a shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDaniel KaluuyaJessica Brown FindlayRupert EverettIn a world where people's lives consist of riding exercise bikes to gain credits, Bing tries to help a woman get on to a singing competition show.
- DirectorBrian WelshStarsToby KebbellJodie WhittakerTom CullenIn the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything they do, see and hear. You need never forget a face again - but is that always a good thing?
- DirectorOwen HarrisStarsHayley AtwellDomhnall GleesonClaire KeelanAfter learning about a new service that lets people stay in touch with the deceased, a lonely, grieving Martha reconnects with her late lover.
- DirectorCarl TibbettsStarsLenora CrichlowMichael SmileyTuppence MiddletonVictoria wakes up and cannot remember anything about her life. Everyone she encounters refuses to communicate with her, and they all seem to know something she doesn't. But what?
- DirectorBryn HigginsStarsDaniel RigbyChloe PirrieJason FlemyngA failed comedian who voices a popular cartoon bear named Waldo finds himself mixing in politics when TV executives want Waldo to run for office.
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsBryce Dallas HowardAlice EveCherry JonesA woman desperate to boost her social media score hits the jackpot when she's invited to a swanky wedding, but the trip doesn't go as planned.
- DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsWyatt RussellHannah John-KamenWunmi MosakuAn American traveler short on cash signs up to test a revolutionary new gaming system, but soon can't tell where the hot game ends and reality begins.