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Jim Al-Khalili shows how chaos theory can answer a question that mankind has asked for millennia - how does a universe that starts off as dust end up with intelligent life? Show more
The story behind Florence Nightingale's rose diagram, designed to persuade the government that lives could be saved with better sanitation in hospitals. Show more
Broadcaster Lisa Jardine turns detective on her famous father, Jacob Bronowski. Through his personal and professional dilemmas she reveals the story of science in the 20th century. Show more
Jacob Bronowski looks at how man moved from nomadic pasturage to settled agriculture, with the domestication of the horse and the cultivation of wheat. Show more
The epic story of one man's struggle to make a programme that no-one wanted. How creator Tony Warren overcame formidable obstacles to bring Coronation Street to our screens. Show more
South Korean drama about a disgraced detective-turned-pimp who becomes involved in a race against time to catch a psychopathic serial killer after one of his girls goes missing. Show more
Broadcaster Lisa Jardine turns detective on her famous father, Jacob Bronowski. Through his personal and professional dilemmas she reveals the story of science in the 20th century. Show more
Jacob Bronowski looks at how man moved from nomadic pasturage to settled agriculture, with the domestication of the horse and the cultivation of wheat. Show more
The story behind Florence Nightingale's rose diagram, designed to persuade the government that lives could be saved with better sanitation in hospitals. Show more