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Following the challenges involved in building Hinkley Point C, one of Europe’s largest projects and the first new nuclear power station in Britain for a generation. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

The story of the remarkable events, power relationships and secret deals done half a century ago to secure Britain's very first submarine-launched nuclear missiles. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Producer:
Colin Murray
Director:
Colin Murray
Harold MacMillan:
Simon Williams
Dwight D Eisenhower:
Colin Stinton
Dickie Mountbatten:
Timothy Wallers
Arleigh Burke:
Paul Birchard
John F Kennedy:
Matt Rippy

Jim Al-Khalili uncovers the story of Sellafield. He encounters some of the most dangerous substances on earth, reveals the nature of radiation and even attempts to split the atom. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jim Al-Khalili
Director:
Tim Usborne
Producer:
Tim Usborne
Executive Producer:
Jane Aldous
Executive Producer:
Mark Tattersall

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Dramatic reconstruction of the devastating impact of the first atomic bomb to be used against people on the citizens of Hiroshima. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
John Hurt
Captain Deke Parsons:
George Anton
Admiral Yonai:
Katsumi Cho
Winston Churchill:
Robert Austin
Teruko Fujii:
Miya Oishi
Harry S Truman:
Kenneth Jay
Shigenori Togo:
Shoichi Ito
General Groves:
Garry Cooper
Akiko Takakura:
Haruka Kuroda

Secrets of Skin

Series 1

Sensing

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Professor Ben Garrod explores how some snakes can see using heat, how crocodiles feel through their jaws, and how some animals use electricity to navigate their world. Show more

The Wonder of Animals

Episode 4: Ants

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 6 months

Chris Packham explores what makes animal groups successful. He looks at how the globe's 100 trillion ants have colonised the planet like no other. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Packham
Executive Producer:
Jonny Keeling
Director:
Francis Welch
Producer:
Francis Welch
Series Producer:
Aaron Paul

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

The story of the remarkable events, power relationships and secret deals done half a century ago to secure Britain's very first submarine-launched nuclear missiles. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Producer:
Colin Murray
Director:
Colin Murray
Harold MacMillan:
Simon Williams
Dwight D Eisenhower:
Colin Stinton
Dickie Mountbatten:
Timothy Wallers
Arleigh Burke:
Paul Birchard
John F Kennedy:
Matt Rippy

Following the challenges involved in building Hinkley Point C, one of Europe’s largest projects and the first new nuclear power station in Britain for a generation. Show more

BBC Four

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