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Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe puts an LCVP through its paces and finds out how it did more to win World War II than any other piece of machinery. Show more
How Bernard Lovell's telescope was used by both the Americans and the Russians to track their competing spacecraft and put Britain at the forefront of radio astronomy. Show more
1984 edition in which James Burke looks at space exploration and exploitation. He begins by looking at the Apollo XI moon landing, before moving on to mankind's future space plans. Show more
Series exploring topical scientific issues. A look at how new planets being discovered are forcing scientists to rewrite the history of our own solar system. Show more
Classic sci-fi in which a monolith is discovered on the moon. Astronauts following its radio signal are drawn into a struggle for survival with HAL, the spacecraft's computer. Show more
1984 edition in which James Burke looks at space exploration and exploitation. He begins by looking at the Apollo XI moon landing, before moving on to mankind's future space plans. Show more
Timothy Walker looks at how pioneer botanists unlocked the patterns found in different types of plants and opened the door to a new branch of science - plant genetics. Show more
