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Episode 1: The Archaeologists

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Peter Curran puts archaeologists under his anthropological microscope. He meets a tribe who are excavating the culture of the Stone Age on Jersey. Show more

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Episode 5: Volcanologists

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Peter Curran meets the scientists who are drawn to study volcanoes. What makes them risk life and limb, clambering around lakes of lava? Show more

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Episode 4: Antarctic Scientists

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Peter Curran puts Antarctic scientists under his anthropological lens. What are the rituals and survival strategies of this ice-bound tribe? Show more

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Episode 3: The Statisticians

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

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At the annual Royal Statistical Society Awards, Peter Curran counts up the statisticians. Show more

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Episode 2: Diamond beam line scientists

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

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A gigantic silver doughnut in the countryside is the home of the Diamond synchotron tribe. Peter Curran meets the scientists who control the UK's most powerful x-ray machine. Show more