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Horizon

2010-2011

Episode 14: Are We Still Evolving?

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Dr Alice Roberts follows a trail of clues from ancient human bones to the frontiers of genetic research to discover if we are still evolving, and where we might be heading. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Michael Mosley examine how viruses effect the human body and how they spread, as well as examing how to stay healthy during winter. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Mosley
Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Executive Producer:
Dick Colthurst
Executive Producer:
Sarah Peat

Horizon

2014-2015

Episode 7: Is Your Brain Male or Female?

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Series exploring topical scientific issues. Dr Michael Mosley and Professor Alice Roberts investigate whether male and female brains really are wired differently. Show more

Horizon

2012-2013

Episode 16: What Makes us Human?

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Professor Alice Roberts investigates what exactly makes human beings different from the animal kingdom. What is it that truly makes us human? Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Alice Roberts looks through 45 years of Horizon archive material to see how science came to understand sex, strived to solve our problems with it and even helped us do it better. Show more

Ready Steady Cook

Series 18

Episode 13

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Local produce is on the menu as Ainsley Harriott hosts the 20-minute cooking challenge with TV presenters Alice Roberts and Mark Horton.

Night Waves

Night Waves at ZSL London Zoo

Episode 3: Matthew Sweet discusses the ways we can think about our close association with primates

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

In a series broadcast from ZSL London Zoo, Matthew Sweet discusses the ways we can think about our close association with primates: biologically, conceptually and culturally. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Alice Roberts swims in cavernous plunge pools, languid rivers and underground lakes to examine the passion for wild water swimming, following the classic swimming text Waterlog. Show more

Horizon

The £10 Million Challenge

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Series exploring topical scientific issues. To celebrate its 50th birthday, Horizon invites the public to play a role in tackling the greatest challenges facing science today. Show more

Digging for Britain

Series 9

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 2 months

The astonishing discovery of a mosaic has art historians, archaeologists and Alice very excited as they slowly reveal its full beauty. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Executive Producer:
Edward Hart
Executive Producer:
Rory Wheeler
Series Producer:
Theo Williams
Production Company:
Rare TV

Digging for Britain

Series 9

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 2 months

The south of England offers rich pickings, including the earliest money made in Britain and a massive haul of Roman treasure that brings to life the fall of the empire in Britain. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Executive Producer:
Edward Hart
Executive Producer:
Rory Wheeler
Series Producer:
Theo Williams
Production Company:
Rare TV

Woman's Hour

Jacqueline Bisset; the Contraceptive Pill and Mood Swings; Sexual Identity

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Emma Barnett presents highlights from the Woman's Hour week, including Jacqueline Bisset on her new film, the contraceptive pill's effect on mood swings, and sexual identity. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Emma Barnett
Interviewed Guest:
Jacqueline Bisset
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Roberts
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Greenhouse
Interviewed Guest:
Rosie Garland
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Croker
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Perrins
Interviewed Guest:
Ellie O'Hagan
Interviewed Guest:
Deepti Kapoor
Interviewed Guest:
Gill Slocombe
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Calman
Interviewed Guest:
Blanche Marvin

Digging for Britain

Series 9

Episode 5

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 2 months

A new Roman town and hundreds of finds are discovered. The Cerne Giant finally gets a date, and a World War II air crash mystery is laid to rest. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Reporter:
Cat Jarman
Executive Producer:
Edward Hart
Executive Producer:
Rory Wheeler
Series Producer:
Theo Williams
Production Company:
Rare TV

Digging for Britain

Series 9

Episode 4

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 2 months

Unearthing a Jurassic giant, investigating finds from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and uncovering the hidden heart of Roman Leicester. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Reporter:
Onyeka Nubia
Executive Producer:
Edward Hart
Executive Producer:
Rory Wheeler
Series Producer:
Theo Williams
Production Company:
Rare TV

Pointless Celebrities

Series 6

Episode 19: Experts

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Alexander Armstrong presents a celebrity experts edition of the quiz that rewards the answers that no-one else could think of, with guests including Professor Alice Roberts. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Participant:
Alice Roberts
Participant:
Dick Strawbridge
Participant:
Eric Knowles
Participant:
Mark Stacey
Participant:
Nicky Clarke
Participant:
Michael Douglas
Participant:
Michaela Strachan
Executive Producer:
Pam Cavannagh
Executive Producer:
James Fox
Executive Producer:
Richard Hague
Executive Producer:
Sue Allison
Series Producer:
John Ryan

Pointless Celebrities

Series 10

Episode 38: Academia

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HD

An academia special, with Dr John Cooper Clarke, Suzannah Lipscomb, Mark Horton, Alice Roberts, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Jim Al-Khalili, Robin Ince and Kate Williams. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Participant:
John Cooper Clarke
Participant:
Suzannah Lipscomb
Participant:
Mark Horton
Participant:
Alice Roberts
Participant:
Jim Al-Khalili
Participant:
Robin Ince
Participant:
Kate Williams
Executive Producer:
James Fox
Executive Producer:
Richard Hague
Executive Producer:
Dom Waugh
Series Producer:
John Ryan
Production Company:
Endemol Shine UK

Digging for Britain

Series 9

Episode 6

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 2 months

Featuring a Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall, evidence of early writing by the Picts in Scotland and a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age coffin buried under a golf course. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Reporter:
Onyeka Nubia
Executive Producer:
Edward Hart
Executive Producer:
Rory Wheeler
Series Producer:
Theo Williams
Production Company:
Rare TV

Woman's Hour

Jacqueline Bisset; Contraceptive pill and mood swings; Crowdfunding

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Emma Barnett presents the programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Features include how some women's moods can worsen on the 'wrong' contraceptive pill. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Emma Barnett
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Roberts
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Greenhouse
Interviewed Guest:
Jacqueline Bisset
Interviewed Guest:
Anastasia Emmanuel
Interviewed Guest:
Britt Jurgensen
Interviewed Guest:
Dido Harding
Interviewed Guest:
Tshepo Mokoena

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Professor Brian Cox hosts as comedians Ben Miller and Hugh Dennis each lead a team of scientists and they compete to find the scientific connections between six unlikely objects. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Cox
Participant:
Hugh Dennis
Participant:
Ben Miller
Participant:
Steve Jones
Participant:
Hannah Fry
Participant:
Alice Roberts
Participant:
Jim Al-Khalili
Production Manager:
Raewyn Dickson
Executive Producer:
Andrew Cohen

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The amazing story of the car includes an alliance with a deadly predator, devastating floods, a 19th-century publicity stunt, a mountain of horse dung and a trip to the slaughterhouse. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jim Al-Khalili
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Roberts
Interviewed Guest:
Danny Forster
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Hurford
Interviewed Guest:
Jutta Kleinschmidt
Interviewed Guest:
Jay Leno
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Geddes
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Kaner
Executive Producer:
Iain Riddick
Executive Producer:
Ben Bowie
Director:
Nat Sharman