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Dara O Briain's Science Club

Series 1

Episode 4: Space

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Comedian Josh Widdecombe joins Dara and the team of experts to take a peek into mankind's final frontier - space. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Nigel Paterson
Series Editor:
Nigel Paterson
Presenter:
Dara O Briain
Presenter:
Dara O Briain
Presenter:
Alok Jha
Presenter:
Alok Jha
Presenter:
Mark Miodownik
Presenter:
Mark Miodownik
Presenter:
Helen Czerski
Presenter:
Helen Czerski
Participant:
Josh Widdicombe
Participant:
Josh Widdicombe
Executive Producer:
Andrew Cohen
Executive Producer:
Andrew Cohen
Series Producer:
Kaye Godleman
Series Producer:
Kaye Godleman
Production Manager:
Roger Houston
Production Manager:
Roger Houston
Participant:
Martin Rees
Participant:
Martin Rees

Start the Week

Space Survival and Exploration

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr discusses space travel with expert in space medicine Kevin Fong, astronomer royal Martin Rees, astrophysicist Carole Haswell and sci-fi writer Stephen Baxter. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Fong
Interviewed Guest:
Carole Haswell
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Baxter
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Rees
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Last Word

Professor Stephen Hawking, Hubert de Givenchy, Michele Hanson, Sir John Sulston, Sir Ken Dodd

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on cosmologist Stephen Hawking, designer Hubert de Givenchy, columnist Michele Hanson, biologist Sir John Sulston and comedian Ken Dodd. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Martin Rees
Interviewed Guest:
Amy Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Brian Dickie
Interviewed Guest:
Andy Ayliff
Interviewed Guest:
Veronica Horwell
Interviewed Guest:
Georgina Ferry

Start the Week

David Attenborough: Life on Earth and Beyond

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

David Attenborough, Martin Rees, Philippa Mason and Michael Quetting discuss the evolution of life on earth and beyond with Andrew Marr. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
David Attenborough
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Rees
Interviewed Guest:
Philippa Mason
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Quetting
Producer:
Katy Hickman

HARDtalk

Sir Martin Rees - UK Astronomer Royal

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News ChannelLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD

Stephen Sackur talks Sir Martin Rees, one of the world's leading astrophysicists who says that the next century will determine humanity's long term destiny. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Rees

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Professor Martin Rees, the astronomer royal, searches for extra-terrestrials in a film that gets inside the minds of the scientists considering whether we're alone in the universe. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Martin Rees
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

Duration: 1 hour

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

The story of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and the discoveries they made, told in their own words. Revealing archive provides a unique insight into their lives. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf
Producer:
Suzy Boyles
Participant:
Patricia Fara
Participant:
Roger Penrose
Participant:
Martin Rees
Participant:
Craig MacKay

In Our Time

Relativity

Duration: 42 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Einstein's theory of relativity, a hypothetical framework that transformed our understanding of the universe. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Rees
Interviewed Guest:
Roger Penrose
Interviewed Guest:
Ruth Gregory
Producer:
Thomas Morris

The Sky at Night

Fatal Attraction

Duration: 20 minutes

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

Chris Lintott talks to the astronomer royal about black holes, the beating heart at the centre of galaxies which also have a destructive side. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Presenter:
Lucie Green
Participant:
Martin Rees
Reporter:
Paul G Abel
Reporter:
Chris North
Reporter:
Pete Lawrence
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons