Adam Hart Davis takes a road trip along the ghost of the Beverley to York line, which was scrapped under Beeching, and looks at the fierce local campaign to get it re-opened.

Adam Hart-Davis explores the world of Britain's 40,000 amateur astronomers, whose increasingly sophisticated home equipment has enabled them to collaborate with professionals. Show more

Josie d'Arby investigates a zoo with a secret, Adam Hart-Davis chronicles the ill-fated Bristol Brabazon airliner, and Alastair McKee enters a Somerset scything competition. Show more

A TV experts edition of the general knowledge quiz with Michael Fish, Carrie Grant, David Grant, Adam Hart-Davis, Mary-Ann Ochota, Martin Roberts, Charlie Ross, Catherine Southon. Show more

Celebrity version of the quiz, with Kate Williams, Adam Hart-Davis, Janina Ramirez, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Ben Willbond, Laurence Rickard, Lars Tharp and Tim Wonnacott. Show more

Series featuring distinguished graduates. Adam Hart-Davis and Helen Geake from the University of York face Jim Al-Khalili and Susan Blackmore from the University of Surrey. Show more

Shappi Khorsandi goes back in time, fascinated by the world of history. With Adam Hart-Davis, comedian Simon Evans and music from Duncan Oakley. Show more

Series examining the innovations and inventions of ancient civilisations. Adam Hart-Davis builds and tests some of the greatest inventions from the world of ancient Rome. Show more

Series examining the innovations of ancient civilisations. Adam Hart-Davis builds and tests some of the greatest inventions from the world of the Mesopotamians. Show more

Series examining the innovations and of ancient civilisations. Adam Hart-Davis builds and tests some of the greatest inventions from the world of ancient Egypt. Show more

Series examining the innovations and of ancient civilisations. Adam Hart-Davis builds and tests some of the greatest inventions from the world of ancient Greece. Show more

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. Adam takes a lesson in Victorian etiquette.

Adam Hart-Davis joins alien hunters at a huge new telescope in California dedicated to receiving the first message from intelligent beings. Show more

How do you build a universe? Adam Hart-Davis is with the team hoping to blast their way back to the Big Bang in the world's largest experiment. Show more

How far out into space and back into time can we see? Adam Hart-Davis visits the world's largest telescope in Chile which reveals incredible new sights from across the universe. Show more

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the dream mission to put men on Mars. It will take thirty years, but methods for exploring the red planet are already being tested in the Utah desert. Show more

Adam Hart-Davis presents a series exploring the cosmos. He joins the team in Leicester hunting for the biggest bangs since the Big Bang. Show more

Is there another Earth? Adam Hart-Davis is on the summit of La Palma in the Canary Islands, searching for planets around other suns, some of which are too small to see. Show more

Adam Hart-Davis investigates Victorian innovations. He goes fossil hunting at Lyme Regis, recreates a Victorian seance, and examines devices for waking the dead. Show more

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. In this programme, the world of crime and retribution. Show more