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- A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
- When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.
- Follows a team of engineers and scientists in an ambitious mission to launch the James Webb Space Telescope and take the next giant leap in the understanding of the universe.
- Live versions of the songs, filmed in an old Pompeii amphitheater. Songs included are Echoes (split into 2 parts), Careful with that axe, Eugene, A saucerful of secrets, One of those days, Set the controls for the heart of the sun, Mademoiselle nobbs (Seamus, but with Rick's dog on vocals). "Careful" and "Set the controls" are shot at night with minimal lighting, setting a beautiful mood. And the live Saucerful just has to be seen, with Waters jumping around in the sunlight banging the huge gong. The 80-minute version features studio footage from the recordings of Dark side of the Moon, with alternate versions of Us and them, On the run and Brain Damage, as well as interviews with the band.
- During a period of high activity on the sun a physicist receives images in his lab that show an event that has yet to happen.
- This two-part science fiction docu-drama examines the possibilities of a dangerous, manned space mission to explore the inner and outer planets of the Solar system.
- Professor Cox takes a diamond and with the help of an audience of stars explains quantum theory.
- Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the science of gravity, recreating ground-breaking scientific experiments including the moment when Galileo first discovered how to measure gravity.
- Solarmax is a 40-minute giant-screen documentary that tells the story of humankind's struggle to understand the sun. The film will take audiences on an incredible voyage from pre-history to the leading edge of today's contemporary solar science.
- How do researchers observe the physical forces at work on the Sun's surface? Can we recreate in the laboratory the nuclear fusion that takes place at its heart? What would be the impact of a major solar storm on the power grids of an interconnected world? With astrophysicists, nuclear energy researchers, historians of science, artists and hunters of the aurora borealis - a phenomenon caused by the entry of particles from the solar wind into the Earth's atmosphere - this documentary sets out to discover a star that has been a symbol of life since the dawn of humanity.
- An unusual star is claimed to have appeared in the sky at the time of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. This movie is an investigation into the story found in the Biblical Gospel of Matthew about this Star of Bethlehem. It includes the words of Roman and Jewish historians alongside those of ancient prophets. Come learn about this ancient mystery and draw your own conclusions. If clear, see the stars over Vestal and other celestial objects.
- Leading scientists and researchers weigh in on the scenarios that might unfold if aliens find us and decide to visit Earth. Should we even be searching for extraterrestrial life? What are the risks of reaching out, and what are the risks if the Earth is "found" by aliens?.
- What if the moon never had existed?
- This is the epic story of the stars, and how discovering their tale has transformed our own understanding of the universe.
- SUMMARY OF "COSMIC ENCOUNTERS"
- Tom Holland explores how our ancestors sought to explain the remains of dinosaurs and other giant prehistoric creatures, and how bones and fossils have affected human culture.
- This poignant film is a biography of the shuttle told using three decades of BBC programmes. The film asks if the shuttle will be remembered as an impressive chapter in human space exploration, or as a fatally flawed white elephant.
- The mathematician Marcus du Sautoy discusses the recent discovery, the faster-than-light neutrino anomaly, that neutrinos may travel faster than light.
- Biosphere Continuum continues on the success of the first Biosphere movie. Among many filming locations worldwide, the film crew went to Nepal to capture the aftermath of the devastate earthquake and how people are copping with the tragedy.
- In Spaceship Earth, you get a different view of the world, and of the Netherlands, together with André Kuipers. From space, André, naturalists and stunning nature images take you on a magical voyage of discovery. And you experience how beautiful but also vulnerable our planet is.
- Professor Stephen Hawking enlists engineering expert Prof Danielle George and his own former student, Christophe Galfard, to find out if and how humans can reach for the stars and move to different planets.
- Since the invention of the light bulb, natural darkness is increasingly invaded by artificial light. Once, light was considered unconditionally as an entirely positive element: the more light, the better. It increases safety and has a positive effect on our moods, but scientists are discovering that light also has a dark side as we are discovering its many unforeseen consequences.
- In the 50th anniversary of the Ufology, this documentary analyze the mystery and the reality of the one of the big enigma of the 20th Century: the UFO. Who are this visitants from the outer space? Are they dangerous, or come in peace? Why not directly appear? With interviews to witness of the UFO's sighting and military's documents, this investigation try to prove what it's true and what is illusion, watching the true behind the military concealment what surround this UFO's cases and looking beyond of the UFO's sighting.
- Brian Cox uses the BBC archive to examine the story of man's relationship with the moon, from James Burke testing out Nasa equipment to Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind.
- Poetic documentary showing the beauty of the Orion nebula as captured by the Hubble and Keppler telescopes, and the Voyager mission.
- Evolution takes you on a 13.7 billion years whirlwind journey. The show describes the birth of the scientific method in ancient Miletus, the evolution of the Universe and the stars that make up the galaxies, the geologic evolution of our planet, the evolution of life, the evolution of human civilization and the future of Man in Space. During the show you will realize that the Universe and everything that it contains is not eternal and unchanging, but on the contrary it continuously evolves.
- A travel by the wonders of the universe as brief as unforgettable.
- A stolen toy rocket has a bigger impact on a child than anyone could imagine.
- Discover the beauty of the heavens in four minutes.
- The show takes you back to the little town of Bethlehem of long ago, in the endeavor to investigate what was the "Star", that guided the Wise Men.
- This documentary explain, what it took to reach Titan, the first and, so far, only landing ever accomplished in the outer Solar System.
- Covers all aspects of the Hubble Space Telescope project - a journey through the history, the troubled early life and the ultimate scientific successes of Hubble.
- Comets - friend or foe? Once thought mystical, bringers of bad fortune: recent space missions reveal their origins and composition.
- The theory of chaos states that a butterfly flapping in Brazil can start a storm in Texas: if that is the case, what do you think would be the effect of more than 7 billion butterflies on the Earth? The way we live let a daily footprint on Earth ecosystems. Based on simple scientific facts, The Earth and me explain how forests, waters, food - as well as our own health - are threatened by the ever-growing consumption needs of 7 billion humans.
- Ice is one of the strangest, most beguiling and mesmerising substances in the world. Full of contradictions, it is transparent yet it can glow with colour, it is powerful enough to shatter rock but it can melt in the blink of an eye. It takes many shapes, from the fleeting beauty of a snowflake to the multi-million tonne vastness of a glacier and the eeriness of the ice fountains of far-flung moons. Science writer Dr Gabrielle Walker has been obsessed with ice ever since she first set foot on Arctic sea ice. In this programme she searches out some of the secrets hidden deep within the ice crystal to try to discover how something so ephemeral has the power to sculpt landscapes, to preserve our past and inform our future.
- Experimental documentary about the light and darkness of interstellar space as shown by the Hubble and Keppler telescopes, and the Voyager mission.
- A poetic experimental short film about the conflicting nature of creation.
- Experts voice their concerns that the Gulf Stream, that vast current of water that keeps us warm, could be cut off, leading Britain to develop a climate similar to Alaska. Our ports could be frozen over and ice storms could ravage the country. Discoveries and developments in Greenland, Russia, the Atlantic and the Arctic have fuelled fears that this climate catastrophe could happen within the next century - or even in 20 years' time. Horizon assesses the evidence.