Catalyst is Australia's premier science investigation series. Each week the team brings you stories from Australia and around the world, meeting scientists at the forefront of discovery.
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Dr Helen Czerski examines the world of sound waves.
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Join Derek Muller (Veritasium) as he looks into the weird, bizarre, and seemingly inexplicable images found on Google Earth to discover what on Earth they actually are. It’s a travel vlog, documentary, and science show wrapped into one. It’s Pindrop.
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This ground-breaking two-part series takes us inside two of the most amazing structures in the natural world: our hands and feet.
Chris Jackson, Xand Van Tulleken and Aldo Kane take part in an extraordinary expedition to one of the world's most dangerous, spectacular and least known volcanoes.
Kate Humble joins a team of geologists at the Vanuatu archipelago to investigate some of the most active volcanoes in the world - and to predict if another major eruption might be imminent.
Get set for It’s Not Rocket Science, a brand new entertainment series that celebrates science and the world around us through thrilling, big-scale experiments and emotive personal stories. Fronted by actor Ben Miller, stand up comedian Romesh Ranganathan and presenter Rachel Riley, all of whom share a passion for science and technology, the fast paced and informative six-part series brings science to life in all its many forms, showcasing brand new gadgets and technology, and using awe inspiring innovation. Every week, one of the presenters will put their lives in jeopardy in a series of daredevil, high-risk experiments, where only science can save them. Rachel plays with fire, quite literally, as she zip wires through a wall of flames, Ben Miller finds himself strapped to a high speed wrecking ball and hurtling towards Romesh, and Romesh is pinned to the floor with a full size fridge plummeting towards him. Resident scientist Dr Kevin Fong will preside over the high-octane activity as the trio put their trust in science to survive…
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Nowhere else in the world is so regularly ravaged by infernos of the intensity, scale and destructive force of the Australian bushfire. As our population grows and spreads and as the effects of climate change are felt, the danger to loss of life and property escalates. What do we know about bushfires and how can we prevent their devastating consequences? Not surprisingly, Australia is a world leader in fire research and the complex and technologically sophisticated job of fire fighting and prevention. Inside The Inferno takes us into the terrifying heart of major fire events, unfolding the research that explains how fires start, grow and change; and how we predict them, prevent them, fight them and hopefully survive these violent natural disasters. Inside The Inferno explores not only the devastating mega fires such as Black Saturday in Victoria 2009 and the Canberra fires of 2003, but also major fire-fronts that received little attention.
Survival instructor Marc Mouret have 100 days to sharpen his body and mind to take on extraordinary challenges.
In the series, "Wallace will take a light hearted and humorous look at the real-life inventors, contraptions, gadgets and inventions, with the silent help of Gromit. The series aims to inspire a whole new generation of innovative minds by showing them real, but mind-boggling, machines and inventions from around the world that have influenced his illustrious inventing career" (the BBC press statement). Peter Sallis reprised his role as the voice of Wallace. The filmed inserts are mostly narrated by Ashley Jensen, with one in each episode presented in-vision by Jem Stansfield. John Sparkes also voices a portion in the unseen character of archivist Goronwy.
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Geologist Iain Stewart explain in three stages of natural history the crucial interaction of our very planet's physiology and its unique wildlife. Biological evolution is largely driven bu adaptation to conditions such as climate, soil and irrigation, but biotopes were also shaped by wildlife changing earth's surface and climate significantly, even disregarding human activity.
Explore some of the most death-defying accidents caught on film. Survivors and eyewitnesses explain what went wrong and a panel of experts dissect the scientific principle behind these
Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The episodes deal, in order, with communism in The Soviet Union, systems analysis and game theory during the Cold War, economy in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, the insecticide DDT, Kwame Nkrumah's leadership in Ghana during the 1950s and 1960s and the history of nuclear power.
Scientists, researchers, and entrepreneurs are revolutionizing the way people see, touch, taste, hear, and smell with cutting-edge advances in technology.
The Human Body is a seven-part documentary series that looks at the mechanics and emotions of the human body from birth to death.
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26 episodes • 2014
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Goodall | Jan 1, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Shark Behavior | Jan 1, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Virtual Universe | Jan 1, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Polar People | Jan 1, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Voyager | Jan 1, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Wings Of Wonder | Jan 1, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Sun's Lost Siblings | Jan 1, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Super Solar Cells | Jan 1, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Our Chemical Lives | Jan 1, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Antivenom | Jan 1, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Powering The Mind | Jan 1, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Alien Technology | Jan 1, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 13 | 3D Virus | Jan 1, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Future Cities | Jan 1, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Quantum Computing | Jan 1, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Peacock Spider | Jan 1, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Allergy Pill | Jan 1, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Cardiac Implants | Jan 1, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Honey Bees | Jan 1, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Extreme Weather | Jan 1, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Fast Food For Hummingbirds | Jan 1, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Ancient Writing | Jan 1, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Tokyo Flood Prevention | Jan 1, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Life Enhancing Drugs | Jan 1, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Bioluminescence | Jan 1, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Mega-tsunamis | Jan 1, 2014 | 0.0 |
22 episodes • 2014
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meteors, Sea Level Rise, House Fires | Jul 17, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Tattoos, Moon Mining, Muscle Fibre | Jul 24, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Omega 3 Inmates, Antarctic Sea Ice, Dog Optimism | Jul 31, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Radiation Fallout, Multiple Organ Failure | Aug 7, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Gut Reaction: Part 1 - What You Eat Could Be Making You Ill | Aug 14, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Gut Reaction: Part 2 - Let Food Be Thy Medicine | Aug 21, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 7 | AE2 - The Silent ANZAC, Where Does Fat Go? | Aug 28, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Epilepsy, Brian Schmidt | Sep 4, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Dr. Jane Goodall Profile, Mystery Mummy, Eureka Prizes | Sep 11, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Testosterone - It's Not All About Sex | Nov 18, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Honey Bees, Drinking Water, Driver Distraction | Sep 25, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Mega Tsunamis, Allergy Pill, Nature Play | Oct 2, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Falling In Friendship | Oct 9, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Global Warming Pause, Virtual Universe, Green Alloys | Oct 16, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Tokyo Flood Prevention, Crying, Open Plan Office | Oct 23, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Wind, Bird Strike | Oct 30, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Aircraft Electromagnetic Interference, Tilapia, Laser Danger | Nov 6, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Low Carb Diet - Fat or Fiction? | Nov 13, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Genetic ID, Tunnel Borer, Coral Trout | Nov 20, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Antiviral Abalone, Fermat's Theorem, Predator Scat | Nov 27, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Future Cities | Dec 4, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Implant Protection, What Rat Is That?, Science Of The Perfect Drink | Dec 11, 2014 | 0.0 |
20 episodes • 2015
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polar People, Plant Based Medicine | Feb 3, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Lead Astray | Feb 10, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Tick Meat Allergy, Alien Technology | Feb 17, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Passport Facial Recognition, Anti-venom | Feb 24, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Tamiflu, The Sun's Lost Sibling | Mar 3, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Super Solar Cells, Where Birdsong Began | Mar 10, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Powering The Mind | Mar 17, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Horse Whip, Antarctic Acidification | Mar 24, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Our Chemical Lives | Mar 31, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Condoms, Toorale Man | Apr 7, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Fit In 6 Minutes A Week | Sep 29, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Diagnosing Mental Illness, Ghostbusters, Brain Stimulation | Oct 6, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Why Am I Still Fat? | Oct 13, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Can We Live on Mars?, Parrots versus Possums | Oct 20, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Too Much Medicine | Oct 27, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Female Sex Drive | Nov 3, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Einstein | Nov 10, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 18 | A Life Without Males | Nov 17, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Gluten: A Gut Feeling | Nov 24, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Sharks | Dec 8, 2015 | 0.0 |
40 episodes • 2016
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Batteries 24 Hour Renewable Power | Feb 2, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Oxytocin, Crown of Thorns Starfish | Feb 9, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Wi-Fried? | Feb 16, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Out of Africa | Feb 23, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Science of Sci-Fi Films, Mercury Hotspots | Mar 1, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Music on the Brain | Mar 8, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Micro-Plastics, Tassie's Secrets | Mar 15, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 8 | If Pain Persists | Mar 22, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Motorcycle Clothes, Gravitational Waves | Mar 29, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Lavender and the Honey Bee, Tassie Fires | Apr 5, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Blind Leading the Blind, Bionic Bra | Apr 12, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Antibiotic Resistance | Apr 19, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Short Sightedness In Children, Saving A Furry Friend | Apr 26, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Exercise and Cancer | May 10, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Becoming Superhuman (Part 1) | May 24, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Becoming Superhuman (Part 2) | May 31, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Meditation: Can It Really Change You? | Jun 7, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Oldest Aussie Beer, Unboiling An Egg | Jun 14, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Live Long Die Young | Jun 21, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Stress and Cancer, Secrets of Pluto | Jun 28, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Toxic Ticks | Jul 5, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Soundscape, Juno's Mission | Jul 12, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Gaming with Orang-utans, Stormageddon | Jul 19, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Gut Reaction (Part 1) | Jul 26, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Gut Reaction (Part 2) | Aug 2, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Artificial Sweeteners, Antarctica Fossils | Aug 9, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Stentrode, Fantastic Journey | Aug 16, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Alzheimer's - Can We Prevent It? | Aug 23, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Gene Editing, Is There Life On Mars? | Aug 30, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Making Dogs Happy (Part 1) | Sep 6, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Making Dogs Happy (Part 2) | Sep 13, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Smell: Our Most Underestimated Sense | Sep 20, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Hidden Secrets Of Art, Out Of Africa | Sep 27, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Forensic Future, Alien Megastructure | Oct 4, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Coral Bleaching | Oct 11, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Plain Of Jars, Tiny Satellites | Oct 18, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Testosterone, Dr. Jane Goodall | Oct 25, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Medicinal Cannabis | Nov 1, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Tick Bites, Swift Parrot | Nov 8, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 40 | The Anthropocene | Nov 15, 2016 | 0.0 |
17 episodes • 2017
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meet The Avatars | Aug 15, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Can Seaweed Save The World? | Aug 22, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Closing In: The Hunt For Alien Life | Aug 29, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Day The Dinosaurs Died | Sep 5, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Heartbeat: The Miracle Inside You | Sep 12, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Death Dive: Into The Rings Of Saturn | Sep 19, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Sit Back, Relax; The Dawn Of The Driverless Car | Sep 26, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Can We Save the Reef? | Oct 3, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 9 | How To Exercise Better | Oct 10, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Gut Revolution (Part 1) | Oct 17, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Gut Revolution (Part 2) Garry's Story | Oct 24, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 12 | It's A Twin Thing | Oct 31, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Secret To Making Better Decisions | Jan 30, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Farmer Needs A Robot | Feb 6, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Back To The Moon | Feb 13, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Gut Revolution (Part 3) Victoria's Story | Feb 20, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Sleep Matters | Feb 27, 2018 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2018
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skin Clinic | Mar 6, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Feeding Australia: Foods of Tomorrow | Aug 14, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Feeding Australia: A Sustainable Future | Aug 21, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 4 | How to Build a Time Machine | Aug 28, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Beating Diabetes | Sep 4, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 6 | How To Get Lucky: The Maths Of Chance | Sep 11, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Memory Matters | Sep 18, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Bionic Revolution | Oct 23, 2018 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2019
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allergy Clinic | Feb 12, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Mindfulness Experiment | Feb 19, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Black Hole Hunters | Feb 26, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Staying Younger for Longer: Body | Aug 13, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Staying Younger for Longer: Brain | Aug 20, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Should I Risk It? | Oct 8, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Face Surgeons: Inside the Craniofacial Unit | Oct 15, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Investigating Body Dysmorphia | Oct 22, 2019 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 2020
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How Food Works (Part 1) | Apr 14, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 2 | How Food Works (Part 2) | Apr 21, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Teeth Clinic | Apr 28, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Asteroid Hunters | May 5, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Building Greener Cities | May 12, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Kill or Cure? The Story of Venom | Mar 9, 2021 | 0.0 |
11 episodes • 2021
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are We Killing Our Koalas? | Feb 16, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Mars: Our Second Home? | Feb 23, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Mars: The Hunt For Life | Mar 2, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Kill or Cure: The Story of Venom | Mar 9, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Cancer: A Story of Hope | Jul 20, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Truth About Fasting | Jul 27, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Wildlife Revolution | Aug 3, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Grid: Powering the Future | Aug 10, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Doctor at the Door: The McClellands | Aug 17, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Doctor at the Door: The Kulkarnis | Aug 24, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Magic and the Brain: The Science of Illusion | Aug 31, 2021 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 2022Avg: 7.5Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Secret Lives of Our Urban Birds | Feb 1, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Big Brew Challenge | Feb 8, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Miracle Babies: Operation Hope | Feb 15, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Forever Young? The Rise of Injectables | Feb 22, 2022 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Solar Storms: A Warning from Space | Mar 1, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Science of Relationships | Aug 9, 2022 | 8.0 |