Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Manufacturing

Last Edited: 01-Jun-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.



Date Title Cast Parameters
BBC R4
31-Jul-2001
07-Aug-2001
14-Aug-2001
21-Aug-2001

Elements of Surprise
  1. Mercury, the Story of Quicksilver
  2. Carbon, The Core of Life
  3. Nickel, The Legend of Devil's Copper
  4. Oxygen, Oxygen's Poisonous Life Force
Adam Hart-Davis
Reader: Crawford Logan
Producer Louise Dalziel

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27:30, 6449, m

01-Nov-2002
Tripping the Light Fantastic (Neon)
Ian Peacock
produced by Adrian Washbourne
28:06, 6588, m
06-Dec-2004
Bhopal – An Accident Waiting to Happen?
Mark Tully
Produced by Sarah Lewthwaite
28:27, 26674, S
02-Mar-2005
Gold -- Scottish Gold
Hermione Cockburn
Produced by Amanda Hargreaves
28:02, 26284, S
07-Nov-2005
Periodic Tales

Krypton – Helium – Silver – Cobalt –
Selenium – Oxygen – Arsenic – Mercury
– Iodine – Nickel
Heidli Nicklaus, Brian Perkins, Trevor Harrison,
Carole Boyd
Omnibus of all episodes
14:29, 6794, m
BBC R4
07-Nov-2005 to
11-Nov-2005

Periodic Table, The – 200th anniversary
  1. Hydrogen
  2. Phosphorus
  3. Potassium
  4. Gold
  5. Carbon
Chris Addison
Readings by Andrew Sachs
Produced by Vicki Shepherd, Eve Streater

14:12, 13327, S
14:09, 13281, S
13:54, 13033, S
13:59, 13121, S
13:52, 13013, S

27-Dec-2005
The Greening of Chemistry
Gerry Northam
Produced by Helen Sharp
37:21, 35032, S
29-Dec-2005
05-Jan-2006
The Future’s Plastic!
  1. The Birth of Plastic
  2. The Plastic Age
Richard Hollingham
Produced by Martin Redfern
27:59, 26240, S
28:01, 26269, S
05-Jul-2006
The Isomers Have It
Sue Nelson
Produced by Helen Sharpe
27:45, 26027, S
28-Nov-2006
Fantastic Fabrics, Ripping Yarns
Vanessa Collingridge
Produced by Sam Thom
28:07, 26373, S
10-Jan-2007
Thomas Midgley: a Cautionary Tale
Hermione Cockburn
Produced by Mike Holley
28:17, 26527, S
05-Jun-2008
The Great Carbon Bazaar --
Carbon Trading
Mark Gregory
David Edmonds
27:56, 26203, S
14-Jul-2008
Scourge of the Lead Industry --
Clair Patterson
Hermione Cockburn
Produced by Mike Halley
28:37, 26830, S
08-Dec-2008 Behind the Scenes with Carbon Dioxide
Chris Rapley
dramatizations by G  W Fraser
performed by Crawford Logan
directed by Louise Dyall
28:10, 26407, S
BBC TV4
21-Jan-2010
to
04-Feb-2010
Chemistry: A Volatile History
  1. Discovering the Elements
  2. The Order of the Elements
  3. The Power of the Elements
Jim Al-Khalili
Producer/Director:
  1. Jon Stephens
  2. Ros Homan
  3. Tom Cholmondeley
AVI VIDEO
58:58, 606407
59:00, 607243
59:00, 606879
11-Feb-2010 Out of This World
the dwindling supplies of a host of
important metals
Mark Miodownik
produced by Brian King
27:58, 26225, S
25-Aug-2010 Frontiers
Graphene - the new wonder material
Roland Pease  
27:58, 26226, S
12-Apr-2011 The Chemist of Life and Death
Chris Bowlby, Natalie Morton
27:35, 25866, S
BBC TV4
13-Oct-2010
Explosions: How We Shook the World
Jem Stansfield
ProducerDirector Alex Freeman
AVI VIDEO
59:27, 609842
25-Nov-2011 Spooklights
Andrea Sella
produced by Roland Pease
27:53, 26092, S
01-Aug-2012 Whatever Happened to the
Chemistry Set?

Kat Arney
Producer: Julian Mayers
27:48, 26020, S
09-Dec-2013
Riding the Graphene Wave
Gerry Northam
Producer: Philip Reevell
27:39, 25879, S
BBC R4
25-Apr-2017 to
23-May-2017







16-Jan-2018 to
30-Jan-2018



25-Jul-2018 to
08-Aug-2018

In Their Element
  1. Mercury - Chemistry's Jekyll and Hyde
  2. Oxygen - The Breath of Life
  3. Lithium - And then there was Li
  4. Carbon - the backbone of life
  5. Silicon - The World's Building Block

  6. Our Lives with Lead
  7. Phosphorus, Smoke and Lighting
  8. Awesome Iodine

  9. Fluorine: Chemistry's Tiger
  10. Any Old Iron
  11. Sodium: The key to life

  1. Andrea Sella
  2. Trevor Cox
  3. Sophie Scott
  4. Monica Grady
  5. Louisa Preston

  6. Uta Frith
  7. Andrea Sella
  8. Margaret Rayman

  9. Andrea Sella
  10. Kate Maguire
  11. Sophie Scott
produced by Julian Siddle
Producer: Louisa Field



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27:37, 25907, S
27:32, 25814, S
27:45, 26033, S

CBC R1 IDEAS
12-Jan-2009
19-Jan-2009

Salt
Paul Kennedy
Produced by Dave Field

53:54, 50532, S
51:41, 48461, S
CBC R1 IDEAS 20-Jan-2009 The Music of Matter - the periodic table
Ian Wilkinson, Paul Kennedy
Produced by Yvonne Gall, Dave Redel

53:06, 49793, S
CBC R1 IDEAS 11-Feb-2009 The Story of Iron
Chris McGowan, Paul Kennedy
Produced by Jane Lewis

54:03, 50686, S