Physics

Last Edited: 18-Oct-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
17-Aug-1998 to
21-Aug-1998
 The Calendar
  1. Time and What It Means
  2. Caesar and Cleopatra
  3. Constantine
  4. Charlemagne
  5. Gregory XIII
 written by David Ewing Duncan
read by Derek Jacobi
Abridged By: Katrin Williams
Producer: Clive Stanhope
 5 files
1:11:03, 97.5 MB, S
01-Dec-1999 to
22-Dec-1999
 Quantum
  1. A Measure of Uncertainty
  2. Councils of Despair
  3. Einstein's Nightmare
  4. Beyond Common Sense
 John Gribbin, Paul Birchard
Producer: Louise Dalziel
 4 files
1"49:34, 150 MB, S
13-Sep-2004 to
04-Oct-2004
R7:
04-Feb-2008 to
08-Feb-2008 		The Science of DIY
  1. The Wheelbarrow
  2. A Chip off the Old Block –
    Chisels and Saws
  3. If I Had a Hammer –
    Hammers and Nails
  4. Tightening Up –
    Nuts, Bolts and Spanners
  5. Screws and Screwdrivers
Len Fisher
Produced by Amanda Hargreaves 		13:12, 12931, S
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22-Nov-2004 Songs of the Sky --
Sounds of the Aurora Borealis 		Adam Fowler
Produced by Kate Bissell		 27:54, 26173, S
24-Jan-2005 High Speed Radio --
Playing back sounds at a slower speed 		Peter France
Produced by Sarah Blount 		27:50, 26101, S
02-May-2005 How Long Is this Piece of String? Mark Whittaker
Produced by Janet Graves 		14:17, 13407, S
20-Sep-2005 Return of the Atom --
Atomic power reconsidered 		Denys Blakeway
Producer Mark Savage
 38:06, 35731, S
28-Sep-2005 Fabulous, Flawless and Fake --
Artificial diamonds and other gems 		Hermione Cockburn
Produced by Amanda Hargreaves		 27:54, 26167, S
23-Jan-2006 Behind the Beat --
Rhythm in science, medicine, and music 		Geoffrey Rossen, Wyn Dvies, Jeff Olmut,
Taminka Blanchard, Tony Hayes,
Johannes Harness
Produced by Tom Alban 		26:59, 25307, S
29-Mar-2006 to
05-Apr-2006 		Dounreay --
Decommissioning a nuclear reactor 		Simon Willis
Produced by Richard Ells 		27:55, 26183, S
27:50, 26103, S
03-Feb-2007
 The Hunt for the Hum
low-frequency noise
 Bill Bailey
produced by John Byrne
 27:30, 25794, S
BBC TV4
26-Jul-2007
02-Aug-2007
09-Aug-2007		 Atom
  1. Clash of Titans
  2. The Key to the Cosmos
  3. The Illusion of Reality
 Presenter Jim Al-Khalili
Director Tim Usborne		 MP4 VIDEO
58:49, 600243
58:33, 597708
58:58, 602037
24-Oct-2007
31-Oct-2007 		The Sounds of Science
  1. Bad Vibes, Good Vibrations
  2. The Secret Life of Sound
Trevor Cox
Produced by Rami Sabah 		28:02, 26297, S
27:46, 26038, S
16-Jan-2008 Britain’s Sputnik – Project Zeta Roland Pease
Producer: Alexandra Feachem 		28:10, 26414, S
UK TV4
Mar-2008
 Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe
 narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt
directed and produced by Gary Johnstone
 AVI VIDEO HD
48:02, 1189949
48:12, 1198247
BBC TV4
2007
BBC TV2
03-Jun-2008
10-Jun-2008

 Absolute Zero
  1. The Conquest of Cold
  2. The Race for Absolute Zero
 Narrated by Jim Carter
Director/Producer David Dugan
 AVI VIDEO
59:01, 606686
59:07, 606215
 
 
08-Sep-2008 to
12-Sep-2008



 
08-Sep-2008
09-Sep-2008
10-Sep-2008
10-Sep-2008
10-Sep-2008 to
24-Sep-2008 		Big Bang Day--
the Large Hadron Collider is activated
  1. Five Particles
    1. Electron
    2. Quark
    3. Anti-particle
    4. Neutrino
    5. the "next" particle
  2. The Making of CERN

  3. Engineering Solutions
  4. Physics Rocks


  5. The Great Big Particle Adventure




Presenter: Simon Singh,
Producer: Adrian Washbourne





Quentin Cooper, Producer: Tom Alban
Adam Hart-Davis, Roland Pease
 Brian Cox, Alan Alda, John Borrowman,
Ben Miller, Dara O'Briain, Eddie Izzard
produced by Alexandra Feacham
Presenter: Ben Miller
Producer: Roland Pease





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missed, gaps

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16-Mar-2009 to
20-Mar-2009		 The Synchrotron View
  1. Fragments of the comet Wild-2
  2. pigment from Turner's studio and Pompeii
  3. iron deposits and disease
  4. mysteries of earthworms
  5. squashing hydrogen
 Dave Dodd
produced by Kevin Dawson		 14:05, 13211, S
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03-Mar-2010 The Big Bang: What Happened Next Geoff Watts
produced by Alexandra Feacham		 27:42, 25978, S
29-Dec-2010
 Schrodinger s Quantum Kittens
 Robin Ince
Producer: Dominic Byrne
 27:54, 26160, S
BBC TV4
21-Mar-2011
28-Mar-2011
 Everything and Nothing
  1. Everything
  2. Nothing
 Presenter Jim Al-Khalili
Producer/director Nic Stacey
 AVI VIDEO HD
59:31, 1470053
BBC TV4
06-Oct-2011 to
20-Oct-2011
 Shock and Awe:
The Story of Electricity
  1. Spark
  2. The Age of Invention
  3. Revelations and Revolutions
 Jim Al-Khalili
produced and directed by Tim Usborne, Jon
Eastman, Alex Freeman
 AVI VIDEO HD
59:13, 1472721
59:07, 1472146
58:49, 1467200
BBC TV2
19-Oct-2011

 Faster Than the Speed of Light?
 Marcus du Sautoy
Producer Alicky Sussman, Graeme McAulay
 AVI VIDEO HD
58:05, 1438485
02-Jan-2012 to
06-Jan-2012
 Dear Professor Hawking
 Lucy Hawking and Tim Hawking
Kip Thorne, Lord Professor Martin Rees, Paul
Stelland, Ben Bowie, Kitty Ferguson, Judith
Croasdell, Sam Blackburn
Producer: Julian Mayers
 5 files
1:08:36, 62.8 MB, S
28-Jan-2013 to
01-Feb-2013		 Technicolour
  1. Colour Vision
  2. Colour Naming
  3. Feeling Colour
  4. Making Colour
  5. Selling Colour
 Presenter: Tracey Logan
Producer: Michelle Martin		 13:45, 12874, S
13:49, 12943, S
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13:46, 12885, S
13-Aug-2013
 Bragg on the Braggs
 Melvyn Bragg
Producer: Thomas Morris
 27:58, 26171, S
28-Mar-2015
 The Clocks Go Forward Tonight
 Stephen Fry
produced by Christopher Howells
 27:41, 32425, S
CBC R1 IDEAS
30-May-2011
 The Second Law Of Everything
 Ian Wilkinson
produced by Dave Redel
 53:52, 50507, S
CBC R1 IDEAS
21-Nov-2011
28-Nov-2011
05-Dec-2011
 The Power Of Colour

  1. Black, White, Red
  2. Orange, Yellow, Green
  3. Blue, Indigo, Violet

 Cindy Bisaillon

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