Science, General

Last Edited: 20-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.
See also various branches such as Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics
Adventures in Science
Behind the Superficial
Eureka Years, The
High Resolution
Infinite Monkey Cage
Shared Earth
Shared Planet
The Tribes of Science
Date Title Cast Parameters
BBC WS
1993 to 1994
 Litmus Test, The
  1. Tell A Short Story
  2. Create A Story From Ingredients
  3. Story Which Links Clues
  4. Tell A Botanical Story
  5. Tell A True Story About Two Worlds in Collision
  6. Create A Short Story About a Meteorite
  7. Tell A True Story About An Earthly Planet
  8. Brains Are Best For Who-Done-Its
  9. How Did Einstein Find His Number
  10.  Why the Top of Truth Is Difficult to Find
  11. One Hole Creature
 Fred Harris
Producer Louise Dalziel, Alyson Mitchell

This science quiz show ran on both BBC R4 and BBC WS
for several years, ending in 1994.
11 files
5:13:31, 71.7 MB, M



05-Sep-2001 to
19-Sep-2001



27-Nov-2002 to
11-Dec-2002
 Serendipity of Science
  1. Things That Go Flash in the Night
  2. Miracle Microbes to Superbugs
  3. Infrared, Gamma Rays and
    Everything in Between

  4. Material Milestones and Fantastic
    Plastics
  5. Going with a Bang
  6. From Venom to Viagra
 Simon Singh, James Bryce, Crawford Logan
Producer Amanda Hargreaves, Monise Durrani






Simon Singh, Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Producer: Monise Durrani
 6 files
2:47:03, 114 MB, S
28-Jul-2003 to
01-Aug-2003
 Tales of Cats and Comets
  1. Newton's Apple
  2. Schroedinger's Cat
  3. Franklin's Kite
  4. Pavlov's Dogs
  5. Halley's Comet
 Ian Peacock
  1. Bernard MacLaverty, Charlotte Jones
  2. Philip Pullman, Michael Frayn
  3. Victoria Glendinning, Joyce Snyder
  4. Will Self
  5. Patrick Moore, John Amos
Producer: Erika Wright
 5 files
1:10:43, 64.7 MB, S
29-Sep-2005
 Naming Nature
 Ian McMillan
Producer: Marya Burgess
 27:58, 26219, S
03-Jan-2006
 The Science Blacklist
 Justin Webb
Producer: Michelle Martin
 36:58, 34659, S
09-Aug-2006 to
23-Aug-2005
 Citizen Science
  1. Conservation
  2. computers
  3. astronomy
 Sue Nelson
Producer: Fiona Roberts
 3 files
1:24:01, 76.9 MB, S
05-Oct-2005
 Arthur C Clarke: the Science and
the Fiction
 Arthur C Clarke, Heather Couper
Producer: Martin Redfern
 28:05, 26339, S
31-Dec-2006
 The End Is Nigh Again
 Clive Anderson
Producer: Simon Hollis
 28:31, 26740, S
15-Feb-2007
 Scientists Advise, Ministers Decide
 Lord May
Producer: Susan Hulme
 27:57, 26207, S


12-Jan-2006
19-Jan-2006
26-Jan-2006


14-Mar-2007
21-Mar-2007
28-Mar-2007
 Jonathan Edwards Looks Into
  1. Traffic
  2. Memory
  3. Sports Fabrics

  4. beauty
  5. mental preparation
  6. artificial intelligence
 Jonathan Edwards
Producer: John Watkins

series 1 missed




27:51, 26125, S
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09-Aug-2007
16-Aug-2007
23-Aug-2007


15-Dec-2008
22-Dec-2008
29-Dec-2008
 Science Friction
  1. Women in Science
  2. Discovering the Laws of Nature
  3. Tackling the Species Extinction
    Crisis

  4. genetically modified crops
  5. animals in scientific experiments
  6. funding science
 Sue Nelson
Producer: Matt Silver, Fiona Roberts
 earlier series were
missed

6 files
2:47:47, 153 MB, S
11-Oct-2007
18-Oct-2007
 The Science behind the Throne
 Presenter/Producer: Chris Bowlby
 27:57, 26212, S
28:09, 26392, S
18-Feb-2008
25-Feb-2008
 Secret Science
  1. National Institute of Biological
    Standards and Control
  2. Health Protection Agency
 Vivienne Parry
Producer: Fiona Roberts
 27:47, 26056, S
27:50, 26104, S
31-Mar-2008
 Who Needs Scientists?
 Mark Miodownik
Producer: John Watkins
 27:45, 26024, S
30-June-2008
07-Jul-2008
 Science in the Making
  1. The Scientists
  2. The Science
 Stephen Webster
Produced by John Watkins
 27:37, 25906, S
27:07, 25435, S
04-Aug-2008
 Peer Review in the Dock

 Mark Whitaker
Produced by Mike Halley
 28:06, 26356, S
01-Dec-2008 to
05-Dec-2008
 Street Science
  1. Stem Cells – Stephen Minger
  2. Nuclear Power - Sue Ion
  3. GM agriculture - David King
  4. MMR vaccine - David Elliman
  5. nanotechnology - Tony Ryan
 Produced by Anna Buckley
 5 files
1:07:29, 61.7 MB, S
07-Sep-2009 to
11-Sep-2009
 Test of Time, The
  1. lain Hutchinson
  2. Anne Curtis
  3. Graeme Maidment
  4. Gabrielle Walker
  5. Gus McGrouther
Producer: Erika Wright
 5 files
1:09:08, 63.3 MB, S
14-Sep-2009 to
25-Sep-2009
Omnibus editions
23-Mar-2012
30-Mar-2012 		Inside The Bermuda Triangle:
The Mysteries Solved 		Tom Mangold
produced by Adam Fowler 		13:43, 12862, S
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13:34, 12729, S
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13:49, 12954, S
13:35, 12750, S
13:50, 12976, S
56:31, 52881, S
56:16, 52639, S
10-Dec-2009
17-Dec-2009
24-Dec-2009
 What Scientists Believe
  1. Philip Kilner
  2. Clare Lloyd
  3. Andrew Gosler
 Stephen Webster
produced by John Watkins
 27:42, 25976. S
27:35, 25874, S
27:30, 25794, S
28-Dec-2009
 The Dragons' Lab -- the funding game

 Trevor Cox
produced by Alex Mansfield
 27:59, 26243, S
19-Apr-2010 to
23-Apr-2010
 In The Footsteps of Giants
  1. Sue Blackmore on Albert Hofmann
  2. Paul Davies on Carl Sagan
  3. Hugh Pennington on Joseph Lister
  4. Barry Marshall on John Hunter
  5. Susan Greenfield on Rita
    Levi-Montalcini
 Produced by Lucy Adam
 13:47, 12927, S
13:46, 12920, S
13:48, 12942, S
13:47, 12936, S
13:49, 12959, S
31-May-2010 to
04-Jun-2010
 Britain's Labs
  1. The Institute for Cancer Research
  2. Bristol Centre for Nanoscience
  3. Rothamsted Research
  4. Stem Cells
  5. The National Nuclear Laboratory
 Iain Stewart
Producer: Susan Marling
 5 files
1:09:38, 63.7 MB, S
01-Jun-2010 to
22-Jun-2010
 The Reith Lectures 2010
Scientific Horizons: 2010
  1. The Scientific Citizen
  2. Surviving the Century
  3. What We'll Never Know
  4. The Runaway World
 Martin Rees
 4 files
2:47:56, 153 MB, S
09-Jun-2010
16-Jun-2010
 Colour Coded
 Trevor Phillips
Producer: John Watkins
 27:48, 26070, S
27:54, 26161, S
30-Aug-2010
 Scientists Go To Hollywood

 Adam Rutherford
Producer: Alexandra Feachem
 27:53, 26156, S
15-Dec-2010
 Ivory Tower --
links between university scientists and
outside companies       

Geoff Watts
Producer: Beth Eastwood
 27:36, 25883, S
13-Jul-2011
 An Idea Whose Time Has Come
 Presenter: Richard Collins
Producer: Mike Greenwood
 27:43, 25943, S
12-Sep-2011
 Hearing the Past
 Jim Al-Khalili
Producer: Jane Reck
 27:41, 25968, S
21-Dec-2011
 The Oath -- a Hippocratic Oath for
scientists
 Adam Rutherford
Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker
 27:42, 25983, S
27-Dec-2011
 Yeti's Finger
 Presenter: Matthew Hill
Producer: Mary Colwell
 27:26, 25737, S
25-Jun-2012 to
29-Jun-2012		 The Cave
  1. The Cave Horse
  2. Limestone, Water, Fire and Ice
  3. Plato's Cave
  4. Cave of Faith
  5. Beyond the Vermilion Border
  1. Writer : Paul Evans
    Narrators: Paul Evans and Adjoa Andoh
    Wildlife sound recordist: Chris Watson
  2. Presenter and wildlife sound recordist:
    Chris Watson 
  3. Writer and narrator : Alan Read
    Additional sound recordings by : Chris Watson 
  4. Written and narrated by Martin Palmer,
    with a reading by Adjoa Andoh
    Additional sound recordings by Chris Watson
  5. Written by Patricia Reynolds
    Joe is played by Harry Livingstone
    The Oracle is played by Gerard McDermott
    The Oracle Lady is played by Adjoa Andoh
    The reader is Christine Hall
    Additional sound recordings by Chris Watson
Producer: Sarah Blunt 		5 files
1:08:13, 62.4 MB, S
11-Jul-2012 Reclaiming the Sceptic Philip Stott
Producer: Toby Murcott 		27:42, 25926, S
17-Jul-2012
24-Jul-2012		 Does Science Need the People? Geoff Watts
Producer: Rami Tzabar 		27:37, 25847, S
27:47, 26006, S
16-Jan-2013 Premiership Science Alok Jha
produced by Geraldine Fitzgerald 		27:58, 26175, S
19-Feb-2013
26-Feb-2013		 The Listeners Presenter: Patrick Aryee
Producer Sarah Blunt		 27:40, 25888, S
27:40, 25897, S
18-Mar-2013
25-Mar-2013
01-Apr-2013		 Out of the Ordinary
  1. Cures for Baldness
  2. electronic voice phenomena
  3. digital legacy
 Jolyon Jenkins 27:45, 26001, S
27:41, 25938, S
27:47, 26031, S
first series only
06-Aug-2013
 Science, Right or Left
 Ehsan Masood
Producer: Adam Bowen
 36:51, 34488, S
06-Aug-2013 to
17-Sep-2013
 Seven Ages of Science
  1. Age of Ingenuity
  2. Age of Exploration
  3. Age of Opportunity
  4. Age of Inspiration
  5. Age of the Lab
  6. Age of War
  7. Age of Now
 Lisa Jardine
Producer: Anna Buckley
 27:46, 25991, S
27:45, 25974, S
27:12, 25450, S
27:34, 25802, S
27:27, 25684, S
27:50, 26049, S
27:35, 25822, S
26-Aug-2014
 Everything We Know Is Wrong
 Producer/Presenter: Jolyon Jenkins
 27:43, 25939, S
10-Jun-2015
17-Jun-2015
24-Jun-2015
01-Jul-2015
08-Jul-2015
 Science Stories
  1. The Bone Wars
  2. The Engine That Nearly Ran
    Out of Steam
  3. DNA's Third Man
  4. How Perkin brought purple to
    the people
  5. Seeing Is Believing - The
    Leviathan of Parsonstown
  1. Tracey Logan
    Producer: Alexandra Feachem
  2. Naomi Alderman
    Producer: Anna Buckley
  3. Kevin Fong
    Producer: Adrian Washbourne
  4. Philip Ball
    Producer: Anna Buckley
  5. Simon Schaffer, James Bennet, and Chris Lintott
    Producer: Alex Mansfield

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first series only