Physics

Last Edited: 30-Dec-2010 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
 Location
 Status

06-Sep-2004 to
10-Oct-2004

  

How to Find the Sweet Spot

  1. Sport

  2. Great Waves

  3. Buildings and Bridges

  4. The Balancing Trick

  5. Making Music

Len Fisher
Produced by Amanda Hargreaves

13:59, 13119, S
14:01, 13152, S
14:09, 13274, S
14:02, 13165, S
13:58, 13103, S

BBC R4

Ga

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
13:27, 12620, S
13:34, 12731, S
13:35, 12749, S
13:32, 12692, S

PC D/L

Ga

14-Sep-2004

  

Acoustic Shadows

Robert Sandall
Produced by Adrian Washbourn

28:04, 26320, S

BBC R4

Ga

22-Nov-2004

  

Songs of the Sky -- Sounds of the Aurora Borealis

Adam Fowler
Produced by

27:54, 26173, S

BBC R4

Ga

22-Dec-2004

  

Falling Up -- Secrets of Antigravity

Sue Nelson
Produced by Andrew Tait

28:13, 26460, S

BBC R4

Ga

03-Jan-2005 to
07-Jan-2005

  

Dear Professor Einstein --
Letters to and from Albert Einstein

Brian Cox
Produced by Julian Mayers

14:05, 13206, S
14:03, 13187, S
14:19, 13425, S
14:18, 13415, S
13:56, 13066, S

BBC R4

Ga

13-Jan-2005 to
27-Jan-2005

  

In Einstein’s Shadow

  1. Special Theory of Relativity

  2. General Theory of Relativity

  3. Quantum Theory

Brian Cox
Produced by Alexander Feacham

28:14, 26480, S
28:01, 26270, S
28:01, 26276, S

BBC R4

Ga

12-Jan-2005
06-Mar-2005

  

The Indian Particle Man --
Satyendra Nath Bose

Sharon-Ann Holgate, Saeed Jaffrey
Produced by Julian Mayers

28:17, 26525, S

BBC R4

Ga

18-Jan-2005 to
 

  

Relatively Einstein --

  1. Michael Frayn and Copenhagen

  2. Cornelia Parker and Cold Dark Matter

  3. Terry Pratchett

  4. Mark Steel and Sid Harris

  5. Gregory Bedford and Andrew Crumey

Michael Billington, Brian Cox, Michael Rowan Robinson
Cornelia Parker, David Spergle, Jim Bennett
Readings by Tim Briggs and Martin Hyder
Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart
Produced by Rami Sabah

14:04, 13204, S
14:06, 13234, S
14:01, 13153, S
14:09, 13267, S
14:04, 13189, S

BBC R4

Ga

24-Jan-2005

  

High Speed Radio --
Playing back sounds at a slower speed

Peter France
Produced by Sarah Blount

28:04, 26323, S

BBC R4

Ga

02-May-2005

  

How Long Is this Piece of String?

Mark Whittaker
Produced by Janet Graves

14:17, 13407, S

BBC R4

Ga

20-Sep-2005

  

Return of the Atom --
Atomic power reconsidered

Denys Blakeway

38:06, 35731, S

BBC R4

Ga

28-Sep-2005

  

Fabulous, Flawless and Fake --
Artificial diamonds and other gems

Hermione Cockburn
Produced by Amanda Hargreaves and Monise Durani

27:54, 26167, S

BBC R4

Ga

23-Jan-2006

  

Behind the Beats --
Rhythm in science, medicine, and music

Geoffrey Rossen, Wyn Dvies, Jeff Olmut, Taminka Blanchard, Tony Hayes, Johannes Harness
Produced by Tom Alban

27:29, 25770, S

BBC R4

Ga

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

BBC R4

Ga

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

BBC R4

Ga

16-Jan-2008

  

Britain’s Sputnik – Project Zeta

Roland Pease

28:10, 26414, S

BBC R4

Ga

14-Jul-2008

  

Scourge of the Lead Industry --
Clair Patterson

Hermione Cockburn
Produced by Mike Halley

28:37, 26830, S

BBC R4

Ga

 
 

  1. 08-Sep-2008 to
    12-Sep-2008



     
  2. 08-Sep-2008
    09-Sep-2008
  3. 10-Sep-2008
  4. 10-Sep-2008
  5. 10-Sep-2008 to
    24-Sep-2008
  

Big Bang Day--
the Large Hadron Collider is activated

  1. Five Particles
    Electron
    Quark
    Anti-particle
    Neutrino
    the "next" particle
  2. The Making of CERN
     
  3. Engineering Solutions
  4. Physics Rocks
  5. The Great Big Particle Adventure

 

  1. Presenter: Simon Singh,
    Producer:     Adrian Washbourne




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


 


  1. 13:56, 13072, S
    13:55, 13052, S
    14:14, 13360, S
    14:09, 13271, S
    14:07, 13249, S
  2. 28:25, 26656, S
    missed, gaps
  3. 42:18, 39659, S
  4. 28:05, 26333, S
  5. 28:07, 22365, S
    28:13, 26461, S
    27:52, 26141, S

BBC R4

Ga
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
13:37, 12774, S
13:51, 12994, S
13:34, 12729, S
13:36, 12754, S

BBC R4

Ga
16-Mar-2009  

Sound Architecture: The Spaces That Speak

 Trevor Cox
produced by Rahmid Sabah		 27:51, 26121, S BBC R4 G
03-Mar-2010  

The Big Bang: What Happened Next

Geoff Watts
produced by Alexandra Feacham		 27:42, 25978, S BBC R4 G
29-Dec-2010  

Schrodinger's Quantum Kittens

Robin Ince
Producer: Dominic Byrne

 27:54, 26160, S BBC R4 G