Extremes
In this episode of Extremes, we explore tall buildings, fast animals, expensive cities and extremely impressive basketball records.
2025-12-30 10:04:10 +0000 UTC→2025-12-30 10:37:38 +0000 UTC(33m)
Live & Upcoming Programmes
Extraordinary Humans
Thom's latest quest introduces him to Annalisa, who has the worlds loudest shout and to Brad Byers, who has the ability to force metal objects up his nose.
2025-12-30 09:02:51 +0000 UTC→2025-12-30 10:04:10 +0000 UTC(1h1m)
Extraordinary Humans
Thom meets Gabriel Dechichi who solves Rubik's cubes whilst blindfolded, and Derek Paravacini who can memorise an entire piece of music after a single hearing.
2025-12-30 08:01:33 +0000 UTC→2025-12-30 09:02:51 +0000 UTC(1h1m)
Extraordinary Humans
Thom tracks down two more extraordinary humans. One balances on the edges of the world and one attempt to withstand the weight of a crushed car on his chest.
2025-12-30 07:00:15 +0000 UTC→2025-12-30 08:01:33 +0000 UTC(1h1m)
The Demolition Man
Brendan Moar looks back at the most interesting and dramatic moments that he's encountered as The Demolition Man.
2025-12-30 06:30:07 +0000 UTC→2025-12-30 07:00:15 +0000 UTC(30m)
The Demolition Man
An asbestos ridden 1960s building in the crowded City of London is to be demolished to make way for a new hotel.
2025-12-30 06:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-30 06:30:07 +0000 UTC(30m)
Past, Present, Future
Comedy has always been a way for people to make sense of the world around them. As the world gets more complicated, how will comedy continue to evolve?
2025-12-30 05:39:58 +0000 UTC→2025-12-30 06:00:00 +0000 UTC(20m)
Past, Present, Future
Large factory farms produce food for the masses with one caveat they're terrible for the environment. In an attempt to remedy this, chefs and scientists are working together to create a future where what we eat is as sustainable as it is delicious.
2025-12-30 05:22:17 +0000 UTC→2025-12-30 05:39:58 +0000 UTC(17m)
Forging the Future
This episode brings the Artificial Intelligence (AI) abstract topic to life by visiting the most cutting-edge engineering firms, where innovative technologists are using it to transform machines into thinking robots.
2025-12-30 04:21:57 +0000 UTC→2025-12-30 05:22:17 +0000 UTC(1h)
More Curious?
What is asphalt and how is it used? What are blades? Discover dishwashers and Irons and explore Greek mythology. Plus many more questions answered in this episode of More Curious.
2025-12-29 23:08:09 +0000 UTC→2025-12-29 23:39:00 +0000 UTC(30m)
More Curious?
Bass describes musical instruments with a low or deep frequency, passports are essential for global travel and what are the many functions of our Nose? Other topics covered include Blood pressure, Cinema, Pop and Comics.
2025-12-29 22:37:18 +0000 UTC→2025-12-29 23:08:09 +0000 UTC(30m)
Breakthrough
Bats are getting their share of the blame for the COVID-19 pandemic, but are they really at fault?
2025-12-29 22:15:43 +0000 UTC→2025-12-29 22:37:18 +0000 UTC(21m)
Breakthrough
New evidence suggets humans arrived in North America far earlier than previously thoughtm and that they may have traveled along paths now buried deep beneath the sea.
2025-12-29 21:49:45 +0000 UTC→2025-12-29 22:15:43 +0000 UTC(25m)
Breakthrough
Discovering in 2013, new and puzzling finding of small-skulled fossils of Homo naledi have scientists trying to understand whether Homo sapiens lived at the same time as Homo naledi, and how Homo naledi communities may have lived.
2025-12-29 21:36:48 +0000 UTC→2025-12-29 21:49:45 +0000 UTC(12m)
Zenith: Advances in Space Exploration
This episode focuses on the development of the Hubble Space Telescope and its successor the James Webb Space Telescope, a giant infra red instrument with the ability to see the most distant stellar activity.
2025-12-29 21:06:07 +0000 UTC→2025-12-29 21:36:48 +0000 UTC(30m)
Zenith: Advances in Space Exploration
This episode examines the work done by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Parker Solar Probe.
2025-12-29 20:35:41 +0000 UTC→2025-12-29 21:06:07 +0000 UTC(30m)
Zenith: Advances in Space Exploration
This episode reveals what we know about the solar system's difficult to reach planets and the probes that have visited them.
2025-12-29 19:59:22 +0000 UTC→2025-12-29 20:35:41 +0000 UTC(36m)
Skuld: A Look into the Future
Follow the parcel worldwide delivery technology.
2025-12-29 19:29:56 +0000 UTC→2025-12-29 19:59:22 +0000 UTC(29m)
Skuld: A Look into the Future
Watch the second part of a feature on the second award ceremony for sustainability projects that can change the world.
2025-12-29 19:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-29 19:29:56 +0000 UTC(29m)
Rethink
In a world where nothing is what it seems, we'll take a look at magician's trade secrets, the contradictions of Zeno's paradox, and the UV - A Blacklight. We'll take another look at the levitation illusion, and illusionist David Blaine.
2025-12-29 18:28:29 +0000 UTC→2025-12-29 19:00:00 +0000 UTC(31m)