Wonders of the Universe

Season 12011

Professor Brian Cox reveals how the fundamental scientific principles and laws explain not only the story of the universe but also answer mankind's greatest questions.

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4 Episodes

E01 Destiny

Brian Cox seeks to understand the nature of time. From an extraordinary calendar built into the landscape of Peru to the beaches of Costa Rica, Brian explores the cycles of time which define our experience of life on Earth. But as the Earth orbits the Sun, the Solar system orbits the entire Milky Way Galaxy in a cycle that takes a staggering 250 million years to complete.

March 6, 2011

E02 Stardust

In the second stop in his exploration of the wonders of the universe, Professor Brian Cox goes in search of humanity's very essence to answer the biggest questions of all: what are we? And where do we come from? This film is the story of matter - the stuff of which we are all made. Brian reveals how our origins are entwined with the life cycle of the stars. But he begins his journey here on Earth.

March 13, 2011

E03 Falling

Professor Brian Cox takes on the story of the force that sculpts the entire universe - gravity. It seems so familiar, and yet gravity is one of the strangest and most surprising forces in the universe. In a zero gravity flight, Brian considers how much of an effect gravity has had on the world around us. But gravity also acts over much greater distances. It is the great orchestrator of the cosmos.

March 20, 2011

E04 Messengers

In the last episode of Professor Brian Cox's epic journey across the universe, he travels from the fossils of the Burgess Shale to the sands of the oldest desert in the world to show how light holds the key to our understanding of the whole universe, including our own deepest origins. But first we need to understand the peculiar properties of light itself.

March 27, 2011

Wonders of the Universe

E01 Destiny

E02 Stardust

E03 Falling

E04 Messengers

Wonders of the Solar System

I Know My First Name Is Steven

Space

Life on Earth

Life in the Undergrowth

Bang Goes the Theory

In Search of the Trojan War

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

The Grand Tour

Rome

Sex and the City

Black Mirror

Stranger Things

The Walking Dead

Breaking Bad

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Twin Peaks

Lost

Two and a Half Men

E01 Destiny

E02 Stardust

E03 Falling

E04 Messengers