01: Science and Technology
The Truth About Climate Change
Production: BBC
Producer: Jeremy Bristow
Producer: Jeremy Bristow
Programme run: 2 x 60 mins
Sir David Attenborough undertakes a personal journey to discover how global warming is changing the planet he knows so well. Examining the evidence for this confusing phenomenon, Sir David finds out what’s causing it and whether mankind is to blame. From Hurricane Katrina to the glacier ice crashing into the sea, Sir David discovers it's a race against time.
Rough Science VI
Production: BBC
Producer: Nathan Williams
Producer: Nathan Williams
Programme run: 6 x 30 mins
The team take on their most ambitious experiments yet, with each member contributing to one spectactular challenge each week. Using their ingenuity and combined scientific know-how and with only basic tools and kit, they try to replicate some of the great pioneering experiments of the past - including the Montgolfier brothers' famous hot air balloon flight; Nickolaus Otto's internal combustion engine and Evans' design for a refrigeration machine.
Rough Science V
Production: BBC
Producer: Emma Sutton
Producer: Emma Sutton
Programme run: 6 x 30 mins
Facing their usual daunting challenges, the scientists' skills and abilities are tested to the limits in this series with a distinctly aquatic theme.
Stranded at sea, the team have to save Kate by making a lifejacket, flare and diving apparatus.
Stranded at sea, the team have to save Kate by making a lifejacket, flare and diving apparatus.
Rough Science IV
Production: BBC
Producer: Jonathan Renouf
Producer: Jonathan Renouf
Programme run: 6 x 30 mins
Based in the scorching hot desert of Death Valley, the team try to recreate the extra-terrestrial world of astronauts amd space travel. Can they make a spacesuit with only the most basic tools and can their rocket really take off powered only by water?
- Winner of the China International TV Award
Rough Science III
Production: BBC
Producer: Steve Evanson
Producer: Steve Evanson
Programme run: 6 x 30 mins
In Rough Science III, the team visit New Zealand's rugged and unforgiving South Island to prospect for gold, with the ultimate goal of creating a souvenir of their trip. Will their science see them through the challenge?
Rough Science II
Production: BBC
Producer: Steve Evanson
Producer: Steve Evanson
Programme run: 6 x 30 mins
Five scientists with a common aim - to use their knowledge and expertise to overcome the elements. Armed with a basic kit of low-tech tools and ingredients, plus their ingenuity at adapting available plants and minerals, the scientists are presented with a series of challenges on location on a Caribbean island.
- Winner of the China International TV Award
- Winner of the Hugo Award
Rough Science I
Production: BBC
Producer: Paul Manners
Producer: Paul Manners
Programme run: 4 x 30 mins
Take five scientists, ferry them to a remote Mediterranean island, leave them with only the most basic equipment and ask them to use their scientific knowledge to solve a series of challenges. How useful is science outside the laboratory?
- Winner of the Rotterdam TV Award
- Winner of the Hugo Award
Science Shack II
Production: Screenhouse/BBC
Producer: Patrick Titley
Producer: Patrick Titley
Programme run: 6 x 30 mins
The Science Shack team set up more ingenious experiments to answer everyday scientific questions. In this series, the presenter tries to make an invisible car and lives in the shack under water.
Science Shack I
Production: Screenhouse/BBC
Producer: Paul Bader
Producer: Paul Bader
Programme run: 6 x 30 mins
The Science Shack team set up experiments to answer everyday scientific questions like why do flies fly and can we survive a lightning strike? With volunteers walking upside down across ceilings, this is science to challenge your perceptions.

