Series 1 (1992)

The Engineer's Plot
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June 11, 1992 • 45m

"The revolutionaries who toppled the Tsar in 1917 thought science held the key to their new world. In fact, it ended up creating a...Read more

To The Brink of Eternity
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June 18, 1992 • 45m

Focusing on the men of the Cold War on whom Dr Strangelove was based. These were people who believed that the world could be contr...Read more

The League of Gentlemen
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June 22, 1992 • 45m

Thirty years ago, a group of economists managed to convince British politicians that they had foolproof technical means to make Br...Read more

Goodbye Mrs Ant
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July 2, 1992 • 45m

A modern fable about science and society, focusing on our attitude to nature. Should we let scientists be the prime movers of soci...Read more

Black Power
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July 9, 1992 • 45m

A look at how former Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah set Africa ablaze with his vision of a new industrial and scientific age. At th...Read more

A is For Atom
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July 16, 1992 • 45m

An insight into the history of nuclear power. In the 1950s scientists and politicians thought they could create a different world ...Read more