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Who is in Control

   2015    Medicine
‘Who Is in Control?’ explores the great deception that greets us each morning when we awake: it feels as though we are in conscious control of our lives but the truth is that we are not. Instead almost every action, every decision, every belief that we hold is driven by parts of the brain that we have no access to. ...   Show More
Series: The Brain with David Eagleman

The Two Thousand Year Old Computer

   2012    History
In 1901, a group of divers excavating an ancient Roman shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, off the southern coast of Greece, found a mysterious object - a lump of calcified stone that contained within it several gearwheels welded together after years under the sea. The 2,000-year-old object, no bigger than a modern laptop, is now regard ...ed as the world's oldest computer, devised to predict solar eclipses and, according to recent findings, calculate the timing of the ancient Olympics. Following the efforts of an international team of scientists, the mysteries of the Antikythera Mechanism are uncovered, revealing surprising and awe-inspiring details of the object that continues to mystify   Show More
History of the Eagles

History of the Eagles

2013  History
Out of the Cradle

Out of the Cradle

2019  History
Top Gear

Top Gear

2012  Technology
Blue Planet II

Blue Planet II

2017  Nature
Ancient Aliens

Ancient Aliens

  History
The Climate Wars

The Climate Wars

  Nature
Prehistoric Planet

Prehistoric Planet

2022  Science