Q.E.D
Q.E.D

Q.E.D

1982 20 Seasons 210 Episodes ⭐ 6.0 Documentary

Q.E.D. (quod erat demonstrandum, Latin for "that which was to be demonstrated") was the name of a series of BBC popular science documentary films which aired in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1999. Running in a half-hour peak-time slot on the BBC's primary mass-audience channel BBC1, the series had a more populist and general interest agenda than the long-running Horizon series which aired on the more specialist channel BBC2. Horizon could often be difficult for a scientific novice, requiring a modicum of background knowledge beyond the reaches of many viewers, so Q.E.D. was a more approachable way of introducing scientific stories.

Q.E.D. (quod erat demonstrandum, Latin for "that which was to be demonstrated") was the name of a series of BBC popular science documentary films which aired in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1999. Running in a half-hour peak-time slot on the BBC's primary mass-audience channel BBC1, the series had a more populist and general interest agenda than the long-running Horizon series which aired on the more specialist channel BBC2. Horizon could often be difficult for a scientific novice, requiring a modicum of background knowledge beyond the reaches of many viewers, so Q.E.D. was a more approachable way of introducing scientific stories.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

How to Pick Up Girls, Win Arguments and Influence People

How to Pick Up Girls, Win Arguments and Influence People with Arnold has one wish: he wants to be successful.- At everyt

EP 2

Light Creatures of the Night

In the jungles of South-East Asia entire bushes light up like Christmas trees, and in the Caribbean the seas glow with a

EP 3

The Proof of the Pudding

Judith Hann cordially invites you to join her at dinner with Professor Nicholas Kuru , the world's premier gastrophysici

EP 4

Spy in the Sky

Every hour of every day dozens of spy-in-the-sky satellites are peering down at us from space. What are they looking for

EP 5

Beyond the Six Second Mile

Unique, designer-built, jet-powered car. Code name Project Thrust. All metal wheels, £8,000 each, low mileage, fuel con

EP 6

Music, Music, Music

'If music be the food of love, play on '. But what kind of music should one play for which girl? And does it change from

EP 7

Riding on Air

Why is a Tornado like a gannet? The first is an RAF combat aircraft, while a gannet is a bird that dives vertically for.

EP 8

A Guide to Armageddon

A Guide to Armageddon is a 30 minute documentary about a nuclear missile detonating in London, and the effects it would

EP 10

The Underground Test

As part of Wednesday's Q.E.D. documentary, A Guide to Armageddon, two London couples each volunteered to carry out a ten

EP 1

Before the Massacre

Farlv September 1982. In the Sabra and Chatila district of West Beirut, the civilian population was settling down to reb

EP 2

The Invisible World

A bullet slices a playing card in two. An orange takes two weeks to rot. Much of the world around us moves too quickly-o

EP 3

Shroud of Jesus: Fact or Fake?

Locked away from sight in Turin Cathedral lies a 14ft long piece of linen. Scorched, patched and yellowed with age, it b

EP 4

The Riddle of Sleep

Do you have trouble getting to sleep at night? Spare a thought for Leslie Gamble. He claims he has not slept for 11 year

EP 5

Why Things Go Wrong

There are some days when mechanical things can just drive you crazy - like the car that refuses to start when you're alr

EP 6

The Horse That Doped Itself

On 17 October 1981 the New-market Champion Stakes was won by the Aga Khan 's Vayrann. Routine tests showed traces of ana

EP 7

Big Day at Black Rock

The continuing saga of Richard Noble 's quest to become the fastest man In the world. The place: rpriarh Nevada, on the

EP 1

Old Wives' Tales

Does thunder make the milk go sour? Do frogs and cows really know when it's going to rain? Are bee stings good for rheum

EP 2

Bend! Bend! Bend!

Whatever happened to Uri Geller ? He's the man who in 1973 first amazed television audiences and hard-nosed scientists w

EP 3

Acts of God

The 100-foot-high wave, the little stream that suddenly becomes a raging torrent, the gale that topples trees, lorries a

EP 4

The Long Night of the Lion

There have been many films about lions but never one like this. Previously you have only seen the lion during the day. B

EP 5

Bugging in Six Easy Lessons

Chris Serle sets out to investigate the bugging game. In a top-floor office of a skyscraper two men are having a secret

EP 6

Simon's War

Documentary which follows the life of Simon Weston, a former soldier in the Welsh Guards who sustained 46% burns when th

EP 7

Faster Than the Sun

EP 1

Big Brother's Little Test

The ' polygraph' lie-detector has arrived in Britain. It measures tiny changes in your breathing, perspiration, and hear

EP 2

How to Be a Professional Mum and Dad

Both Tim and Jean Richardson - from East Grinstead - are ' professional parents', formally approved by the Better Baby I

EP 3

The Future Is Further Away Than You Think

In this programme, HEINZ WOLFF steps aboard a London bus and finds himself immediately transported to a bizarre and unfa

EP 4

The People's Medicine

EP 5

The Bat, the Blossom and the Biologist

The Bat, the Blossom and the Biologist with Donna Howell There is in Arizona a bat that flies thousands of miles each sp

EP 6

Eyewitness Evidence... Fact or Fiction?

Would you make a good eye-witness? Here's your chance to find out with some experiments that could change your mind. The

EP 1

Testing, Testing

Q.E.D. looks at how ordinary things are put through extraordinary tests. It's a world of crashes, bangs-and worse. Tests

EP 2

Handful of Light

Making the blind see for 14 has to be a bargain. And an artificial leg for a one-legged cyclist costing not much more mu

EP 3

In at the Deep End

In a hyperbaric chamber at Comex in Marseille: an experiment to see how ultra-deep divers function at depths where 'hydr

EP 4

The Quest for Mastermind's Brain

Magnus Magnusson stumps International Mastermind Chris Hughes by asking him what his brain looks like, split down the mi

EP 5

The War of Words Down Under

The War of Words Down Under with Anthony Clare BUGA UP is the provocative name of an organisation in Australia that is d

EP 6

Ray of Hope

'It's a PanGalactic Federation Star-ship, Captain!!' 'Activate force wall. Fire Z-Ray 3!!' The laser's popular image has

EP 7

A Walk on the Wild Side

Alley cats. Footloose and fancy-free. Streetwise moggies playing to the rules of evolution. Competing in the game of the

EP 8

Pozzuoli: Death of a City

Question: who would ever live in a place where there are 25 earthquakes a day? Answer: 30,000 Italians in the city of Po

EP 1

The Science of Sexual Attraction

Poets have written about it, songwriters sung about it, but what do scientists say about the intimate process of boy mee

EP 2

The Magic Picture Show

How do you like your Kenny Everett ? Stirred or shaken? Spun or mangled? Or powdered and squirted clean off the screen?

EP 3

The 300 Million Years War

Minefields, poison gas, hired mercenaries, early-warning systems - it's no holds barred in the never-ending battle betwe

EP 4

The Long Watch: Fifty Years of Radar

t all began 50 years ago in a muddy field in Northamptonshire with three scientists, an RAF bomber and a borrowed BBC sh

EP 5

A Race Against Time

By risking life and limb, Austrian downhiller Franz Klammer has had one of the most successful careers of any ski-racer.

EP 6

The Body in the Bog

How would you feel if you found a foot in your machinery at work? For peat-cutter Eddie Slack , 'it was terrible'. But f

EP 7

Riddles of Ball and Cue

All the things you never realised you wanted to know about snooker - such as why a straight shot can be rolling in both

EP 8

Operation Otter

There's a battle going on in the English countryside, a fight to save one of the most beautiful and intelligent wild ani

EP 9

Another Little Drink Won't Do Us Any Harm

Would you be concerned if someone you loved was drinking an average of two pints of bitter a day? Or do you believe the

EP 10

Stammering Cured: Andrew R. Bell

Half-a-million people in this country stammer. All they want is to be able to say what they want, when they want. But wh

EP 11

Gina: The Last Campbell

With Malcolm Campbell as grandfather and Donald Campbell as a father, Gina had to be someone special; obsessed like them

EP 12

Robots: Taking the Biscuit?

The day is dawning, so they say, when your personal domestic robot will trundle to fulfil your merest whim. It is alread

EP 13

Simon's Peace

Falkland veteran Simon Weston returns home after spending months in hospital after receiving 46% burns when the HMS Sir

EP 1

Round Britain Whizz

Jump in an RAF Hawk and see the entire coast of England, Scotland and Wales in half an hour flat. An apparent flying spe

EP 2

Sight for Sara

It seemed like a perfectly normal birth: Mary and Gordon [text removed] never suspected anything was wrong with their fi

EP 3

Robots: Taking the Biscuit

EP 4

Understanding Rape

Rape is one of the world's most serious and fast-growing crimes. A recent London survey found that one in six women had

EP 5

The Most Swirling, Swinging, Sliding, Spinning, Up-and-Down Ride of Your Life

Q.E.D. looks at the science behind the thrill machines. Discover the best seat on a roller-coaster, the fun of becoming

EP 6

New Lives for Old

Swimming, motorcycling, basketball, tennis, sex; it's all available in Sun City, Arizona: as long as you're old enough!

EP 7

The Man Who Walks on Fire

One Saturday night last summer in London, scores of men and women paid M each to walk on fire. It was 15 feet long and a

EP 8

The Eleven-Minute Mile

Some doctors thought he might never even walk. Now he runs a mile every day and over the past year, 7-year-old Doran Sco

EP 9

The Meaning of Dreams

By the age of 75, each one us will have spent ten years in another world - seeing bizarre images, experiencing strange s

EP 10

A Wolf in Dog's Clothing

About once a month in America, pet dogs will kill - usually either a child or an old person. What makes man's best frien

EP 11

Mark, His Sister and the Scientists

Mark is anchored to a wheelchair by a crippling inherited disease, Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. His sister, Tracey, is

EP 12

The Body Out of the Bog: Second Report

The murder victim's distorted remains reveal that he was first banged on the head, then garrotted, and finally his throa

EP 13

The Invisible Killer

A farming community in a remote part of the UK has been hit by a series of deaths and horrifying deformities among their

EP 1

Claws: A New Kind of Dinosaur

Q: What's the link between a Plumber and a dinosaur? A: Baryonyx, a giant feat-eating dinosaur, was discovered near Dork

EP 2

The Foolish Wise Ones

Queen Victoria died on 22 January 1901. Do you know what day of the week that was? David Kidd does - in fact he'll tell

EP 3

Before Your Time

A light-hearted look at the origins of Kenny Everett from 'Big Bang' to birth. Cosmic space-time controller John Westbro

EP 4

A Fall from Grace

Everyone makes mistakes. It wouldn't be human not to. Forgetting keys, burning the toast, missing an appointment ... eve

EP 5

Your Biological Guide to AIDS

Gillian Rice, Graeme Garden and Alan Maryon Davis reveal how much the experts know about AIDS, and what challenges they

EP 6

The World's Longest Flight

We've all made paper aeroplanes; but this one was different. It kept on flying for nine days - right round the world. Q.

EP 7

The World's Longest Drop

On 18 September 1986, two young stockbrokers leapt from a hot-air balloon 35,000 feet above Norfolk to break the civilia

EP 8

The Struggles of the Swan

Take the sheer power and versatility of a top athlete. add the strength and endurance of a heavyweight boxer and somehow

EP 9

Murder on the Bluebell Line

The evidence: a shattered skull, a broken jaw, faded honeymoon photos and incriminating letters. The motive: revenge, am

EP 10

Breaking the Pain Barrier

You would hardly expect a hospital to encourage its patients to suffer enormous pain but one in Japan does. It is their

EP 11

Alpha: How to Succeed Without Really Trying

Alaisdair Macbeth likes to go out with girls, but he's frightened to ask. John Gibbons is frustrated when his young son

EP 12

Eating Earth

Have you ever eaten earth or clay and enjoyed it? If so you are not alone. Q.E.D. talks to Joyce from Liverpool who dail

EP 13

I, Daedalus or David Jones: The Movie

Why not colour sheep a luminous orange so that they can't be lost in snowdrifts? Or improve bus services by giving every

EP 14

Four Go Off to Space Camp

You too could walk on the moon, eat astronaut food and fly a space shuttle mission; it's all part of the weekly routine

EP 15

Jean: A Battle with Obsession

Jean has been trapped in her room for 13 years. Her life is dominated by bizarre rituals; she washes her hands 50 times

EP 1

The Magic of Memory

Do you think you've got a bad memory? Forget people's names? Would you like to able to remember things better? Tonight m

EP 2

Sheer Genius

Nylon stockings have always had a special appeal: to women for their silky sheerness; to men for their sensuous sheen. I

EP 3

Your Child's Diet on Trial

Are our children adequately fed? Does a modern diet provide them with enough important vitamins and minerals? Two major

EP 4

Glimpses of Death

For Shakespeare, death was 'that undiscovered country' from which 'no traveller returns'. But today, as medical science

EP 5

To Fly Like a Bird

For years, pioneer flyer Gunter Roshelt has striven to crack the secret of a bird's flight. He's tried everything, from

EP 6

Mad Dogs and an Englishman

Death Valley in California is the hottest place in the western hemisphere. Not even mad dogs go out there. Q.E.D. follow

EP 7

Whirlpools in the Air

The storm that swept the South East last October took everyone by surprise and changed the landscape for ever. Francis W

EP 8

The Snooker Machine

At first it seemed just an amusing idea - why not teach a robot to play snooker? A little eccentric perhaps, but good fo

EP 9

Putting You in the Picture

An in depth view of how the Imax 'rolling loop' system was developed and the inherent problems leading up to its develop

EP 10

With a Goal in Mind

Traditionally, it's the manager of a football team who's supposed to do all the thinking; the players are expected simpl

EP 11

Breaking the Silence

'It's like living in a glass cage,' says 42-year-old Christine Harding , who went totally deaf two years ago. But there'

EP 12

It's Not Easy Being a Dolphin

Are you an Aspirer, Reformer, Succeeder or Mainstreamer? Could this explain why you fly British Airways, read the Guardi

EP 1

The Battle of the Sexes

If you thought that women's liberation had ended the arguments, forget it. Ever since anyone can remember, men and women

EP 2

The Man Who Believes in Body Transplants

At the Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital, Dr Robert White is the popular genius whose brain surgery saves countless lives.

EP 3

Racing with the Sun

Forget the turbochargers; leave the normally aspirated cars at home. For this race, you couldn't even use petrol. To get

EP 4

An Everday Miracle 1: A Completely Bad Luck Situation

First of two programmes A Completely Bad Luck Situation Desperately sick babies are given a last chance to live by the d

EP 5

An Everday Miracle 2: Back to the Menders

An Everyday Miracle 2: Back to the Menders After their newborn baby's open heart surgery, Mandy and Jeff Bruin watch anx

EP 6

The Mystery of Tears

Why do we feel better after a good weep? What makes us cry for joy, or grief, or triumph? What use are tears? If we knew

EP 7

John's Not Mad

John Davidson, calls his mother a slut, he swears at policemen, and he spits habitually. When 16-year-old John walks dow

EP 8

The Riddle of the Turin Shroud

A programme from the BBC's factual series Q.E.D. which looked at the background to the famous Shroud of Turin. The progr

EP 9

The Morgan Treatment

Weightlifter David Morgan , Commonwealth Champion and record holder, was as keen as anyone for his brother Tony to try t

EP 10

Simon's Triumph

Q.E.D.'s latest look at the life of a Falklands soldier. Simon Weston 's war was over when the Argentinian bombs struck

EP 11

The Write Stuff

You can pick a good astronaut, they say, by knowing 'the right stuff when you see it. But can you pick a top executive j

EP 12

Keyhole Surgery

'You can imagine you're an underwater explorer wandering through reefs of red seaweed.' But you're not - you're an ortho

EP 13

A Case of Spontaneous Human Combustion?

Is it possible for a person to burst into flames and be reduced to ashes without sign of struggle or panic and without d

EP 1

The Steroid Myth

Ben Johnson believed in anabolic steroids; so did other banned athletes. But now there is evidence that these drugs' onl

EP 2

Sweet F.A.

Alun's brother died of it at 34; so did his sister; Alun is past his 34th birthday and as he says, living on borrowed ti

EP 3

My Best Friend's a Computer

Charles is 13. Until two months ago he was hooked on his home computer, playing mindless games for up to 30 hours a week

EP 4

A Rainforest Remedy

Everyone knows rain forests ought to be saved. But does anyone really know how? One idea comes from a scientist in Scotl

EP 5

The House That Bob Built

Isn't it crazy that you have to turn off your water supply just to change a tap washer? That installing a simple electri

EP 6

Welcome to Fat Camp

Josiah wants to be an actor; Marissa just has to make it as a cheer leader; and as for Scott - well, he just wants to ha

EP 7

Once Upon a Time

Every day Charles Tempus catches the 8.10 train to work; regular as clockwork. One morning a boy approaches him on the s

EP 8

The Love Laboratory

As Valentine's Day roses fade and die, take stock of your love-life. Look across the room at your husband, wife or lover

EP 9

The Long Underarm of the Law

Wherever we go we leave something unique behind - a faint trace of our own special smell. And that lingering odour is be

EP 10

Back to the Drawing Board

Emmett has never been able to walk as well as other children. He has cerebral palsy. When doctors predicted he might soo

EP 11

A Man Who Writes Birdsong

Director of music David Hindley has given up the comforts of academic life for the prickly hedges and fields around Camb

EP 12

What's So Funny About That?

A serious look at humour by Jonathan Miller. While helpless with laughter, have you ever wondered why you're in the grip

EP 13

The Last Resort

Sheila has to take the decision whether or not to have a brain operation for her depression. She knows there are no guar

EP 14

Love Child

Surrogacy is often seen as a frightening emotional triangle - a rare answer to childlessness fraught with ethical proble

EP 1

Flying Horses

How do you fly 63 thoroughbred horses, not to mention an elephant and a couple of giraffes, from one side of the world t

EP 2

Homoeopathy: Medicine or Magic?

Taking two tablets with a glass of water is one thing, but diluting two drops of a drug in a bath full of water hardly s

EP 3

A Slim Chance of Sight

Thirteen-year-old Alejandra lives in poverty in a remote corner of Nicaragua and is almost totally blind. She and her gr

EP 4

Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law says, 'Anything that can go wrong, will.' Nearly all of us feel this is true. But is it? Does bread really

EP 5

Panic Attack

A film director, a young mother and a student have one thing in common. They suffer from panic attacks - feelings of int

EP 6

Why Planes Fly - and Other Things

Most of us are prepared to trust our bodies to tons of metal hurtling into the sky - without knowing why planes don't fa

EP 7

The Boy Who Draws Buildings

Stephen Wiltshire is autistic, but at the age of 6, he could draw buildings in perspective. At 12, when he was first see

EP 8

Whatever Happened to the Leisure Age?

En-route to the airport, a time-pressured business executive listens to a Nick Ross-hosted radio discussion show, asking

EP 9

Your Child's Diet on Trial: The Verdict

Chemists sold out of vitamin pills overnight after QED first reported the sensational results of two scientific trials:

EP 10

The Power of Sound

When Dr John Pond's not in his milkshed, he's in the laboratory at the back of his farmhouse. As a child he was fascinat

EP 11

Smoking

Back in the 50s, a cigarette with a pint, or during your lunch break, was the obvious way to relax - but no one knew the

EP 12

On His Own Two Feet

Last year QED told the story of 12-year-old Emmett, and how an American surgeon used computers to analyse his walking di

EP 13

Granny's Greatest Thrill

Granny Muriel Santilli , 79, answered an advertisement in her local paper and found herself entering an extraordinary wo

EP 14

Cutting a Path Through the Heart

It looked as if the only chance for 13-year-old Tina was a complete heart and lung transplant. But then she was referred

EP 1

The Battle of the Bottle Snatchers

Plastic bottles, cans and milk cartons fly about as enthusiastic young engineers from Europe, USA and Japan are challeng

EP 2

When to Change Faces

In her infancy, 16-year-old Laura had an operation to correct her cleft palate. Now, she has a misshapen face. To test w

EP 3

Gripping Stuff

How do flies crawl up smooth surfaces and why do bats not fall from their perches when sleeping? Finding out how animals

EP 4

Supertots

Can training children in sports from an early age produce super-athletes? A Californian coach, Marv Marinovich, believes

EP 5

When It Happens to You

Chris Brotherton is 46 when he is told he only has a few months to live. For Chris, his wife Annette, and their 10-year-

EP 6

Miracle Man

Could there be a miracle cure-all wonder drug? In a kitchen at the back of a trailer in the Arizona desert a Swiss bio-c

EP 7

Little Monsters

"He's like a Jekyll and Hyde, an angel one moment and a monster the next," says the distraught mother of a 7-year-old. M

EP 8

Simon's Return

For veterans of any war, going back to the battle fields is always a moving experience. For Simon Weston , whose body wa

EP 9

Propping Up Pisa

Why does the famous tower lean? Why is the lean accelerating? And can anything be done to stop it? QED examines one theo

EP 10

Night Terrors

One in 50 adults in Britain has their sleep invaded by dreadful attacks of night terrors. They wake up screaming, with o

EP 1

The Bike

Chris Boardman 's race to Olympic gold in Barcelona on the extraordinary Lotus superbike is now legendary. For the bike'

EP 2

Misha

The victim of a hit-and-run accident, 15-year-old Misha arrived at St Thomas's Hospital in a deep coma. Her parents were

EP 3

Dark Side of the Sun

The incidence of skin cancer is rising dramatically, and the cause of this late-20th-century epidemic is simple - sunshi

EP 4

Walking Back to Happiness

Australian surgeons Reg and Catherine Hamlin arrived in Ethiopia intending to stay for only three years. Thirty years la

EP 5

Knights of the Shining Piddock

The Pholas dactylus, or common piddock, is a shellfish with a simple lifestyle - it glows in the dark, breeds and dies.

EP 6

Tokyo Earthquake

Seventy years ago, the city of Tokyo was hit by an earthquake. It destroyed half a million buildings, provoked national

EP 7

Art and Chips

A work of art, specially commissioned by Q E D, is being given away by the programme tonight. Created by the "father of

EP 8

A Chinese Cure for Eczema?

Six days a week, in a small basement room in London's Soho, a Chinese herbalist called Dr Luo treats the first 50 patien

EP 9

The Family Game

At just 5 years old, Andrew has already left two schools because of his disruptive behaviour. His parents are at their w

EP 10

Gallop to Freedom

EP 1

Is Love Enough?

As part of the BBC season marking the Year of the Family, QED returns to the Webbers, subject of last year's "A Family G

EP 2

Trauma

New methods designed to help accident victims make quick and full recoveries from their injuries are being pioneered in

EP 3

Craig's Boot

Although the football boot has evolved over the years, becoming lighter and more streamlined, the first radical re-think

EP 4

Fishman of Saughton Jail

Alex Torbet is Britain's equivalent of the Birdman of Alcatraz. After a distinguished RAF career he murdered his wife an

EP 5

Lifeline Express

At the age of 12 Sir John Wilson was blinded in a school laboratory accident, and has dedicated his working life to the

EP 6

Plastic Fantastic

Maurice Ward is a Hartlepool hairdresser. He is also the inventor of a substance that can withstand any amount of heat,

EP 7

Casualities of the Wild

"Every time we lose an animal we're haunted by doubts, "says RSPCA vet Ian Robinson , who is on call seven days a week a

EP 1

Curse of the Killer Bug

"Killer bug ate my face!" "Dither and you die!" screamed the tabloid headlines in May this year. For one week the nation

EP 2

A Song for Annie

Three years ago, Annie Reid was told she had cancer. She decided to fight the disease as long as possible and leave her

EP 3

Revolting Dogs

"We've come a long way from Barbara Woodhouse ; nowadays it's the owners who get told to sit," says Michael Houldey , pr

EP 4

Live Luggage

It's a normal day at the green customs channel at Heathrow airport. A random check on a jumpy passenger carrying a camco

EP 5

Food Fights

"If you eat your dinner, you can have pudding." How many people remember that bribe as a child? And how many repeat it t

EP 6

The Maggot Mogul

Bruce Silcock 's neighbours are less than excited about his plans to become a millionaire. Bad enough, they think, to li

EP 1

Cot Death

In the first of the series, QED presents an extended edition for Science Week that reveals the very latest developments

EP 2

Sex Acts

In exploringthe nature of gendertraits, QED looks at how people adopt characteristics of their own gender and questions

EP 3

Sleeping It Off

Dr Juan Legarda is a psychologist who runs a controversial detoxification programme in Seville, offering an alternative

EP 4

Pigeon Pie

An investigation into the question that vexes city dwellers from Stockholm to Sydney: why are there so many pigeons?

EP 5

Talented Young Chef

Michael Caines lost his right arm in a carcrash last August. This programme follows his search for the best false arm te

EP 6

I'm Not Stupid

Asperger's syndrome affects around 200,000 people in Britain and manifests itself in obsessive and phobic behaviours. To

EP 7

Lost for Words

One in ten children in Britain are affected by dyslexia - the inability to recognise the written word and to do the simp

EP 8

Talking to Horses

An insight into a revolutionary technique for "breaking" horses, as devised and practised by Californian Monty Roberts.

EP 9

Clockwork Radio

Follows the story of inventor Trevor Baylis and his clockwork radio which is set to be mass produced in South Africa. In

EP 10

A Hole in Fred's Head

Fred Amphlett became a victim of Parkinson's Disease in his mid-30s. Over the last 12 years, the medication which Fred t

EP 11

The Fall and Rise of Sergeant 'Reggie' Perrin

Less than three years after a horrific grenade accident, Falklands veteran Alan Perrin undertakes an extraordinary chall

EP 1

Brave Heart

Eighteen months ago Brazilian surgeon Dr Randas Batista pioneered a controversial new technique for heart surgery. Tonig

EP 2

How to Win Grand Prix

In the highly competitive world of Grand Prix racing, how much does success depend on the skill of the driver and how mu

EP 3

You Only Live Once

A study in aging. Miller knows he is closer to death because he has lived a long life, but for Danny he is only in his e

EP 4

The Outcasts

A return visit to report on the continuing work of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia. This small, charitable

EP 5

Baby in a Frame

William was born with a club foot. At six months, he is about to have an operation that has never before been performed

EP 6

Sunshine and Scattered Showers

The story of Piers Corbyn, ready to bet a fortune on his weather predictions a year in advance by examining the sun's ac

EP 7

The Secret Life of Seahorses

Diving with marine biologist, Dr Amanda Vincent, QED explores the underwater world of the seahorse. Dr Vincent has devot

EP 8

How to Be Happy

In the first in a new series of documentaries, three volunteers in search of happiness take part in QED's eight-week cou

EP 9

Return of the Bloodsuckers

Despite its unpleasant image, the leech has made a remarkable comeback to the modern operating theatres of hospitals aro

EP 10

Life on Ice

Every year in Britain, some 11,000 people are permanently brain damaged following head injuries. Doctors in a Texas hosp

EP 11

Pride and Prejudice

Susan Duncan's appearance attracts a lot of attention; her face is disfigured. Susan is determined to help others in a s

EP 12

Clockwork Radio Update

British inventor Trevor Bavlis developed this radio to help rural Africans get information on Aids. Since then, the radi

EP 1

Superspecs

Following the travels of a British inventor around Ghana with a pair of glasses that he was convinced could save the sig

EP 2

The True Story of Joseph Merrick: 'The Elephant Man'

Using exclusive access to Joseph Merrick's case history and medical notes, this programme traces the story of the so-cal

EP 3

Move Over 'Babe'!

The series tonight explores US scientist Professor Stanley Curtis's work in training two young pigs to operate computers

EP 4

Cause of Death

A young man is admitted into hospital after a relatively minor road traffic accident and should have recovered from his

EP 5

Monty Roberts: A Real Horse Whisperer

Californian cowboy, Monty Roberts, has a special talent of taming wild horses in under 30 minutes. His latest challenge

EP 6

Nerve Transplant

Dr Susan MacKinnon is the first surgeon in the world to carry out nerve transplants. Her pioneering work in St Louis, Mi

EP 7

Challenging Children: Baby Love

A four-part series showing how parents are coping with the pressures of raising children in modern Britain. It is a comm

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Challenging Children: I Want My Little Boy Back

Second of a four-part series showing how parents are coping with the pressures of raising children in modern Britain. Th

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Challenging Children: Crisis in the Classroom

Third of a four-part series showing how parents are coping with the pressures of raising children in modern Britain. One

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Challenging Children: A Gifted Child

The parents of a gifted child have a special set of problems - not least the fact that nobody believes that they have a

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Breathless

This week an investigation into a controversial new drug-free treatment for asthma. The Russian professor who devised th

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Prisoners of the Forgotten Plague

The first of five new documentaries looks at a mysterious disease, known as sleepy sickness, which left thousands of peo

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Deadly Secrets

Every year at least 20 women in Britain kill their babies on the day they give birth. The actual figure may be higher be

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The Quest for the Quagga

This week's film reports on how scientists in South Africa are trying to resurrect an animal extinct for more than a cen

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Spontaneous Human Combustion

The last programme in the current series investigates a number of extraordinary cases of people bursting into flames. Sc

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Hope for Helen

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Bubble Babies

The science series returns with the first of five new documentaries. This programme tells the stories of children with s

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Betsy and the Bongo

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Call of the Deep

Free diving is a form of competitive swimming that involves staying deep underwater for long periods onjust one breath.

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Secrets of the Cloud People

The discovery in the Amazon jungle of a cliff tomb containing 200 mummies has given new credence to legends about a lost

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The Bionic Woman

Eight years ago Julie Hill was paralysed from the waist down in a car crash, but subsequently she was chosen to be the f

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Joella's Journey

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Saving Trudy

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