BBC - Programmes categorised as Factual: Science & Nature

The Future with Hannah Fry
Professor Hannah Fry explores the science and technology of the future.
BBC Two
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David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth
A celebration of Sir David's groundbreaking career broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall.
BBC One
Ciad-fàthan nan Creutairean/Wild Senses
The wildest ways animals create and detect sound to communicate, navigate and survive.
BBC ALBA
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Alba fon Talamh/Scotland Underground
Series that follows Calum Maclean into Scotland’s underground world.
BBC ALBA
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The Dark Frontier by Jeffrey Marlow
Marine microbiologist Jeffrey Marlow explores the deep ocean - one of our last frontiers.
BBC Radio 4
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Making Life on Earth: Attenborough's Greatest Adventure
The epic story of the blockbuster series that changed David Attenborough’s life forever.
BBC One
Writing the Atom
How our scientific quest to find the tiniest thing has inspired art and literature.
BBC Radio 4
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Artemis: To the Moon and Back
The inside story of the Artemis II mission - filmed over three and a half years at NASA.
BBC Two
The Climate Question
Why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.
BBC News
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Y Tywydd (Nos Lun)
Rhagolygon tywydd yr wythnos. The week's weather forecast.
S4C
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Samhradh air Sàl
Summer fishing trips off the Isle of Lewis with Angus Mackay and friends.
BBC ALBA
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Secret Garden
David Attenborough reveals the drama unfolding in the wild world of Britain's backyards.
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The Radio Universe
Astrophysicist Emma Chapman's love letter to radio astronomy.
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Inside Britain's National Parks
A look at four of Britain’s national parks and the people who live and work in them.
BBC Two
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My Garden of a Thousand Bees
Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn sets out to film over 60 species of bee in his garden.
BBC Four
The Birds
A wildlife film-maker uncovers meaning in the mesmeric murmurations off the Norfolk Coast.
BBC Four
Money, Influence and the NHS
Science documentary from BBC Radio 4.
BBC Radio 4
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Inside the Rage Machine
The inside story of how social media algorithms sow division with real-world consequences.
BBC Two
Cruit Phàdruig
Peter MacQueen faces the challenge of setting up his own croft.
BBC ALBA
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Cuantan Caochlaideach/Seas in Motion
A look at the marine dramas, great and small, that unfold across the North and Baltic Seas
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AI Confidential with Hannah Fry
Hannah Fry looks at some of the extraordinary human stories emerging from the world of AI.
BBC Two
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Black Waters: The Sea Empress Disaster
The story of the 1996 Sea Empress oil spill off the Welsh coast.
BBC One Wales
Jane Rea's Bloomin' Wild
Nature’s seasons, Antrim’s story - from a family farm in the heart of Ulster-Scots culture
BBC One Northern Ireland
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Life Without
Alan Davies hosts a thought experiment: will removing one thing from our world destroy it?
BBC Radio 4
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Cloning Jack
You can now clone your pet in the UK, but should you?
BBC Radio 4
Dark Breath
The story of a scientific surprise and what happened next.
BBC Radio 4
Inside Universe 25
What we can learn about the psychology of crowding from one man, and two thousand mice?
BBC Radio 4
Wild London
Sir David Attenborough explores the surprising wildlife of his hometown – London.
BBC One
Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future
Chris McCausland explores the future of technology and what it holds for him personally.
BBC Two
Kingdom
In the heart of Zambia, four animal families compete to claim a remarkable home.
BBC One
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Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles
Hamza Yassin reveals amazing wildlife hidden around the UK.
BBC One
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A Carnival of Animals
Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of 20 astonishing but endangered animals.
BBC Radio 4
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Secrets of the Brain
Professor Jim Al-Khalili unravels the mysteries of the human brain.
BBC Two
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Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic
Dr Chris van Tulleken is on a global hunt to uncover a virus deadlier than Covid-19.
BBC Two
Looking for No Man's Land
A quest to find a place on Earth unaffected by humans... if it exists.
BBC Radio 4
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Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
David Attenborough discusses the coelacanth, a living fossil hidden for 400 million years.
BBC Two
New Elements
What does it take to make something which has never existed on Earth before?
BBC Radio 4
The Great Influencer Experiment
A potter, a historian and a performer enter the world of social media.
BBC Radio 4
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What Are UFOs?
Can science reveal the secrets of mysterious objects seen in our skies?
BBC Four
Confessions of a Brain Surgeon
Brain surgeon Henry Marsh reveals the truth about this high-risk job.
BBC Two
Farmwatch
Celebrating farming communities across England.
BBC Local Radio
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Parenthood
How the greatest challenge of all for animals in the wild is being a parent.
BBC One
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Speed of Light by Laura Cumming
Laura Cumming explores a 19th-century technological revolution in photography.
BBC Radio 4
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Human
Ella Al-Shamahi reveals humanity's story across 300,000 years of human evolution.
BBC Two
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Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
BBC Radio 4
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Walking With Dinosaurs
The legend is back as Walking With Dinosaurs returns. Meet six iconic dinosaurs.
BBC One
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Hot Stuff: Cardiff's Geothermal Future
Discover the huge potential of geothermal energy for Wales hidden beneath our feet.
BBC Radio Wales
Iolo's River Valleys
Iolo Williams explores four of Wales’s most stunning river valleys.
BBC One Wales
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AI Decoded
Exploring and unpacking the world of artificial intelligence.
BBC News
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Twitter: Breaking the Bird
The inside story of the tech entrepreneurs who created the social media app Twitter.
BBC Two

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