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Algorithms: The Secret Rules of Modern Living

       Technology
Without us noticing, modern life has been taken over. Algorithms run everything from search engines on the internet to satnavs and credit card data security - they even help us travel the world, find love and save lives. Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms. By showing us some of the algorithms most essential to our lives, he reveals where these 2,000-year-old problem solvers came from, how they work, what they have achieved and how they are now so advanced they can even programme themselves.

The Future of Work and Death

       Technology
The film explores the growth of exponential technology and where it is taking us. It focuses on how future technology could significantly change the two inevitable features of the human experience; punching the clock and fading away. 'The Future of Work and Death' explores how advanced automation, AI and technological singularity could be achievable in the next 30 years.
How job obsolescence and technological unemployment could consequently occur and how digital immortality can occur may not be a thing of science fiction. But what are the socio-political repercussions of these innovations and are we ready for them? Does working less mean living more and is ending ageing incumbent on us? Worldwide experts in the fields of futurology, anthropology, neuroscience and philosophy share their thoughts on these future advancements.

The Man Who Cracked the Nazi Code

       History
One of the main battles of the Second World War took place inside the brain of a mathematician called Alan Turing. During the war, the allies' key objective was to crack the German army's encrypted communications code. Without a doubt, the key player in the game was this interdisciplinary scientist and a long-forgotten hero.
Alan Turing's breakthroughs, his story and tragic destiny, gives us a chance to look at the Second World War from a different angle.

World Biggest Bomb

       Technology
During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on a perilous race to create the most powerful bomb in human history. This gripping documentary unveils how both nations pushed the boundaries of science and morality, culminating in the Soviet Union’s creation of the “Tsar Bomba”—the largest and most devastating weapon ever detonated, with a blast over 3,000 times more powerful than Hiroshima.
Through unexpected twists, miscalculations, and high-stakes experiments, The World’s Biggest Bomb delves into the untold stories of ambition, fear, and rivalry that shaped a critical moment in history. Witness the harrowing journey of the scientists who risked everything to harness destruction on an unimaginable scale, forever altering the course of humanity.
Through the Wormhole

Through the Wormhole

2011  Science
Ancient Apocalypse

Ancient Apocalypse

2024  History
Dark Net

Dark Net

2016  Technology
The Crime of the Century

The Crime of the Century

2021  Medicine
Breakthrough

Breakthrough

2019  Medicine