Winner of the 2016 Royal Television Society award for best Science and Natural History programme and winner of the 2016 Grierson Award for best Science Documentary. In an extra-ordinary TV experiment, Dr George McGavin tells the story of an oak tree over a whole year in its life. He shows it to be one of the great warriors of the British countryside as it fights countless adversaries from tiny insects to mighty storms to survive. Using innovative filming techniques, George reveals the oak’s fascinating and complex biology. He also delves into the past show how the oak is woven into our history and culture. This film is a celebration of Britain’s most iconic tree. Shown first on BBC 4 in autumn 2015. “This was 90 minutes of television at its best, entertaining and educational.” Daily Mail

Everybody’s heard of quantum physics but few understand it or appreciate its amazing consequences. In this two-part series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili demystifies the science. In the first film, Jim shows how the crazy rules of quantum physics underpin much of what we observe in the universe around us. In the second, he investigates its crucial role in the living, biological world. The programmes were first shown on BBC 4 in Autumn 2014 and had some of the best ratings for a factual programme for the channel that year. “This was television… leaving viewers with a head full of wonder and a need to know more.” The Guardian

From the host of Atom and The Secret Life of Chaos comes a new mini-series exploring Physics. This time Professor Jim Al-Khalili goes on the ultimate brain-melting adventure, an epic journey from infinity to nothing and back. In the first film Jim investigates whether or not the universe is infinitely large and in the second, he investigates what the vacuum consists of. Strange as it sounds, these two questions allow Jim to explore the key discoveries and ideas in modern physics, and in a playful and entertaining way report from the frontline of modern science as well as encountering some amazing events and characters from the history of mathematics and physics. Over the course of two episodes Jim will meet the world’s leading scientists, and the films will also be a visual treat, visiting stunning locations and deploying inventive and innovative filming techniques.