Ellen Swallow Richards: The ‘Housekeeper’ Who Brought Science Home
How can you tell whether a glass of water is safe to drink?
In...
Richard Sedley
Gregory C. Coleman: The Drummer Who Changed Music in Seven Seconds
In 1969, The Winstons, a funk and soul band, entered an Atlanta studio to...
Barry Marshall: The Doctor Who Drank a Stomach Ulcer
Around one in ten people will develop a stomach ulcer during their lifetime. For...
Mark Court: The Sign Painter Who Makes Perfection Human
A coachline is the thin decorative stripe running along the side of a Rolls-...
Peter Safar: The Doctor Who Began Before the Beginning
A man suffers a heart attack over Sunday lunch and collapses. An ambulance arrives....
Sir Kenlem Digby: The Englishman Who Made Champagne Possible
Champagne may be one of France’s greatest gifts to the world, but it...
John Frederic Bateman: The Victorian Who Moved Mountains
In 1846, almost half the homes in Manchester, northern England, had no water supply....
Jean-François Champollion: The Linguist Who Gave Ancient Egypt Its Voice
Ancient Egypt is one of history’s greatest civilisations.
It built pyramids, raised colossal...
Eugene Polley: The Man Who Pressed Our Buttons
Few everyday objects cause as much domestic friction as the television remote control.
Disappeared....
Season One: Introduction
Season One introduces twenty remarkable people whose achievements, discoveries and acts of courage deserve...
Marie Tharp: The Woman Who Redrew the Earth
One of the great scientific mysteries of the twentieth century was how the Earth’...
Bert Sproston: The Footballer Who Defied Hitler
Bert Sproston was one of England’s finest footballers of the 1930s. Yet the...