Ellen Swallow Richards: The ‘Housekeeper’ Who Brought Science Home

How can you tell whether a glass of water is safe to drink? In...

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...