Great Scientists

The first programme takes us to the Aegean on a mad journey through the life and work of the world's first scientist, Aristotle.

In programme two Chapman is in Venice to give us his own peculiar take on the life and work of Galileo. What made this North Italian bruiser such a key figure in the history of scientific progress? An entertaining potted biog of the man himself is set against the Renaissance and the rise of Capitalism.

In programmer three, Allan Chapman considers Charles Darwin, whose controversial theory of evolution was widely ridiculed when it was published.

Programme four is a roller-coaster ride through the life and work of Charles Darwin. Chapman has his own controversial views on the ‘evolution versus God' debate.

Programme five takes us on a suitably mad adventure through the life and work of Albert Einstein, last in his top five list of great scientists. Visual fireworks, Pythonesque animation and incredible location filming in the particle accelerator at CERN reveal the inner workings of the Universe and Einstein's brain (which is bigger?). An explosive end to a supernova series.