Looking for Life on Mars

NASA launches its most ambitious hunt for traces of life on Mars, landing a car-sized rover in a rocky, ancient river delta. The rover will stow samples for possible return to Earth and test technology that may pave the way for human travel to Mars.

Ultimate Mars Challenge

With access to the scientists and engineers responsible for the Curiosity rover's on-the-ground experiments, NOVA captures its landing on Mars

Roving Mars

Join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet.

Madame Mars: Women and the Quest for Worlds Beyond

As a new space age dawns, have women come far enough to go farther than they ever have before? This film tells the story of the role women have played in the exploration of Mars.

Parrot Fashion

A 30-minute documentary looking at the writing and production of The Pirate Planet.

Getting Blood from the Stones

Cast and crew look back at the making of The Stones of Blood.

The Humans of Tara

The cast and crew look back at the making of The Androids of Tara.

The Mars Underground

The Mars Underground is a landmark documentary that brings to life, through the use of state-of-the-art 3D animation, the daring first human mission to the red planet and explores the challenges of surviving on Mars.

A New Beginning

A look at the radical changes made to Doctor Who by John Nathan-Turner for his first story as producer, which opened the programme's eighteenth year on BBC1.

A Space Program

The artist Tom Sachs and his team of bricoleurs build a handmade space program and send two female astronauts to Mars

Doctor Who: Endgame

A detailed look at the reasons why Doctor Who ended in 1989, and what plans were being made by the Production Team had there been a season 27 of the series in 1990 and what might have happened.

The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers

In the far future, the remaining population of an oxygen-depleted planet Earth lies in enforced stasis in The Field of Dreams. Looking for ideas to help him re-connect to his captive audience, Zed, a young scenariosmith, turns to the world of Doctor Who for inspiration...

The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams

Continuing his search for inspiration, Zed resumes his studies of twentieth-century television's Doctor Who. What he finds will have a profound effect...

Curiosity: Life of A Mars Rover

Bonnie Langford: In Conversation

Matthew Sweet chats to companion Bonnie Langford.

Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

An epic journey around Mars — built from real satellite and rover data — revealing the red planet as you’ve never seen it before.

Space: The Longest Goodbye

Social isolation affects millions of people, even Mars-bound astronauts. A savvy NASA psychologist is tasked with protecting these daring explorers.

Rediscovering the Urge to Live

The team behind the reconstruction of Planet of Giants explain how it was put together.

Love Off-Air

A tribute to the people dedicated enough to capture the soundtracks of Doctor Who in the 1960s.

The Nightmare of TV Centre

A look back at the somewhat troubled production of Nightmare of Eden with three of the behind-the-scenes crew who worked on it.