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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Original network
  
BBC1

Original release
  
1982 – 1999

Final episode date
  
1999

Executive producers
  
Tim Haines, Liz Tucker

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Running time
  
30 min

Picture format
  
PAL

First episode date
  
1982

Network
  
BBC One

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Cast
  
Jeremy Clarkson, Ian McShane

Similar
  
John's Not Mad, Deadwood, The Pillars of the Earth, Space Odyssey, Ocean Odyssey

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Q.E.D. (quod erat demonstrandum, Latin for "that which was to be demonstrated") was the name of a strand of BBC popular science documentary films which aired in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1999.

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Format

Running in a half-hour peak-time slot on the BBC's primary mass-audience channel BBC1, the series had a more populist and general interest agenda than the long-running Horizon series which aired on the more specialist channel BBC2.

Horizon could often be difficult for a scientific novice, requiring a modicum of background knowledge beyond the reaches of many viewers, so Q.E.D. was a more approachable way of introducing scientific stories.

Some notable films

  • A Guide to Armageddon (1982) – the effects of a one megaton nuclear bomb being exploded over London
  • Simon's War (1983) – the life of Simon Weston, who suffered serious burns in the Falklands War
  • Big Brother's Little Test (1983) – How reliable is polygraphy, the use of lie-detectors? Can the innocent be unjustly condemned? Can the guilty beat them?
  • In at the Deep End (1984) – an experiment in which divers spent nine days at simulated depths of up to 1000 feet, breathing a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen
  • Round Britain Whizz (1986) – a sped-up flight around the coastline of Britain
  • The Foolish Wise Ones (1987) – a look at the talents and worlds of Autistic Savants, such as Stephen Wiltshire
  • With a Goal in Mind (1988) – A sport psychologist works with First Division Queen's Park Rangers for a period of six weeks.
  • John's Not Mad (1989) – follows a 15-year-old boy with severe Tourette syndrome
  • My Best Friend's a Computer (1990) – explores the effects of computers on the emotional development of children
  • Nerve Transplant (1997) – explores the work of a unique nerve transplant surgeon, bringing back movement to the limbs of previously paralysed patients
  • Superspecs (1997) – follows the travels of a British inventor around Ghana with a pair of glasses made for just a dollar, that he is convinced could save the sight of millions
  • The Burning Question (1998) – on spontaneous human combustion
  • Breathless (1998) – investigates the Buteyko method for treating asthma

    • References

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