Q.E.D
Q.E.D. (quod erat demonstrandum, Latin for "that which was to be demonstrated") was the name of a series of BBC popular science documentary films which aired in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1999. 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.
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- Ep 1
1.How to Pick Up Girls, Win Arguments and Influence People
06-04-1982How to Pick Up Girls, Win Arguments and Influence People with Arnold has one wish: he wants to be successful.- At everything. In. tonight's film all his wishes are granted. Among t...
- Ep 2
2.Light Creatures of the Night
13-04-1982In the jungles of South-East Asia entire bushes light up like Christmas trees, and in the Caribbean the seas glow with a luminous light. It's called bioluminescence - a term used t...
- Ep 3
3.The Proof of the Pudding
20-04-1982Judith Hann cordially invites you to join her at dinner with Professor Nicholas Kuru , the world's premier gastrophysicist, and friends, including Michel Roux , Master Chef. On the...
- Ep 4
4.Spy in the Sky
27-04-1982Every hour of every day dozens of spy-in-the-sky satellites are peering down at us from space. What are they looking for and what can they see? Apart from the weather satellites, o...
- Ep 5
5.Beyond the Six Second Mile
04-05-1982Unique, designer-built, jet-powered car. Code name Project Thrust. All metal wheels, £8,000 each, low mileage, fuel consumption 50 gallons a minute, 0-300 mph in 12 seconds, estima...
- Ep 6
6.Music, Music, Music
11-05-1982'If music be the food of love, play on '. But what kind of music should one play for which girl? And does it change from country to country? In the West there is almost total agree...
- Ep 7
7.Riding on Air
18-05-1982Why is a Tornado like a gannet? The first is an RAF combat aircraft, while a gannet is a bird that dives vertically for.fish. The answer? Well, both are designed to kill-and both u...
- Ep 8
8.A Guide to Armageddon
26-07-198230mA Guide to Armageddon is a 30 minute documentary about a nuclear missile detonating in London, and the effects it would have on things like buildings, cars and people. Directed by...
- Ep 10
10.The Underground Test
30-07-1982As part of Wednesday's Q.E.D. documentary, A Guide to Armageddon, two London couples each volunteered to carry out a ten-day 'consumer test' - underground in a nuclear shelter. Joy...
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