Genius of Britain: The Scientists Who Changed the World Asking Big Questions (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary

Genius of Britain: The Scientists Who Changed the World

Asking Big Questions (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary

Recent advances probing the secrets of DNA, human nature, and nanotechnology are explored, and Stephen Hawking and Richard Dawkins have a thought-provoking exchange about the future that faces us all.

Directors

Michael Waterhouse | Jonathan Rudd

Producer

Michael Waterhouse

Composer

Dru Masters

Cinematographers

Andy Jackson (photography) | Matt Smith (photography)

Editors

Phil Reynolds (as Philip Reynolds) | Rupert Troskie

Production Designer

Kit Line

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Updated Jun 3, 2010

Release date

Jun 3, 2010 (United Kingdom)

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Jim Al-Khalili Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	1001 Inventions and Journeys from Alchemy to Chemistry (2019)
Richard Dawkins Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Doctor Who (2005)
James Dyson Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	The Sunday Programme (1994)
Stephen Hawking Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Olivia Judson Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Nova (1974)
Francis Crick Self - Physicist (archive footage) Self - Physicist (archive footage) See fewer	Nova (1974)
Fred Hoyle Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A for Andromeda (1961)
James Watson Self - Biologist (archive footage) Self - Biologist (archive footage) See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
David Attenborough Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Blue Planet II (2017)
Kathy Sykes Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Rough Science (2000)
Robert Winston Self (voice) (uncredited) Self (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	The London Programme (1975)