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  1. Forty Years of Selfishness (2016)

    Subject
    Biology

    Podcast marking the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Richard Dawkins’ ‘The Selfish Gene’, exploring how the book changed the way many people think about genetics. Features contributions from...

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  2. Beyond Genetics (2016)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23 minutes), £25.00

    This three part film, which features contributions from Dr Nessa Carey and Dr Guy Sutton, looks at recent developments in the field of epigenetics, in order to demonstrate that the way genes work is in fact...

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  3. Language Evolution: A Gene for Language (2015)

    Producer
    Mary Ward-Lowery
    Subject
    Languages; Linguistics

    Podcast. Word of Mouth is a BBC Radio 4 series about the English language and the way we use it presented by Michael Rosen. In this edition neuroscientist Dr Frederique Liegeois joins Michael Rosen and Dr...

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  4. Transcription and Translation: Rna Splicing (2012)

    Subject
    Biology

    A three dimensional visualisation of the process which takes place in certain genes, whereby the protein-coding sections of the DNA ("exons") are interrupted by non-coding regions ("introns"). RNA splicing...

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  5. Designer Babies and Gene Robbery (2011)

    Director
    Bertram Verhaag; Gabriele Kröber
    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £50.00

    A balanced look at the degree to which science can alter our genetic makeup. There is a danger that simplistic thinking could assume that there is a gene for something like homosexuality, whereas science is...

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  6. Steve Jones: Nature, Nurture .... Or Neither? (2011)

    Subject
    Biology; Psychology

    Recording of the Sir David Rivett Memorial Lecture, delivered by geneticist Professor Steve Jones at the CSIRO in Canberra on 13/3/2011 and broadcast on television in Australia, in which he discusses nature...

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  7. Who Lives? Who Dies? (2011)

    Subject
    Biology

    Why do only certain species survive? How can our growing knowledge of genomes reveal a deeper understanding of life’s cycles and secrets? These are among the topics discussed in this video recording of a...

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  8. Asperger’s - Oops, Wrong Planet! (2010)

    Subject
    Psychology; Social welfare

    This documentary explores how the Asperger world, once a solitary, cut-off place, has entered the mainstream of modern life, thanks to the increasing importance of digital technology. It also shows how this...

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  9. Reprogramming the Code of Life (2009)

    Subject
    Biology

    Video recording of the Francis Crick Prize Lecture given at the Royal Society by Dr Jason Chin, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, on 26 November 2009. The information for synthesizing the molecules...

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  10. Face of Britain (2008)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Biology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 155 minutes), £9.99

    A television series in which archaeologist Neil Oliver follows the biggest ever survey of the genetic make-up of the British people. The result is a kind of DNA map of Britain - a genetic Domesday Book -...

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