The Big Question (TV series)
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The Big Question is a five-part science documentary television series broadcast in the United Kingdom
on the Five channel, beginning January 2004 and continuing into 2005. In the North America
n market, it has been re-released on the Discovery Science
network. Each half-hour episode is hosted by a renowned authority, and examines the following provocative questions:
The series has attracted controversy and criticism from creationists
, as well as praise from other reviewers.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on the Five channel, beginning January 2004 and continuing into 2005. In the North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n market, it has been re-released on the Discovery Science
Discovery Science
Discovery science is a scientific methodology which emphasizes analysis of large volumes of experimental data with the goal of finding new patterns or correlations, leading to hypothesis formation and other scientific methodologies.Discovery-based methodologies are often viewed in contrast to...
network. Each half-hour episode is hosted by a renowned authority, and examines the following provocative questions:
- Part 1 - "How Did the Universe Begin?" by Stephen HawkingStephen HawkingStephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity...
- Part 2 - "How Did Life Begin?" by Harry KrotoHarold KrotoSir Harold Walter Kroto, FRS , born Harold Walter Krotoschiner, is a British chemist and one of the three recipients to share the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley....
- Part 3 - "Why Are We Here?" by Richard DawkinsRichard DawkinsClinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL , known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author...
- Part 4 - "Why Am I Me?" by Susan Greenfield
- Part 5 - "How Will It All End?" by Ian StewartIan Stewart (mathematician)Ian Nicholas Stewart FRS is a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, England, and a widely known popular-science and science-fiction writer. He is the first recipient of the , awarded jointly by the LMS and the IMA for his work on promoting mathematics.-Biography:Stewart was born...
The series has attracted controversy and criticism from creationists
Creationism
Creationism is the religious beliefthat humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe are the creation of a supernatural being, most often referring to the Abrahamic god. As science developed from the 18th century onwards, various views developed which aimed to reconcile science with the Genesis...
, as well as praise from other reviewers.