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6 Degrees Of Separation

6 Degrees Of Separation

  • TV panel show
  • BBC Two
  • 2015
  • 1 episode

Science-based panel show for the BBC's Making it Digital season, hosted by Professor Brian Cox with Ben Miller and Hugh Dennis. Stars Brian Cox, Hugh Dennis, Ben Miller, Jim Al-Khalili, Hannah Fry and more.

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Key details

Genre
Panel Show
Broadcast
2015
Channel
BBC Two
Episodes
1
Stars
Brian Cox, Hugh Dennis, Ben Miller, Jim Al-Khalili, Hannah Fry, Steve Jones and Alice Roberts
Director
Ollie Bartlett
Producers
Annabel Gillings and Andrew Cohen
Company

Professor Brian Cox hosts as comedians Ben Miller and Hugh Dennis each lead a team of scientists as they compete to find the scientific connections between six unlikely objects.

It's Making it Digital week, so they'll start with an analogue record player, and attempt to find the link to Galileo, a dung beetle, whipped cream, the inner Earth and, finally, end at all things digital. A dung beetle obstacle race and exploding bags of custard are among the scientific experiments that help the teams find the links.

Ben is joined by mathematician Dr Hannah Fry and geneticist Professor Steve Jones, while Hugh is aided and abetted by anatomist Professor Alice Roberts and theoretical physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 14th September 2015 at 10pm on BBC Two
Episode length
30 minutes

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