The BEST episodes directed by David Starkey
#1 - ...about Brains
James May's Things You Need to Know - Season 2 - Episode 2
Do you really know what is happening inside your head? James May does and it turns out there is a lot more than you would imagine. With the aid of some mind-boggling animation and motion graphics, he cranks open your cranium to get the answers from 100 billion whizzing neurons on questions like why men don't ask for directions, why your memory is so bad and what love has in common with class A drugs. Packed full of brain-bending science that is sure to blow your mind - you will never think of your grey matter in the same way again!
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#2 - ...about Einstein
James May's Things You Need to Know - Season 2 - Episode 1
So you think you know Albert Einstein? Clever guy, crazy hair, had a few ideas about space and time - that's the one. Well, James May thought he knew him pretty well too, until he started asking some really tough questions. How did a man falling off a roof change our universe? What does E=mc2 actually mean? Who wanted Einstein for president? And furthermore, what happened to his brain? To help James find out, he will enter a universe of bizarre animation and motion graphics, where atom bombs and speeding trains collide with photons and monkeys' earwax. Along the way, he uncovers a world of facts that will surprise, amaze and entertain you - and you don't have to be a genius to enjoy it!
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Discovery Channel Documentaries - Season 2009 - Episode 22
Is the Loch Ness Monster a gigantic flesh-eating reptile that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago? Or is it a giant squid or sturgeon? Or is this a creature not yet seen or understood in maritime history? Philippe Cousteau leads a team of eminent scientists on a mission to unravel the mystery that has captured the imagination for centuries. If this is a pre-historic creature or a more closely related species than we have yet seen, how did it get there, what does it look like and how does it survive. Philippe Cousteau dives into the murky depths of one of the places of greatest natural beauty on earth, in his bid to find the creature that may lurk there. This programme explores the truth behind the legendary creature who may or may not exist in Scotland's Loch Ness. Philippe Cousteau Jr. dives into the murky depths to examine the evidence, with a team of eminent scientists.