Q.E.D. (BBC TV series)

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show_name = Q.E.D.


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format = Science, Educational
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runtime = 30 min
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producer = nowrap beginLiz Tucker·wrap Emma Walker·wrap John Hayes-Fisher·wrap Andrew Thompson nowrap end
executive_producer = Mick Rhodes (1982-84), David Filkin (1985-91), Simon Campbell-Jones (1992), Susan Spindler (1993-94), Tim Haines (1994), Lorraine Heggessey (1995-97), Michael Mosley (1998-99)
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country = UK
network = BBC1
first_aired = 1982
last_aired = 1999
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"Q.E.D." was the name of a strand of BBC popular science documentary films which aired in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1999. [ [http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/terrestrial/1999/09/bbc_ditches_qed_branding.html BBC ditches QED branding] , "Broadcast", 24 September 1999.] Running in a half hour peak-time slot on the BBC's primary mass-audience channel BBC 1, the series had a more populist and general interest agenda than the long-running "Horizon" series which aired on the more specialist channel BBC 2.

Some notable films

* "A Guide to Armageddon" (1982) – the effects of a one megaton nuclear bomb being exploded over London.
* "Simon's War" (1983) – the life of Simon Weston, who suffered horrific burns in the Falklands War.
* "John's Not Mad" (1989) – following a 15-year-old boy with severe Tourette syndrome.
* "The Burning Question" (1998) – on spontaneous human combustion
* "Breathless" (1998) - investigating the Buteyko method for treating asthma.
* "Nerve Transplant" (1997) - exploring the work of a unique nerve transplant surgeon, bringing back movement to the limbs of previously paralysed patients.
* "Round Britain Whizz" (1986) - A speeded up flight arount the coastline of Britain
* "Superspecs" (1997) - following the travels of a British inventor around Ghana with a pair of glasses made for just a dollar that he is convinced could save the sight of millions.

References

External Links

* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/288 Q.E.D.] , British Film Institute. List of films, with dates.