Science Theatre

The Riddle of Titanic (International Museum Day 2013, Hong Kong - Science Museum Programmes)

A hundred years ago, on 14 April 1912, the so-called "unsinkable vessel", Titanic departed from Southampton, British for her maiden voyage but crashed into an iceberg and sunk. How could the flagship of the White Star Line, which was equipped with the finest technology of the age, fall victim to such a tragedy and disappear into the icy waters of the Atlantic in less than three hours? This is what we try to discover along with P H Narjeoloet, the world expert on diving on the Titanic.

How Nature Works - Jungle

This film transports us around the emerald band that encircles our planet – our jungles. And begins by tackling one of the biggest puzzles about the world's rainforests: why do these places have such a bewildering variety of life, far greater than any other habitat on Earth?
The quest begins in Panama, where more varieties of bird have been recorded in a single day, than anywhere else on the planet. We then travel to Borneo to see how some of the largest animals of the jungle, the orangutan and the forest elephant, are crucial in protecting the biodiversity of the rainforests. Finally, we travel to the Amazon to witness a truly amazing web of relationships, centred around the Brazil nut tree.

How Nature Works - Grassland

In this episode, we travel to the savannahs of Kenya; the grasslands of Australia; and the Cerrado of Brazil to witness how one of our most important ecosystems works – grasslands.
In Kenya we witness the surprisingly important role that rhinos play in making the grasslands fit for antelopes. In the Brazilian Cerrado, we reveal how maned wolves get by on a low nitrogen diet, with the help of an odd dietary supplement – a fruit.
In Australia, we encounter a weird cast of mini grassland characters, like bandicoots, rock wallabies and quolls. Finally, we return to East Africa to reveal how one extraordinary part of the ecosystem works – one built around the acacia tree.

How Nature Works - Waterworlds

In this, the final episode, we follow water on a journey that will take us across the world – from the remote mountain streams, via luscious wetlands and swamps, to coral reefs and the deep ocean. We begin high in the mountains of Iceland, in the North Atlantic. We then travel across the world to South America, to the world's greatest wetland – the Pantanal.
We then travel to the Sunderbans – a vast mangrove swamp at the mouth of the Ganges in Bangladesh. We then head out to the sea, to the coral reefs of the Maldives, where we investigate the puzzle of where reefs get their food. Finally, we sail far out into the deep ocean to reveal how ocean currents rescue much of the lost nutrients that end up on the seabed.