Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers — Season 1
About this season
From flashes of genius to curious experiments, humankind's innovations lead explorers and inventors on a brilliant journey of discovery in this series.
Episodes (26)
1. The Chinese, our Ancestors
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
2. Archimedes and the Greek
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
3. Hero from Alexandria
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
4. The Measuring of Time
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
5. Henry the Navigator and Cartography
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
6. Gutenberg and Printing
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
7. Leonardo Da Vinci, a Jack-of-all-trades
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
8. The Doctors (Paracelse, Vesale, Pare, etc...)
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
9. Galileo
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
10. Newton
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
11. Buffon (Discovering the Past)
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
12. Lavoisier and Chemistry
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
13. Stephenson, Full Steam Ahead!
Aired 3 January 1994 • 26 min
14. Faraday and Electricity
Aired 4 January 1995 • 26 min
15. Darwin and Evolution
Aired 11 January 1995 • 26 min
16. Mendel and Peas
Aired 18 January 1995 • 26 min
17. Pasteur and Micro-organisms
Aired 25 January 1995 • 26 min
18. Thomas Edison and Applied Science
Aired 1 February 1995 • 26 min
19. Marconi and the Waves
Aired 8 February 1995 • 26 min
20. Ford and the Adventure of Motorcar
Aired 15 February 1995 • 26 min
21. Aviation
Aired 22 February 1995 • 26 min
22. Marie Curie
Aired 1 March 1995 • 26 min
23. Einstein
Aired 8 March 1995 • 26 min
24. Lorenz, Father of the Goose
Aired 15 March 1995 • 26 min
25. Armstrong, the Moon and the Space
Aired 22 March 1995 • 26 min
26. Tomorrow is at our Doorstep
Aired 29 March 1995 • 26 min