On screen
Cast
141 credited performers
Michael Mosley
Narrator
Paul Vaughan
Narrator (voice)
Alice Roberts
Self - Presenter
Hannah Fry
Self
Richard Feynman
Himself
Brian Cox
Presenter
Giles Yeo
Presenter
Xand van Tulleken
Presenter
David Attenborough
Self
Steven Mackintosh
Narrator
Kevin Fong
Self - Presenter
Michio Kaku
Character not listed
Kelly Hunter
Herself - Narrator
Helen McCrory
Narrator
Chris van Tulleken
Presenter
Helen Czerski
Self - Presenter
Iain Stewart
Self - Presenter
Jim Al-Khalili
Self - Presenter
David Lutyens
Self - Reporter
Dilly Barlow
Narrator (voice)
Jack Fortune
Narrator (voice)
Richard Branson
Character not listed
Nicholas Soames
Character not listed
Bob Brier
Character not listed
Robert Winston
Character not listed
Robert Gallo
Character not listed
Trevor R. Bryce
Character not listed
Joshua Wurman
Character not listed
Bill Paterson
Character not listed
Lori Schappell
Character not listed
Gary England
Character not listed
Reba Schappell
Character not listed
Andrew Scott
Narrator
Rupert Penry-Jones
Himself - Narrator
Adrian Lester
Himself - Narrator
Dr Adam Rutherford
Presenter
Hugo Speer
Narrator
Gabriel Weston
Presenter
David Harewood
Narrator
John Hannah
Himself - Narrator
Peter Gibbs
Self - Presenter
Adam Pearson
Presenter
Daniel Kahneman
Presenter
Toby Macdonald
Presenter
Uta Frith
Presenter
Anne Glover
Herself - Presenter
Dr Zoe Williams
Herself - Presenter
Tim Berners-Lee
Himself - Interviewed Guest
Laura Waters
Herself - Presenter
Julian Assange
Himself - Interviewed Guest
Robert Smith
Himself
John Hammond
Self - Presenter
Liz Bonnin
Self - Presenter
Paul McGann
Himself
Toby Jones
Narrator
Danny Wallace
Himself
Fergal Keane
Self - Presenter
Katherine Parkinson
Narrator
Chris Packham
Self
Murray Gell-Mann
Character not listed
Yuval Ne'eman
Character not listed
Nicholas Samios
Character not listed
Arthur C. Clarke
Character not listed
Frank Gillard
Narrator
Terrence Hardiman
Trofim Lysenko
David Swift
Vavilov
Simon Lack
Zhukovskii
Richard Ireson
Prezent
George Cormack
Michurin
Forbes Collins
Iakovlev
Richard Beale
Lysenko's father
Duncan Geddes
Self
Sean Conroy
Self
Peter Middleton
Self
Buckminster Fuller
Self
Robert Horne
Self
Aaron Klug
Self
John Money
Self
David Reimer
Self
Dilly Barlow
Narrator
Ben Carson
Self
Zam Baring
Narrator
Maria Pearson
Self
David Van Horn
Self
Larry Zimmerman
Self
Suzan Harjo
Self
Richard Jantz
Self
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
Self
Patricia Marks Greenfield
Self
Duane Rumbaugh
Self
Sarah Boyson
Self
Beatrix Gardner
Self
Rayna Green
Self
Ian Holm
Narrator
Tim Ingold
Self
Paul Martin
Self
David Meltzer
Self
David Harris
Self
Abbot Sekaquaptewa
Self
James Hazeldine
Self
Thomas A. Edison
Self
Michael Swann
Narrator (voice)
Francis Crick
Self
James Watson
Self
Vernon Joyner
Narrator (voice)
John Slack
Narrator (voice)
Christophe Boesch
Self
Sarah Boysen
Self
Frans de Waal
Self
Jane Goodall
Self
Martin Muller
Self
Crickette Sanz
Self
Robert Sussman
Self
Michael Tomasell
Self
Richard Wrangham
Self
Danny Wallace
Presenter
Frank Borman
Self
Dick Gilling
Self - Presenter
Rosemary Leach
Self - Narrator (voice)
Lucian Msamati
Narrator
Bill Paterson
Narrator
Bernard Hill
Narrator
Jemma Redgrave
Narrator (voice)
Saul Perlmutter
Self - Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Alex Filippenko
Self - Astronomical Observer
Robert Kirshner
Self - Astronomical Observer
Rocky Kolb
Self - Astronomical Theorist
Michael Turner
Self - Astronomical Theorist
Adam Riess
Self - University of California, Berkeley
Stephen Hawking
Himself
Howard Lang
Mr. Rothery
Ruth Wilson
Narrator
Stephen Kemble
Narrator
Derek Jacobi
Narrator
Tony Benn
Character not listed
Nicola Walker
Narrator
Nigel Balchin
Character not listed
Jacob Bronowski
Character not listed
George Schaller
Character not listed
Paul Dirac
Character not listed
Lynsey Baxter
Margaret Howard