Big History (TV series)

Big History
Genre Entertainment
Narrated by Bryan Cranston
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Running time 30 minutes
2 hour final episode
Broadcast
Original channel H2
Original run November 2, 2013 – December 28, 2013
External links
Website

Big History is an American television documentary series narrated by Bryan Cranston, which originally aired on H2 in 2013. Each episode covers a single topic from history and shows connections between that topic and various fields of science and social science. Sixteen half-hour episodes aired in the first season, followed by a two-hour finale drawing connections between the sixteen topics.[1] The series has been criticized for its factual inaccuracies.[2]

List of Big History episodes

Season 1 (2013)

No.TitleOriginal air date
1 "The Superpower of Salt" November 2, 2013
2 "Horse Power Revolution" November 2, 2013
3 "Gold Fever" November 9, 2013
4 "Below Zero" November 9, 2013
5 "Megastructures" November 16, 2013
6 "Defeating Gravity" November 16, 2013
7 "World of Weapons" November 23, 2013
8 "Brain Boost" November 23, 2013
9 "Mountain Machines" November 30, 2013
10 "Pocket Time Machine" November 30, 2013
11 "Decoded" December 7, 2013
12 "Deadly Meteors" December 7, 2013
13 "The Sun" December 14, 2013
14 "Rise of the Carnivores" December 14, 2013
15 "H2O" December 21, 2013
16 "Silver Supernova" December 21, 2013
17 "The Big History of Everything" December 28, 2013

References

  1. Elavsky, Cindy (October 20, 2013). "Celebrity Extra". King Features. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  2. "‘Big History,’ bad facts and much BS". Media Life Magazine. Retrieved 14 May 2014.