NOVA (1974 - 2022)

Episode Guide Seasons - 50 Episodes - 959

Documentary | Mar 3, 1974 - Dec 14, 2022 | Returning Series

PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.

Director: Wolfgang Thaler David Belton Andrew Cohen Antoine de Maximy Louise Osmond David Sington Chris Durlacher Paul Olding Gary Johnstone Nick de Pencier Mary Olive Smith Nic Young David Dugan Peter Jones Mark Davis John Rubin Muffie Meyer Nathan Williams Gail Willumsen Peter Oxley Serena Davies Thomas Lucas John Bradshaw David Lebrun Thierry Ragobert Peter Nicholson Leslie Woodhead Annámaria Tálas Simon Nasht Bill Jersey Michael Schwarz Nigel Paterson Sabin Streeter Ellen Hovde Andrew Thompson Tom Stubberfield Alan Govenar Dan Child Iain Riddick Adam Geiger Lennart Nilsson Joseph Seamans Alex Williams Larry Klein Graham Judd Duncan Copp Mike Beckham Steven Latham Jackie Mow Ben Shackleford Callum Macrae Stéphane Bégoin Gary Glassman Miles Barton Gianfranco Pannone Peter Yost Kenny Scott Michael Jorgensen Sarah Holt Liz Tucker Matthew Barrett Nancy Linde Scott Willis Rushmore DeNooyer Oliver Twinch Peter Jones David Conover Kate Bartlett Chris Oxley Llewellyn M. Smith Joseph McMaster Julia Cort Malcolm Clark Jonathan Grupper Elizabeth Arledge David Axelrod Terri Randall Dick Bower Brando Quilici Larkin McPhee Josh Rosen Ian Duncan Nancy Porter Daniel McCabe Eleanor Grant Randall MacLowry John Hayes Fisher James Barrat Steve Greenwood Paul Reddish John Aitchison Nick Clarke Powell Martin O'Collins Miles O'Brien Susannah Ward Richard Smith Scott Tiffany Andy Awes Talya Tibbon Jo Locke Michael Bicks Jill Shinefield David Chmura Jonathan Challis Edward Hart David Murdock Graham Russell Doug Hamilton Tom Cook David Shadrack Smith Tetsuji Miyagawa Tim Dunn Chris Schmidt Sean Varley Kate Dart Nick Evans Graham Townsley Kirk Wolfinger Gary Hochman Peter Chinn David Huntley Katie Bauer Robert Strange Richard Burke-Ward Gisela Kaufmann Charles Coville Owen Palmquist Ricardo Preve Nick Davidson Gilles Cayatte Louise Lockwood C. Scott Willis Rick King Noel Dockstader Michael Barnes Jerome Raynaud Emily Roe Amy Bucher Ben Fox Chantal Hébert Brian Breger Jemima Harrison Andreas Sawall Stephen Lyons Lisa Q. Wolfinger Ingo Helbig Clay Bryce Stuart Scowcroft Carolyn Bertram Caroline Penry-Davey Liesl Clark Alice Harper Thomas Levenson Mark Radice Amir Amirani Jonathan Dent Carl Charlson Lara Acaster Hugh Thomson Jacinth O'Donnell Noel Buckner Rob Whittlesey Dimitri Doganis Joel Olicker Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones Marco Visalberghi Celia Lowenstein Peter Williams Christopher Rawlence Stephen Sweigart David McNab Tug Yourgrau David Espar Kelly Tyler Garfield Kennedy Marti Louw Shinichi Murata Tetsunori Kikuchi Henry Chancellor Adam English Jon Palfreman Simon Nashi Alan Ritsko Peter Bate Herbert Habersack Adrian Pennink Chris Hale Jon Eastman Jamie Lochhead Harvey Lilley Gwyn Williams Ben Finney Joby Lubman James Brundige Bonnie Brennan Anna Lee Strachan Chantal Hébert

Producer: David Sington Chad Cohen Sarah Kinsella Gary Glassman Sarah Holt Paula S. Apsell Kate Bartlett Terri Randall Daniel McCabe John Hayes Fisher Michael Bicks Doug Hamilton Chris Schmidt Graham Townsley Michael Barnes Liesl Clark Jon Eastman Jamie Lochhead Gwyn Williams Catherine Watling Joby Lubman Bonnie Brennan Anna Lee Strachan

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Derek Jacobi Voice of Ernest Shackleton

F. Murray Abraham Narrator

Héctor Elizondo Narrator

Frances O'Connor Emma Darwin

Shirley Henderson Mileva Maric

Joe Morton Additional Narration

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Simon Callow Galileo

Susan Sarandon Narrator

John Hurt Narrator

Jay O. Sanders Narrator

Roy Scheider Narrator

Julian Rhind-Tutt Antoine Lavoisier

Stockard Channing Bible Reader

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Sally Kellerman Narrator

Sigourney Weaver Narrator

John Lithgow Narrator

Corey Johnson Narrator

Zachary Quinto Narrator

Oliver Platt Narrator

Jim Carter Narrator

Demetri Goritsas Narrator

John Benjamin Hickey Narrator

Liev Schreiber Narrator

Courtney B. Vance Narrator

Anton Lesser Voltaire

David Ogden Stiers Narrator

Rebecca De Mornay Narrator

Philip Herbert Count de Amerval

Henry Ian Cusick Charles Darwin

Ruben Santiago-Hudson Percy Julian

Scott Handy Isaac Newton

Emily Woof Lise Meitner

Nigel Bennett Sir Charles Lyell

Aidan McArdle Albert Einstein

Alan Yentob Narrator

Samuel West Humphry Davy

Steven Robertson Michael Faraday

Thom Fell James Fitzjames

Neil Ross Narrator

Keith David Narrator

John Fraser Inquisitor

Brian Greene Host

Kathryn Walker Narrator

David Attenborough Narrator

Ty Glaser Marie Anne Lavoisier

Darri Ingolfsson Godfred Hansen

Vladimir Pozner Host

Lance Lewman Narrator

Alex MacQueen Chater

Hal Linden Narrator

Ted Marcoux Narrator

Will Lyman Narrator

Jere Shea George Soper

Maureen Bennett Lady Franklin

Richard Donat Narrator

Craig Sechler Narrator

Roger McGough Narrator

Salvatore Vecchio Narrator

Stephen Noonan Marat

Neil deGrasse Tyson Host

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Natalie Rose Josephine Baker

Bohdan Poraj Francis Crozier

Eric Meyers Narrator

Tom Magliozzi Host

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Anthony Garner Sir John Franklin

Rob Tinworth Narrator

Stefanie E. Frame Narrator

Alexa Jago Voice of Maria Celeste

Jan Maxwell Narrator

Bray Poor Narrator

James Tovell Manson

Rushmore DeNooyer Narrator

Peter Thomas Narrator

David Pogue Host

Robert Krulwich Correspondent

Jeremy Akerman Parslow

Richard Smith Host

Michael Scott Narrator

Kenichi Nakamaru Reporter

Shu Morino Reporter

Jamie Effros Narrator

John Mckenzie Narrator

C. Scott Willis Reporter

David Slavin Narrator

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Brendan Fleming Hermann Einstein

Christian Pedersen Gustav Wiik

Christian Pedersen Otto Hahn

Robert Styles Newman

Di Trevis Baroness de la Garde

Corey Conradi Roald Amundsen

Marian Tomas Griffin Mary Mallon

Gene Galusha Narrator

Jeremiah Kissel Narrator

Calvin Sims Reporter

Edd Gasper Narrator

Laura Nardi Maria Celeste

Cornelius Garrett Voices of the Ambassador and Castelli

Tony Kahn Narrator

Rena Baskin Narrator

John Hockenberry Narrator

Kirk Johnson Host

Richard Allinson Narrator

Lee Rogers Berger Himself

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Martin Williams Writer

Sven Nykvist Director of Photography

David Belton Director

Andrew Cohen Director

Antoine de Maximy Director

Louise Osmond Director

David Attenborough Writer

David Sington Director

Chris Durlacher Director

Paul Olding Director

Gary Johnstone Director

Arnie Gelbart Writer

Steven Reich Writer

Nick de Pencier Director

Mary Olive Smith Director

Nic Young Director

Wayne Dyer Writer

David Dugan Director

Peter Jones Director

Mark Davis Director

John Rubin Director

Muffie Meyer Director

Nathan Williams Director

Gail Willumsen Director

Peter Oxley Director

Serena Davies Director

Thomas Lucas Director

John Bradshaw Director

David Lebrun Director

Thierry Ragobert Director

Peter Nicholson Director

Leslie Woodhead Director

Annámaria Tálas Director

Simon Nasht Director

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Michael Schwarz Director

Chad Cohen Producer

Nigel Paterson Director

Tom Shachtman Writer

Sabin Streeter Director

Ellen Hovde Director

Andrew Thompson Director

Sarah Kinsella Producer

Tom Stubberfield Director

Alan Govenar Director

Dan Child Director

Iain Riddick Director

Adam Geiger Director

Lennart Nilsson Director

Joseph Seamans Director

Alex Williams Director

Larry Klein Director

Graham Judd Director

Duncan Copp Director

Mike Beckham Director

Steven Latham Director

Jackie Mow Director

Ben Shackleford Director

Callum Macrae Director

Stéphane Bégoin Director

Christopher Titus King Director of Photography

Gary Glassman Director

Miles Barton Director

Gianfranco Pannone Director

Peter Yost Director

Kenny Scott Director

Michael Jorgensen Director

Sarah Holt Director

Liz Tucker Director

Matthew Barrett Director

Nancy Linde Director

James Bamford Writer

Scott Willis Director

Rushmore DeNooyer Director

Oliver Twinch Director

Paula S. Apsell Producer

John Angier Executive Producer

Peter Jones Director

David Conover Director

Judith Vecchione Writer

Kate Bartlett Director

Chris Oxley Director

Llewellyn M. Smith Director

Joseph McMaster Director

Julia Cort Director

Jonathan Renouf Writer

Malcolm Clark Director

Jonathan Grupper Director

Elizabeth Arledge Director

David Axelrod Director

Terri Randall Director

Dick Bower Director

Brando Quilici Director

Larkin McPhee Director

Jonathan Wickham Writer

Josh Rosen Director

Ian Duncan Director

Nancy Porter Director

Daniel McCabe Director

Eleanor Grant Director

Randall MacLowry Director

John Hayes Fisher Director

James Barrat Director

Steve Greenwood Director

Paul Reddish Director

John Aitchison Director

Nick Clarke Powell Director

Martin O'Collins Director

Miles O'Brien Director

Susannah Ward Director

Richard Smith Director

Scott Tiffany Director

Andy Awes Director

Talya Tibbon Director

Jo Locke Director

Michael Bicks Director

Vincent Liota Writer

Jill Shinefield Director

David Chmura Director

Jonathan Challis Director

Edward Hart Director

Michael Scott Writer

David Murdock Director

Graham Russell Director

Doug Hamilton Director

Tom Cook Director

David Shadrack Smith Director

Timothy Smith Writer

Tetsuji Miyagawa Director

Tim Dunn Director

Chris Schmidt Director

Sean Varley Director

Kate Dart Director

Nick Evans Director

Graham Townsley Director

Kirk Wolfinger Director

Gary Hochman Director

Peter Chinn Director

David Huntley Director

Katie Bauer Director

Robert Strange Director

Richard Burke-Ward Director

Gisela Kaufmann Director

Charles Coville Director

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Owen Palmquist Director

Ricardo Preve Director

Wes C. Skiles Director of Photography

Nick Davidson Director

Gilles Cayatte Director

Louise Lockwood Director

C. Scott Willis Director

Rick King Director

Noel Dockstader Director

Michael Barnes Director

Jerome Raynaud Director

Emily Roe Director

Amy Bucher Director

Ben Fox Director

Chantal Hébert Director

Brian Breger Director

Jemima Harrison Director

Jon Lane Director of Photography

Andreas Sawall Director

Stephen Lyons Director

Evan I. Schwartz Writer

Matthew Collins Writer

Lisa Q. Wolfinger Director

Ingo Helbig Director

Clay Bryce Director

Stuart Scowcroft Director

Carolyn Bertram Director

Caroline Penry-Davey Director

Liesl Clark Director

William Hicklin Writer

Alice Harper Director

Thomas Levenson Director

Mark Radice Director

Amir Amirani Director

Jonathan Dent Director

Ronald H. Blumer Writer

Carl Charlson Director

Lara Acaster Director

Kate Hudec Writer

Hugh Thomson Director

Jacinth O'Donnell Director

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Dimitri Doganis Director

Joel Olicker Director

Michael Winship Writer

Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones Director

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Brian Dowley Director of Photography

Tug Yourgrau Director

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Garfield Kennedy Director

Marti Louw Director

Jeremy Hogarth Writer

Satoko Saito Writer

Shinichi Murata Director

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Henry Chancellor Director

Adam English Director

Jon Palfreman Director

Simon Nashi Director

Alan Ritsko Director

Peter Bate Director

Andrew Dean Writer

Herbert Habersack Director

Thomas Friedman Writer

Adrian Pennink Director

Chris Hale Director

Mikael Agaton Writer

Marrily Weisbord Writer

Jon Eastman Director

Jamie Lochhead Director

Harvey Lilley Director

Gwyn Williams Director

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Stephen McCarthy Director of Photography

Ben Finney Director

Catherine Watling Producer

Joby Lubman Director

James Brundige Director

Linda Harrar Writer

Bonnie Brennan Director

Anna Lee Strachan Director

Chantal Hébert Director

Ben Sweeney Associate Producer

Tristan Barako Associate Producer

Mark Daniels Director of Photography

Age At Time Of Release

31 - 80

42 - 91

25 - 74

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32 - 81

NOVA (1974 - 2022)

Documentary | Mar 3, 1974 - Dec 14, 2022 | Returning Series

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