Uncharted with Hannah Fry

Hosted by Alan Davies, Life Without looks at what would happen to our planet if we removed one thing. Could pulling a single thread from our world really unravel the whole thing?

An ambitious portfolio manager stumbles upon a perfect graph. It outlines eye watering profits. But something doesn't quite add up - could this graph be accurate? Or does it hide a far more sinister truth?
Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
Story Editor: John Yorke

How does a small informal survey lead to shocking truths about the US justice system thirty years later?
Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
Story Editor: John Yorke

In a small Italian city nestled in the Apennine mountains, a series of low level tremors are setting nerves on edge. Is this just a passing phase, or a prelude to something far more devastating?
Producer: Ilan Goodman
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
Story Editor: John Yorke

At a conference in Mexico, one scientist’s outburst launches a global quest.
Hannah Fry follows a group of researchers on the hunt for a ‘golden spike’: the boundary, marking a shift into a dramatic new geological period dominated, not by volcanoes and asteroids, but the influence of humans.
From plastics and concrete to nuclear fallout, the data they uncover reveals a planet profoundly changed. But can these scientists persuade their colleagues - and the world?
Producer: Ilan Goodman
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
Story Editor: John Yorke