Human Universe

Human Universe is a British television series broadcast on BBC Two, presented by Professor Brian Cox.^[1] An accompanying book was also published.

Human Universe
Genre	Documentary series
Presented by	Professor Brian Cox
Composer	Philip Sheppard
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Executive producer	Andrew Cohen
Producer	Gideon Bradshaw
Cinematography	Paul O'Callaghan
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	BBC / Science Channel co-production
Original release
Network	BBC Two BBC Two HD
Release	7 October (2014-10-07) – 4 November 2014 (2014-11-04)
Related
Wonders of Life (2013) Forces of Nature (2016)

Production

Human Universe was commissioned by Janice Hadlow for BBC Two and Kim Shillinglaw, head commissioner for science and natural history.^[2] The series consists of five sixty-minute episodes.^[2][3]

International broadcast

•  Australia – This programme premiered on ABC on 7 January 2015, under the title Human Universe with Brian Cox.^[4]
• Flanders – International version of this programme (Brian Cox replaced by different local presenters) premiered on the VRT, which reaches the Flemish inhabitants of Belgium, on 3 June 2015, under the title Human Universe.
•  Hong Kong – This programme premiered on TVB Pearl on 24 June 2015.^[5]
•  United States – This programme premiered on Science Channel on 10 June 2015, under the title Hacking the Universe.^[6]

Merchandise

DVD releases of the series are set to be released on 10 November 2014. A book, written by Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen, accompanying the series was released on 9 October 2014, with a Kindle e-book version also made available on 31 October 2014.

See also

• Wonders of the Universe
• Wonders of the Solar System
• Wonders of Life
• Forces of Nature