Documentary
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic inventions that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention, and technology built on one another to change everything.
Year
2019
IMDb
8.2
Episodes
6
Cast
Ben Harding
Director
Christopher Riley
Director
Sean Smith
Director
Stephen Mizelas
Director
Nat Sharman
Director
Nathan Williams
Director
Jim Al-Khalili
Self - Presenter
Danielle George
Self - Engineer
Danielle George
Self - Radiophysics Engineer
James Meigs
Self - Science Writer
Tiera Fletcher
Self - Aeronautical Engineer
Tiera Fletcher
Self - Rocket Engineer, Boeing
Patrick Stewart
Self - Narrator (US version)
Adolf Hitler
Self
Wernher von Braun
Self
Giorgio Matar
Self - Robotics Scientist
Alice Roberts
Self - Biological Anthropologist
Derrick Pitts
Self - Chief Astronomer, The Franklin Institute
Richard Garriott
Self - Entrepreneur and Private Astronaut
Saul David
Self - Historian
Brandon Mikesell
Self - Wingsuit Pilot
Shini Somara
Self - Fluid Dynamicist
Danny Forster
Self - Architect
Rodney Brooks
Self - Robotics Scientist
Nadya Mason
Self - Physics Professor
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