Heinz Wolff has died

Re:Heinz Wolff has died by mprev on Saturday December 16, 2017 @12:12PM (#15940396)

For all we have some pretty good science programming in the UK, what with Jim Al-Khalili, Brian Cox, Sky at Night and more, we're missing the Heinz Wolff and Johnny Ball style characters who bring their subjects alive for children.

It'd be great to have a science-based equivalent to Horrible Histories.

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Re:Heinz Wolff has died by rwmj on Sunday December 17, 2017 @05:42AM (#15945197)

For older children or adults, "Everyday Miracles" had only 2 episodes but they were both pretty good. Also the presenter was really doing experiments and going around factories where they make stuff showing exactly how things are made.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04fh5tf

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Re:Heinz Wolff has died by anfractuosity on Sunday December 17, 2017 @04:53AM (#15945055)

I thought Bang Goes The Theory was rather good ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_Goes_the_Theory ) but I guess it's not really necessarily presented in a way for younger children.

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Re:Heinz Wolff has died by LeoPanthera on Saturday December 16, 2017 @03:37PM (#15941911)

It's designed for children but Absolute Genius is pretty good.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/absolute-genius-with-dick-a... (UK only)

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Re:Heinz Wolff has died by keir-rex on Saturday December 16, 2017 @04:18PM (#15942170)

Perhaps not targeted at children specifically but probably child friendly (PG?) I enjoyed the Great War series on YouTube. It is giving a week by week account of the events in WW1 as it happened 100 years ago. I haven’t kept up to date with it as it’s a serious commitment but it is a great concept.

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