Biography
Brian Edward Cox, OBE, is a British particle physicist, a Royal Society University Research Fellow and a professor at the University of Manchester. He is a member of the High Energy Physics group at the University of Manchester, and works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. He is working on the R&D project of the FP420 experiment in an international collaboration to upgrade the ATLAS and the CMS experiment by installing additional, sm...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Cunk on Life
2024
as Self
Pioneering documentary maker Philomena Cunk returns with her most ambitious quest to date: venturing right up the universe and everything to examine l...
Curious People: An Incomplete History of Nine Lessons & Compendium
2024
Almost two decades after comedian Robin Ince’s original idea to mash up science with comedy, music and culture in a new variety show, Nine Lessons and...
A Symphonic Odyssey with Professor Brian Cox
2024
as Self - Presenter
Explore the secrets of the universe with Professor Brian Cox in this special event that combines ground-breaking science with the power of the Sydney ...
A Symphonic Odyssey with Professor Brian Cox
2024
Writer, Executive Producer
Explore the secrets of the universe with Professor Brian Cox in this special event that combines ground-breaking science with the power of the Sydney ...
Brian Cox: Seven Days on Mars
2022
With unique access to Nasa, Brian Cox follows Perseverance rover’s search for life on Mars during a critical seven-day period as it undertakes an epic...
Stargazing: Moon and Beyond
2019
as Self
Stargazing celebrates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing mission. Professor Brian Cox and Julia Zemiro imagine future space exploration, see wha...
The Day We Walked on the Moon
2019
as Self
On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kennedy to witness one of the great spectacles of the ...
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
2019
as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
How's it all gonna end? This experience takes us on a journey to the end of time, trillions of years into the future, to discover what the fate of our...
The Infinite Monkey Cage: 100th Episode TV Special
2018
as Self - Presenter
Brian Cox and Robin Ince celebrate the 100th episode of their hit science/comedy show, by inviting some very well known monkey cage alumni to join the...
The 21st Century Race For Space
2017
as Self
A new age of space exploration, and exploitation, is dawning. But surprisingly, some of the boldest efforts at putting humans into space are now those...
The Entire Universe
2016
as Self - Presenter
Eric Idle persuades Professor Brian Cox to present a lecture on the birth of the entire universe. Brian soon realises Eric is actually hosting a comed...
Absolutely Anything
2015
as Self
Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
2014
as Self
With unprecedented access, this program reveals the humour, chaos and passion that went into bringing the Flying Circus to the stage cumulating in the...
Brian Cox: Space, Time & Videotape
2014
as Self
Professor Brian Cox is joined by two of his heroes, the actor Brian Blessed and Professor Alice Roberts. On the agenda are his TV idols from both scie...
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014
as Self
Celebrate the last night of the Pythons on the big screen! With John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
The Science of Doctor Who
2013
as Self - Presenter
For one night only, Professor Brian Cox takes an audience of celebrity guests and members of the public on a journey into the wonderful universe of th...
The Science of Doctor Who
2013
Writer
For one night only, Professor Brian Cox takes an audience of celebrity guests and members of the public on a journey into the wonderful universe of th...
A Night with the Stars
2011
as Self - Presenter
For one night only, Professor Brian Cox goes unplugged in a specially recorded programme from the lecture theatre of the Royal Institution of Great Br...
The Invocation
2010
as Self
An exploration of the notion of 'God' and World Peace through Religion, Spirituality, History, Science, Politics and Arts.
40 Years on the Moon
2009
as Presenter
From the BBC's space fanatic James Burke testing out the latest Nasa equipment to 1960s interviews about the bacon-flavoured crystals that astronauts ...
Do You Know What Time It Is?
2008
Particle physicist Professor Brian Cox asks, 'What time is it?' It's a simple question and it sounds like it has a simple answer. But do we really kno...
The Big Bang Machine
2008
as Self - Presenter
Professor Brian Cox visits Geneva to take a look around Cern's Large Hadron Collider before this vast, 27km long machine is sealed off and a simulatio...
What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity
2008
as Narrator
That might seem a bizarre statement, coming a century after Einstein showed that gravity is the result of matter warping space and time around it.
Sunshine
2007
Scientific Consultant
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but th...
End Day
2005
as Self
Made in the form of a faux documentary, these are four possibilities - set within the circumstances of a single day replayed over four separate times ...
Holst: The Planets with Professor Brian Cox
N/A
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ben Gernon, performs Gustav Holst’s masterpiece, The Planets, at the Barbican, 100 years after its compositio...
MiP: The Journey Across the Universe
N/A
as Brian Cox (voice)
A distance planet in a distant star system has a plan: to construct highly advanced miniature robots to send to a wide number of planets in need of an...
All About TWO
N/A
as Self - Panellist
Quiz and celebration of 50 years of the BBC's second channel, hosted by Dara O Briain. With Richard Osman supplying extra facts and figures, celebrity...