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Light and Dark

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  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: October 10, 2016
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 2
  • Networks: BBC Four
  • Genres: Documentary
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Light and Dark(2016)

TMDB Rating: 6.4 (5 votes)

Overview

Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how, by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe.

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Season 1

2 episodes • 2016

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1LightOct 10, 20160.0
2DarkOct 17, 20160.0

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