Secrets Of The Brain
Secrets Of The Brain is a TV show on BBC2. The most complex object in the cosmos - forged in a fire of planetary catastrophes, conflicts, death, sex and love. Jim Al-Khalili tells the epic story of how our brains evolved. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 2 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2025.
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Secrets Of The Brain
From playing computer games with chimpanzees to studying modern relationships, Jim Al-Khalili investigates how the brain evolved and how it differs from AI.
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Professor Jim Al-Khalili unravels the mystery of how the most complex structure known in the universe - the human brain - came to exist.