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NOVA

1974-03-0353 seasons · 1029 episodes0h 55mDocumentary7.1/10TMDB · 143 votes

PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.

The world, in frames.

Stills, posters, and artwork in every language.

Your next obsession.

Finding your next story…

Season after season.

Choose a season and explore every episode.

Specials

13 episodes1999-07-13

Season 1

13 episodes1974-03-03

Season 2

17 episodes1974-11-03

Season 3

20 episodes1976-01-04

Season 4

19 episodes1977-01-05

Season 5

21 episodes1978-01-04

Season 6

19 episodes1979-01-04

Season 7

20 episodes1980-01-15

Season 8

20 episodes1981-01-06

Season 9

19 episodes1982-01-10

Season 10

21 episodes1983-01-18

Season 11

20 episodes1984-01-17

Season 12

20 episodes1985-01-15

Season 13

21 episodes1986-01-21

Season 14

21 episodes1987-01-20

Season 15

22 episodes1988-01-19

Season 16

20 episodes1989-01-17

Season 17

20 episodes1990-01-09

Season 18

19 episodes1991-01-08

Season 19

20 episodes1992-01-14

Season 20

20 episodes1993-01-05

Season 21

20 episodes1994-01-18

Season 22

13 episodes1995-01-08

Season 23

19 episodes1995-10-10

Season 24

21 episodes1996-10-01

Season 25

20 episodes1997-10-07

Season 26

20 episodes1998-10-06

Season 27

21 episodes1999-10-05

Season 28

17 episodes2000-10-24

Season 29

17 episodes2001-10-02

Season 30

16 episodes2002-09-03

Season 31

18 episodes2003-09-30

Season 32

18 episodes2004-09-28

Season 33

20 episodes2005-09-20

Season 34

15 episodes2006-09-05

Season 35

17 episodes2007-10-09

Season 36

17 episodes2008-10-07

Season 37

18 episodes2009-10-06

Season 38

18 episodes2010-10-19

Season 39

19 episodes2011-09-07

Season 40

20 episodes2012-10-10

Season 41

22 episodes2013-09-11

Season 42

22 episodes2014-09-10

Season 43

22 episodes2015-09-16

Season 44

28 episodes2016-09-07

Season 45

23 episodes2018-01-10

Season 46

23 episodes2019-01-02

Season 47

16 episodes2020-02-05

Season 48

25 episodes2021-01-14

Season 49

19 episodes2022-02-02

Season 50

18 episodes2023-02-01

Season 51

18 episodes2024-01-31

Season 52

20 episodes2025-01-22

Season 53

17 episodes2026-01-21

Behind the frames.

Created by—

Original languageEnglish

Original release1974-03-03

ProductionUnited States of America

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The people behind the picture.

Jay O. SandersSelf - Narrator (voice)

Lance LewmanNarrator (voice)

Neil RossNarrator /

Liev SchreiberNarrator (voice) /

Craig SechlerNarrator / Self - Narrator

Will LymanNarrator / Self - Narrator (voice) / Narrator (voice)

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David PogueSelf / Host Stacy KeachNarrator (voice) / / Narrator David Ogden StiersNarrator Brian GreeneHost John LithgowNarrator Neil deGrasse TysonSelf - Narrator / Self - Host Gene GalushaNarrator Peter ThomasNarrator Richard DonatNarrator Jeremiah KisselNarrator Ella Al-ShamahiSelf / Self - Presenter Corey JohnsonNarrator Richard SmithHost Jamie EffrosNarrator Kathryn WalkerNarrator / Paul VaughanNarrator / Narrator (voice)Demetri GoritsasNarrator Ted MarcouxNarrator Eric MeyersNarrator David AttenboroughNarrator Tony KahnNarrator Joe MortonAdditional Narration / Narrator Roy ScheiderNarrator John HockenberryNarrator Kirk JohnsonHost Valerie HarperSelf / Narrator (voice)Stockard ChanningNarrator (voice) / Self - Bible Reader Christian PedersenOtto Hahn / Gustav Wiik Oliver PlattNarrator Edd GasperNarrator Beatrix GardnerSelf Ian HolmNarrator / Narrator (voice)Don WescottNarrator (voice)Martin JarvisNarrator (voice) / G.H. Hardy (voice)Courtney B. VanceNarrator Bray PoorNarrator Michael ScottNarrator Jim CarterNarrator Kenichi NakamaruReporter Shu MorinoReporter John McKenzieNarrator Henry Ian CusickCharles Darwin Frances O'ConnorEmma Darwin Nigel BennettSir Charles Lyell Rushmore DeNooyerNarrator Mark Oliver EverettHimself Stefanie E. FrameNarrator John Benjamin HickeyNarrator Alan YentobNarrator Rob TinworthNarrator David SlavinNarrator Ray MagliozziHost Tom MagliozziHost Harrison FordNarrator E.O. WilsonHimself Ruben Santiago-HudsonPercy Julian Aidan McArdleAlbert Einstein Shirley HendersonMileva Maric Steven RobertsonMichael Faraday Julian Rhind-TuttAntoine Lavoisier Ty GlaserMarie Anne Lavoisier Brendan FlemingHermann Einstein Stephen NoonanMarat Anton LesserVoltaire Emily WoofLise Meitner Alex MacqueenChater Samuel WestHumphry Davy Robert StylesNewman Philip HerbertCount de Amerval Di TrevisBaroness de la Garde James TovellManson F. Murray AbrahamNarrator Scott HandyIsaac Newton Anthony Garner Sir John Franklin Maureen BennettLady Franklin Thom FellJames Fitzjames Bohdan PorajFrancis Crozier Corey ConradiRoald Amundsen Darri IngolfssonGodfred Hansen Marian Tomas GriffinMary Mallon Jere SheaGeorge Soper Keith DavidNarrator Calvin SimsReporter C. Scott WillisReporter Simon CallowGalileo Laura NardiMaria Celeste John FraserInquisitor Alexa JagoVoice of Maria Celeste Cornelius GarrettVoices of the Ambassador and Castelli Sigourney WeaverNarrator Rena BaskinNarrator Vladimir PoznerHost Roger McGoughNarrator William HootkinsVoice of Methuselah Derek JacobiVoice of Ernest Shackleton Susan SarandonNarrator (voice)Héctor ElizondoNarrator Robert KrulwichCorrespondent Hal LindenNarrator John HurtNarrator Rebecca De MornayNarrator Sally KellermanNarrator Jeremy AkermanParslow Jan MaxwellNarrator Salvatore VecchioNarrator Richard AllinsonNarrator Lee BergerSelf Zeresenay AlemsegedSelf Kostas BarasAlkibiadis BakogianisArgirios BangelisAndreas CharitopoulosAristotelles KariofillasKiriakos KamarosElias PapadopoulosDemetris XilasJohn HawksSelf Zachary QuintoNarrator Laurence GolborneSelf Talithia WilliamsSelf - Narrator John PallisterSelf - USGS Geologist Charlie CrisafulliSelf - USGS Geologist Robert MichelsonSelf Reinhard GenzelSelf Manfred von RichthofenSelf (archive footage)William H. WhyteSelf James R. SchlesingerSelf (archive footage)Heather BerlinSelf George PatakiSelf Carl SaganJohn E. MackSelf - Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Bernard ArcandSelf Duncan CarseNarrator Carl SaganSelf R. Allen GardnerSelf Sue Savage-RumbaughSelf Patricia Marks GreenfieldSelf Duane RumbaughSelf Sarah BoysonSelf Robert SinsheimerSelf David BaltimoreSelf George ChurchSelf Jennifer DoudnaSelf Rodolphe BarrangouSelf Antonio RegaladoSelf Christopher MolesworthJoey as a Boy John PrasherJoey as a Young Man Joseph DeaconJoey Today Tony RobinsonYounger Ernie Ernie RobertsErnie Today Anita CareyJoey's Mother Mark Wing-DaveyJoey's Father Shankara MurthiS. Ramanujan (voice)A. TarcisiusIndian Voices (voice)Gregory HarrisJ.E. Littlewood (voice)Jean DieudonneSelf Paul ErdösSelf Greg MooreSelf Maureen StapletonNarrator (voice)David RoseSelf Richard PostSelf William FranklynNarrator (voice)Terrence HardimanTrofim Lysenko David SwiftNikolai Vavilov Simon LackZhukovsky Richard IresonPrezent George CormackIvan Michurin Forbes CollinsIakovlev Richard BealeLysenko's Father Noel DavisScientist Michael DavidAgrobiologist David JamesGorshkov Brian PoyserShudenko Eve KarpfWoman Frank GillardNarrator (voice)Jeremy KeenanAnthropologist Linus PaulingSelf Ray MooreNarrator (voice)Joseph CampanellaNarrator (voice)Alexander JohnNarrator (voice)Robin KingNarrator (voice)David SuzukiNarrator (voice)Harry MannisNarrator (voice)Bill MasonNarrator (voice)Lee GrantNarrator (voice)Richard KileyNarrator (voice)Ursula DrabikNarrator (voice)Lanie ZeraNarrator (voice)Stephen Jay GouldSelf Mimi Michaela KonozaHigh School Student (uncredited)Natalie RoseJosephine Baker Robert D. BallardSelf Homer H. Hickam Jr.Self Martin K.A. MorganSelf Abdelouahed Ben-NceSelf - National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage Sheila CoulsonSelf Thomas SutiknaSelf Oshan WedageSelf Marco de la RasillaSelf - Guest Ludovic SlimakSelf Duncan McLarenSelf - Guest Duncan McLarenSelf - Guest Pierre TalletSelf Ian HodderSelf - Guest Jun YeSelf - JILA, NIST, CU Boulder William ProxmireSelf (archive footage)

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