How Long is a Piece of String?

Alan Davies attempts to answer the proverbial question: how long is a piece of string? But what appears to be a simple task soon turns into a mind-bending voyage of discovery where nothing is as it seems. An encounter with leading mathematician Marcus du Sautoy reveals that Alan's short length of string may in fact be infinitely long. When Alan attempts to measure his string at the atomic scale, events take an even stranger turn. Not only do objects appear in many places at once, but reality itself seems to be an illusion. Ultimately, Alan finds that measuring his piece of string could - in theory at least - create a black hole, bringing about the end of the world.

English
  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 219961
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired November 17, 2009
  • Recent November 17, 2009
  • Airs Tuesday, at 9:00pm
  • Network BBC Two
  • Average Runtime 55 minutes
  • Genres Documentary
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
  • Favorited This series has been favorited by 2 people.
  • Created January 9, 2011 by
    Administrator admin
  • Modified January 9, 2011 by
    Administrator admin
Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 November 2009 1
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 1
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 1

No artwork of this type.

No artwork of this type.

No artwork of this type.

No artwork of this type.

No lists.

No lists.

No lists.

Please log in to view notes.