NOVA

1974    55m    TV-PG
Documentary
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A weekly documentary series, each episode providing an in-depth look at a different subject of scientific research. Subjects examined by this show have included the cutting edge of theoretical physics, a return to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, the long-term effects of Amazon deforestation, and the development of life-saving medical techniques.
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51 Seasons
  • Specials
    Specials4 Episodes
  • Season 1
    Season 113 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 217 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 320 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 419 Episodes
  • Season 5
    Season 521 Episodes
  • Season 6
    Season 619 Episodes
  • Season 7
    Season 720 Episodes
  • Season 8
    Season 820 Episodes
  • Season 9
    Season 919 Episodes
  • Season 10
    Season 1021 Episodes
  • Season 11
    Season 1120 Episodes
  • Season 12
    Season 1220 Episodes
  • Season 13
    Season 1321 Episodes
  • Season 14
    Season 1421 Episodes
  • Season 15
    Season 1522 Episodes
  • Season 16
    Season 1620 Episodes
  • Season 17
    Season 1720 Episodes
  • Season 18
    Season 1819 Episodes
  • Season 19
    Season 1920 Episodes
  • Season 20
    Season 2020 Episodes
  • Season 21
    Season 2120 Episodes
  • Season 22
    Season 2213 Episodes
  • Season 23
    Season 2319 Episodes
  • Season 24
    Season 2421 Episodes
  • Season 25
    Season 2520 Episodes
  • Season 26
    Season 2619 Episodes
  • Season 27
    Season 2721 Episodes
  • Season 28
    Season 2817 Episodes
  • Season 29
    Season 2917 Episodes
  • Season 30
    Season 3016 Episodes
  • Season 31
    Season 3118 Episodes
  • Season 32
    Season 3218 Episodes
  • Season 33
    Season 3320 Episodes
  • Season 34
    Season 3415 Episodes
  • Season 35
    Season 3517 Episodes
  • Season 36
    Season 3617 Episodes
  • Season 37
    Season 3718 Episodes
  • Season 38
    Season 3818 Episodes
  • Season 39
    Season 3919 Episodes
  • Season 40
    Season 4020 Episodes
  • Season 41
    Season 4122 Episodes
  • Season 42
    Season 4222 Episodes
  • Season 43
    Season 4322 Episodes
  • Season 44
    Season 4428 Episodes
  • Season 45
    Season 4523 Episodes
  • Season 46
    Season 4623 Episodes
  • Season 47
    Season 4716 Episodes
  • Season 48
    Season 4825 Episodes
  • Season 49
    Season 4919 Episodes
  • Season 50
    Season 5018 Episodes
  • Season 51
    Season 5111 Episodes
Cast of NOVA
  • Jay O. SandersNarrator (voice)
  • Lance LewmanNarrator (voice)
  • Neil RossNarrator
  • Liev SchreiberNarrator (voice)
  • Craig SechlerNarrator
  • Will LymanNarrator
  • David PogueHost
  • Stacy KeachNarrator
  • David Ogden StiersNarrator
  • Brian GreeneHost
  • John LithgowNarrator
  • Neil deGrasse TysonHost
  • Gene GalushaNarrator
  • Peter ThomasNarrator
  • Richard DonatNarrator
  • Jeremiah KisselNarrator
  • Corey JohnsonNarrator
  • Richard SmithHost
  • Jamie EffrosNarrator
  • Kathryn WalkerNarrator
  • Paul VaughanNarrator (voice)
  • Demetri GoritsasNarrator
  • Ted MarcouxNarrator
  • Eric MeyersNarrator
  • David AttenboroughNarrator
  • Tony KahnNarrator
  • Joe MortonNarrator
  • Roy ScheiderNarrator
  • John HockenberryNarrator
  • Kirk JohnsonHost
  • Valerie HarperSelf
  • Stockard ChanningBible Reader
  • Christian PedersenOtto Hahn
  • Oliver PlattNarrator
  • Edd GasperNarrator
  • Beatrix GardnerSelf
  • Ian HolmNarrator (voice)
  • Don WescottNarrator (voice)
  • Martin JarvisNarrator (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)
  • Hector ElizondoNarrator
  • Robert KrulwichCorrespondent
  • Hal LindenNarrator
  • John HurtNarrator
  • Rebecca De MornayNarrator
  • Sally KellermanNarrator
  • Jeremy AkermanParslow
  • Jan MaxwellNarrator
  • Salvatore VecchioNarrator
  • Richard AllinsonNarrator
  • Lee Rogers BergerHimself
  • Zeresenay AlemsegedHimself
  • Kostas Baras
  • Alkibiadis Bakogianis
  • Argirios Bangelis
  • Andreas Charitopoulos
  • Aristotelles Kariofillas
  • Kiriakos Kamaros
  • Elias Papadopoulos
  • Demetris Xilas
  • John HawksHimself
  • 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 Sagan
  • John 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)
  • Will LymanNarrator (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
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