From flashes of genius to curious experiments, humankind's innovations lead explorers and inventors on a brilliant journey of discovery in this series.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Chinese, our Ancestors | 1994-01-03 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Archimedes and the Greek | 1994-01-10 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Hero of Alexandria | 1994-01-17 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Measuring of Time | 1994-01-24 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Henry the Navigator and Cartography | 1994-01-31 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Gutenberg and Printing | 1994-02-07 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Leonardo da Vinci, a Jack-of-all trades | 1994-02-14 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Doctors (Paracelsus, Andreas Vesalius, Ambroise Paré, etc.) | 1994-02-21 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Galileo Galilei | 1994-02-28 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Isaac Newton | 1994-03-07 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (Discovering the Past) | 1994-03-14 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Antoine Lavoisier and Chemistry | 1994-03-21 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | George Stephenson, Full Steam Ahead! | 1994-03-28 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Michael Faraday and Electricity | 1995-01-04 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Charles Darwin and Evolution | 1995-01-11 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Gregor Mendel and Peas | 1995-01-18 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Louis Pasteur and Micro-organisms | 1995-01-25 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Thomas Edison and Applied Science | 1995-02-01 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Guglielmo Marconi and Sound Waves | 1995-02-08 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Henry Ford and the Adventure of Motorcar | 1995-02-15 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Aviation (Otto Lilienthal, Wright brothers, etc.) | 1995-02-22 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Marie Curie | 1995-03-01 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Albert Einstein | 1995-03-08 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Konrad Lorenz, Father of the Geese | 1995-03-15 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Neil Armstrong, the Moon and the Space | 1995-03-22 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Tomorrow? | 1995-03-29 | 25 min |
| Sound | Lisbeth Gillan | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Michel Legrand | Original Music Composer |
