NOVA

1974-2020, documentary

55, 60 minutes

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.

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Cast

Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders

Narrator (voice) (39 episodes)

Lance Lewman

Lance Lewman

Narrator (voice) (24 episodes)

Neil Ross

Neil Ross

Narrator (17 episodes), (5 episodes)

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Narrator (voice) (16 episodes), (4 episodes)

Craig Sechler

Craig Sechler

Narrator (19 episodes)

Will Lyman

Will Lyman

Narrator (12 episodes)

David Pogue

Host (9 episodes), (1 episode)

Stacy Keach

Stacy Keach

Narrator (8 episodes), (1 episode)

David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

Narrator (8 episodes)

Brian Greene

Brian Greene

Host (7 episodes)

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Host (5 episodes), Narrator (1 episode)

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Narrator (6 episodes)

Gene Galusha

Narrator (6 episodes)

Peter Thomas

Narrator (5 episodes)

Jeremiah Kissel

Narrator (5 episodes)

Richard Donat

Narrator (5 episodes)

Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson

Narrator (4 episodes)

Kathryn Walker

(2 episodes), Narrator (2 episodes)

Jamie Effros

Narrator (4 episodes)

Richard Smith

Host (4 episodes)

David Attenborough

David Attenborough

Narrator (3 episodes)

Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Narrator (3 episodes)

John Hockenberry

Narrator (3 episodes)

Ted Marcoux

Narrator (3 episodes)

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Narrator (2 episodes), Additional Narration (1 episode)

Eric Meyers

Narrator (3 episodes)

Demetri Goritsas

Demetri Goritsas

Narrator (3 episodes)

Kirk Johnson

Kirk Johnson

Host (3 episodes)

Tony Kahn

Narrator (2 episodes)

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Narrator (2 episodes)

Christian Pedersen

Christian Pedersen

Otto Hahn (1 episode), Gustav Wiik (1 episode)

Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Narrator (1 episode), Bible Reader (1 episode)

Edd Gasper

Narrator (2 episodes)

John Hurt

John Hurt

Narrator (1 episode)

Hal Linden

Hal Linden

Narrator (1 episode)

Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay

Narrator (1 episode)

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Narrator (1 episode)

David Slavin

Narrator (1 episode)

Mark Oliver Everett

Himself (1 episode)

Stefanie E. Frame

Narrator (1 episode)

Sally Kellerman

Sally Kellerman

Narrator (1 episode)

Aidan McArdle

Aidan McArdle

Albert Einstein (1 episode)

Shirley Henderson

Shirley Henderson

Mileva Maric (1 episode)

Steven Robertson

Michael Faraday (1 episode)

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Antoine Lavoisier (1 episode)

Ty Glaser

Marie Anne Lavoisier (1 episode)

Brendan Fleming

Hermann Einstein (1 episode)

Stephen Noonan

Marat (1 episode)

Anton Lesser

Anton Lesser

Voltaire (1 episode)

Emily Woof

Lise Meitner (1 episode)

Alex MacQueen

Alex MacQueen

Chater (1 episode)

Samuel West

Samuel West

Humphry Davy (1 episode)

Robert Styles

Newman (1 episode)

Philip Herbert

Count de Amerval (1 episode)

Di Trevis

Baroness de la Garde (1 episode)

James Tovell

Manson (1 episode)

Hector Elizondo

Hector Elizondo

Narrator (1 episode)

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Narrator (1 episode)

Ray Magliozzi

Host (1 episode)

Tom Magliozzi

Host (1 episode)

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford

Narrator (1 episode)

E.O. Wilson

Himself (1 episode)

John Mckenzie

Narrator (1 episode)

Kenichi Nakamaru

Reporter (1 episode)

Shu Morino

Reporter (1 episode)

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Robert Krulwich

Correspondent (1 episode)

Rena Baskin

Narrator (1 episode)

Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Galileo (1 episode)

Laura Nardi

Laura Nardi

Maria Celeste (1 episode)

John Fraser

John Fraser

Inquisitor (1 episode)

Alexa Jago

Alexa Jago

Voice of Maria Celeste (1 episode)

Cornelius Garrett

Voices of the Ambassador and Castelli (1 episode)

Marian Tomas Griffin

Mary Mallon (1 episode)

Jere Shea

George Soper (1 episode)

Natalie Rose

Josephine Baker (1 episode)

Anthony Garner

Sir John Franklin (1 episode)

Maureen Bennett

Maureen Bennett

Lady Franklin (1 episode)

Thom Fell

James Fitzjames (1 episode)

Bohdan Poraj

Francis Crozier (1 episode)

Corey Conradi

Roald Amundsen (1 episode)

Darri Ingolfsson

Godfred Hansen (1 episode)

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

Narrator (1 episode)

Scott Handy

Isaac Newton (1 episode)

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Genzel

Self (1 episode)

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

Narrator (1 episode)

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Percy Julian (1 episode)

Manfred von Richthofen

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Rob Tinworth

Narrator (1 episode)

John Benjamin Hickey

John Benjamin Hickey

Narrator (1 episode)

Kostas Baras

(1 episode)

Alkibiadis Bakogianis

(1 episode)

Argirios Bangelis

(1 episode)

Andreas Charitopoulos

(1 episode)

Kiriakos Kamaros

(1 episode)

Elias Papadopoulos

(1 episode)

Demetris Xilas

(1 episode)

Alan Yentob

Alan Yentob

Narrator (1 episode)

Rushmore DeNooyer

Narrator (1 episode)

Henry Ian Cusick

Charles Darwin (1 episode)

Frances O'Connor

Frances O'Connor

Emma Darwin (1 episode)

Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett

Sir Charles Lyell (1 episode)

Jeremy Akerman

Parslow (1 episode)

Laurence Golborne

Self (1 episode)

John Pallister

Self - USGS Geologist (1 episode)

Charlie Crisafulli

Self - USGS Geologist (1 episode)

Vladimir Pozner

Host (1 episode)

Roger McGough

Narrator (1 episode)

William Hootkins

William Hootkins

Voice of Methuselah (1 episode)

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Voice of Ernest Shackleton (1 episode)

Robert Michelson

Self (1 episode)

Calvin Sims

Reporter (1 episode)

C. Scott Willis

Reporter (1 episode)

Keith David

Keith David

Narrator (1 episode)

Salvatore Vecchio

Narrator (1 episode)

Richard Allinson

Narrator (1 episode)

Michael Scott

Michael Scott

Narrator (1 episode)

Bray Poor

Bray Poor

Narrator (1 episode)

Jan Maxwell

Narrator (1 episode)

Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto

Narrator (1 episode)

Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Narrator (1 episode)

Lee Rogers Berger

Himself (1 episode)

Zeresenay Alemseged

Himself (1 episode)

John Hawks

Himself (1 episode)

Crew

Production

Paula S. Apsell

Producer (768 episodes)

John Angier

Executive producer (768 episodes)

Gary Glassman

Producer (6 episodes)

David Sington

Producer (2 episodes)

Ben Sweeney

Associate producer (2 episodes)

Chris Schmidt

Producer (1 episode)

Kate Bartlett

Producer (1 episode)

Sarah Kinsella

Producer (1 episode)

Hélène Coldefy

Executive producer (1 episode)

Sacha Guillaume

Production Manager (1 episode)

Yves Jeanneau

Executive producer (1 episode)

Fay Sutherland

Coordinating Producer (1 episode)

Tristan Barako

Associate producer (1 episode)

Christine Le Goff

Executive producer (1 episode)

Laurent Duret

Production Manager (1 episode)

Isabelle Lemonnier

Line Producer (1 episode)

Michael Barnes

Producer (1 episode)

Chad Cohen

Producer (1 episode)

Daniel McCabe

Producer (1 episode)

Terri Randall

Producer (1 episode)

John Hayes Fisher

Producer (1 episode)

Doug Hamilton

Producer (1 episode)

Sarah Holt

Producer (1 episode)

Jon Eastman

Producer (1 episode)

Michael Bicks

Producer (1 episode)

Anna Lee Strachan

Producer (1 episode)

Joby Lubman

Producer (1 episode)

Bonnie Brennan

Producer (1 episode)

Gwyn Williams

Producer (1 episode)

Catherine Watling

Producer (1 episode)

Liesl Clark

Producer (1 episode)

Graham Townsley

Producer (1 episode)

Jamie Lochhead

Producer (1 episode)

Writing

Julia Cort

Writer (10 episodes)

Gary Glassman

Writer (10 episodes)

Sarah Holt

Writer (9 episodes)

Liesl Clark

Writer (7 episodes)

Michael Barnes

Writer (6 episodes)

Chris Schmidt

Writer (6 episodes)

Doug Hamilton

Writer (6 episodes)

Joseph McMaster

Writer (5 episodes)

Rushmore DeNooyer

Writer (5 episodes)

Larry Klein

Writer (5 episodes)

Mark Davis

Writer (5 episodes)

David Axelrod

Writer (4 episodes)

Gail Willumsen

Writer (4 episodes)

Graham Townsley

Writer (4 episodes)

Daniel McCabe

Writer (4 episodes)

Matthew Collins

Writer (3 episodes)

Joseph Seamans

Writer (3 episodes)

Jonathan Grupper

Writer (3 episodes)

James Bamford

Writer (3 episodes)

Elizabeth Arledge

Writer (3 episodes)

David Sington

Writer (3 episodes)

Chris Durlacher

Writer (2 episodes)

Tom Shachtman

Writer (2 episodes)

Stephen Lyons

Writer (2 episodes)

Nancy Linde

Writer (2 episodes)

John Rubin

Writer (2 episodes)

Thomas Lucas

Writer (2 episodes)

Michael Winship

Writer (2 episodes)

Jon Palfreman

Writer (2 episodes)

Paul Olding

Writer (2 episodes)

David Attenborough

David Attenborough

Writer (2 episodes)

David Murdock

Writer (2 episodes)

Alan Govenar

Writer (1 episode)

Andrew Dean

Writer (1 episode)

Thomas Friedman

Writer (1 episode)

Kate Hudec

Writer (1 episode)

Oliver Twinch

Writer (1 episode)

Ronald H. Blumer

Writer (1 episode)

Kenny Scott

Writer (1 episode)

Jonathan Wickham

Writer (1 episode)

Leslie Woodhead

Writer (1 episode)

Timothy Smith

Writer (1 episode)

Adrian Pennink

Writer (1 episode)

Hugh Thomson

Writer (1 episode)

David Lebrun

Writer (1 episode)

Nick Davidson

Writer (1 episode)

Peter Chinn

Writer (1 episode)

Caroline Penry-Davey

Writer (1 episode)

Gary Johnstone

Writer (1 episode)

Gisela Kaufman

Writer (1 episode)

Malcolm Clark

Writer (1 episode)

David Dugan

Writer (1 episode)

David Espar

Writer (1 episode)

Larkin McPhee

Writer (1 episode)

Carl Charlson

Writer (1 episode)

Christopher Rawlence

Writer (1 episode)

Steven Reich

Writer (1 episode)

Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones

Writer (1 episode)

Joel Olicker

Writer (1 episode)

Martin Williams

Writer (1 episode)

Nancy Porter

Writer (1 episode)

William Hicklin

Writer (1 episode)

Llewellyn M. Smith

Writer (1 episode)

Stephen Sweigart

Writer (1 episode)

Evan I. Schwartz

Writer (1 episode)

Jerome Raynaud

Writer (1 episode)

John Goldsmith

Writer (1 episode)

Arnie Gelbart

Writer (1 episode)

Marrily Weisbord

Writer (1 episode)

Mikael Agaton

Writer (1 episode)

Jonathan Renouf

Jonathan Renouf

Writer (1 episode)

Jeremy Hogarth

Writer (1 episode)

Satoko Saito

Writer (1 episode)

Kelly Tyler

Writer (1 episode)

Judith Vecchione

Writer (1 episode)

Gary Hochman

Writer (1 episode)

Wayne Dyer

Writer (1 episode)

Terri Randall

Writer (1 episode)

Nic Young

Writer (1 episode)

Iain Riddick

Writer (1 episode)

Michael Scott

Michael Scott

Writer (1 episode)

Nathan Williams

Writer (1 episode)

Mike Beckham

Writer (1 episode)

Vincent Liota

Writer (1 episode)

Peter Yost

Writer (1 episode)

Michael Bicks

Writer (1 episode)

Bonnie Brennan

Writer (1 episode)

Ian Duncan

Writer (1 episode)

Linda Harrar

Writer (1 episode)

Tim Dunn

Writer (1 episode)

Adam Geiger

Writer (1 episode)

Jamie Lochhead

Writer (1 episode)

Directing

Sarah Holt

Director (12 episodes)

Kirk Wolfinger

Director (9 episodes)

Liesl Clark

Director (7 episodes)

Michael Barnes

Director (7 episodes)

Gary Glassman

Director (7 episodes)

Doug Hamilton

Director (7 episodes)

Larry Klein

Director (6 episodes)

Julia Cort

Director (6 episodes)

Rushmore DeNooyer

Director (6 episodes)

Graham Townsley

Director (6 episodes)

Joseph McMaster

Director (5 episodes)

Chris Schmidt

Director (5 episodes)

Mark Davis

Director (5 episodes)

Duncan Copp

Director (5 episodes)

Ian Duncan

Director (5 episodes)

Gail Willumsen

Director (4 episodes)

Richard Smith

Director (4 episodes)

Oliver Twinch

Director (3 episodes)

David Dugan

Director (3 episodes)

Joseph Seamans

Director (3 episodes)

Thomas Lucas

Director (3 episodes)

Michael Bicks

Director (3 episodes)

David Murdock

Director (3 episodes)

Peter Jones

Director (3 episodes)

Stephen Sweigart

Director (3 episodes)

Daniel McCabe

Director (3 episodes)

Terri Randall

Director (3 episodes)

Miles O'Brien

Director (3 episodes)

Marco Visalberghi

Director (2 episodes)

David Axelrod

Director (2 episodes)

Gary Johnstone

Director (2 episodes)

Nancy Linde

Director (2 episodes)

Leslie Woodhead

Director (2 episodes)

Alice Harper

Director (2 episodes)

John Hayes Fisher

Director (2 episodes)

Ben Fox

Director (2 episodes)

John Rubin

Director (2 episodes)

Louise Lockwood

Director (2 episodes)

Matthew Barrett

Director (2 episodes)

Nick Davidson

Director (2 episodes)

Peter Chinn

Director (2 episodes)

Gisela Kaufman

Director (2 episodes)

Malcolm Clark

Director (2 episodes)

Jon Palfreman

Director (2 episodes)

Carl Charlson

Director (2 episodes)

Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones

Director (2 episodes)

Scott Tiffany

Director (2 episodes)

Paul Olding

Director (2 episodes)

David Sington

Director (2 episodes)

C. Scott Willis

Director (2 episodes)

Peter Yost

Director (2 episodes)

Jonathan Challis

Director (2 episodes)

Gwyn Williams

Director (2 episodes)

Nathan Williams

Director (2 episodes)

Nick Clarke Powell

Director (2 episodes)

Marian Marzynski

Director (1 episode)

Alan Ritsko

Director (1 episode)

Peter Bate

Director (1 episode)

Simon Nashi

Director (1 episode)

Joel Olicker

Director (1 episode)

Alan Govenar

Director (1 episode)

Herbert Habersack

Director (1 episode)

Wolfgang Thaler

Director (1 episode)

Nigel Paterson

Director (1 episode)

John Aitchison

Director (1 episode)

Muffie Meyer

Director (1 episode)

Ellen Giffard

Director (1 episode)

Jackie Mow

Director (1 episode)

Tug Yourgrau

Director (1 episode)

Lisa Q. Wolfinger

Director (1 episode)

Chantal Hébert

Director (1 episode)

Kenny Scott

Director (1 episode)

Stephen Lyons

Director (1 episode)

Peter Nicholson

Peter Nicholson

Director (1 episode)

Stéphane Bégoin

Director (1 episode)

Robert Strange

Director (1 episode)

Richard Burke-Ward

Director (1 episode)

David Shadrack Smith

Director (1 episode)

Gilles Cayatte

Director (1 episode)

Peter Williams

Director (1 episode)

Adrian Pennink

Director (1 episode)

David Espar

Director (1 episode)

Hugh Thomson

Director (1 episode)

Thierry Ragobert

Director (1 episode)

David Lebrun

Director (1 episode)

Caroline Penry-Davey

Director (1 episode)

Kate Bartlett

Director (1 episode)

Jemima Harrison

Director (1 episode)

Steve Greenwood

Director (1 episode)

Noel Buckner

Director (1 episode)

Rob Whittlesey

Director (1 episode)

Michael Schwarz

Director (1 episode)

Bill Jersey

Director (1 episode)

Katie Bauer

Director (1 episode)

Amy Bucher

Director (1 episode)

Mary Olive Smith

Director (1 episode)

Tetsuji Miyagawa

Director (1 episode)

Graham Judd

Director (1 episode)

Sabin Streeter

Director (1 episode)

Chris Hale

Director (1 episode)

Brando Quilici

Brando Quilici

Director (1 episode)

Scott Willis

Director (1 episode)

Larkin McPhee

Director (1 episode)

Elizabeth Arledge

Director (1 episode)

Christopher Rawlence

Director (1 episode)

David McNab

Director (1 episode)

Garfield Kennedy

Director (1 episode)

Serena Davies

Director (1 episode)

Thomas Levenson

Director (1 episode)

Andrew Cohen

Director (1 episode)

Chris Durlacher

Director (1 episode)

Henry Chancellor

Director (1 episode)

Adam English

Director (1 episode)

Miles Barton

Director (1 episode)

Marti Louw

Director (1 episode)

Lara Acaster

Director (1 episode)

Alex Williams

Alex Williams

Director (1 episode)

Mark Radice

Director (1 episode)

Amir Amirani

Director (1 episode)

Nancy Porter

Director (1 episode)

Louise Osmond

Director (1 episode)

Jacinth O'Donnell

Director (1 episode)

Chris Oxley

Director (1 episode)

Andreas Sawall

Director (1 episode)

Lennart Nilsson

Lennart Nilsson

Director (1 episode)

Llewellyn M. Smith

Director (1 episode)

Jonathan Dent

Director (1 episode)

Ingo Helbig

Director (1 episode)

Clay Bryce

Director (1 episode)

Stuart Scowcroft

Director (1 episode)

Carolyn Bertram

Director (1 episode)

Brian Breger

Director (1 episode)

Michael Jorgensen

Director (1 episode)

Antoine de Maximy

Antoine de Maximy

Director (1 episode)

Steven Latham

Director (1 episode)

Gary Hochman

Director (1 episode)

Jerome Raynaud

Director (1 episode)

Owen Palmquist

Director (1 episode)

Ricardo Preve

Director (1 episode)

James Barrat

Director (1 episode)

Dan Child

Director (1 episode)

Nick de Pencier

Director (1 episode)

Jonathan Grupper

Director (1 episode)

Noel Dockstader

Director (1 episode)

Rick King

Director (1 episode)

John Bradshaw

Director (1 episode)

Simon Nasht

Director (1 episode)

Annamaria Talas

Director (1 episode)

Charles Coville

Director (1 episode)

Kate Dart

Director (1 episode)

Nick Evans

Director (1 episode)

Tom Stubberfield

Director (1 episode)

David Huntley

Director (1 episode)

David Conover

Director (1 episode)

Shinichi Murata

Director (1 episode)

Tetsunori Kikuchi

Director (1 episode)

Emily Roe

Director (1 episode)

Kelly Tyler

Director (1 episode)

David Belton

Director (1 episode)

Paul Reddish

Director (1 episode)

Gianfranco Pannone

Director (1 episode)

Celia Lowenstein

Director (1 episode)

Callum Macrae

Director (1 episode)

Dimitri Doganis

Director (1 episode)

Liz Tucker

Director (1 episode)

Ben Shackleford

Director (1 episode)

Martin O'Collins

Director (1 episode)

Ben Finney

Director (1 episode)

Nic Young

Director (1 episode)

Iain Riddick

Director (1 episode)

Josh Rosen

Director (1 episode)

David Chmura

Director (1 episode)

Harvey Lilley

Director (1 episode)

Eleanor Grant

Director (1 episode)

Randall MacLowry

Director (1 episode)

Mike Beckham

Director (1 episode)

Dick Bower

Director (1 episode)

Jon Eastman

Director (1 episode)

Andy Awes

Director (1 episode)

Anna Lee Strachan

Director (1 episode)

Joby Lubman

Director (1 episode)

Bonnie Brennan

Director (1 episode)

Peter Oxley

Director (1 episode)

James Brundige

Director (1 episode)

Susannah Ward

Director (1 episode)

Sean Varley

Director (1 episode)

Talya Tibbon

Director (1 episode)

Jo Locke

Director (1 episode)

Tim Dunn

Director (1 episode)

Edward Hart

Edward Hart

Director (1 episode)

Graham Russell

Director (1 episode)

Jill Shinefield

Director (1 episode)

Adam Geiger

Director (1 episode)

Tom Cook

Director (1 episode)

Andrew Thompson

Director (1 episode)

Jamie Lochhead

Director (1 episode)

Editing

Stephen Lyons

Editor (3 episodes)

Rob Tinworth

Editor (2 episodes)

Camera

Walter Corbett

Camera operator (3 episodes)

Jon Lane

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Christopher Titus King

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Sven Nykvist

Sven Nykvist

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Wes C. Skiles

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Mark Daniels

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Brian Dowley

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Stephen McCarthy

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Crew

Steven Reich

Script (1 episode)

Sound

Ed Tomney

Original music composer (2 episodes)

Benjamin Bober

Sound recordist (1 episode)

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