Missing Link
'Missing Link' explores topics from nature, life sciences and technology. Each episode examines five diverse items from our universe, revealing the surprising connections between them through high-quality, humorous animated clips.
Episode 1
Where is the connection between stars and diamonds? What do stars have to do with roadsigns? How are roadsigns linked with ants? And what have those insects have in common with Hydrogen.
Episode 2
Where is the connection between ancient Egypt and modern data storage? And what does data storage have to do with butterflies? How are these insects linked to the weather?
Episode 3
Where’s the connection between fishing and bananas? What do those bendy fruits have in common with tomatoes? Why do tomatoes and aircraft go together?
Episode 4
How does a polar expedition relate to an organ? What does an organ have in common with an elephant? What is it that links elephants with neurology, and our nervous system with gold?
Episode 5
What does faith have to do with alcohol? What’s the lawful connection between alcohol and driving? How could a street-racer be connected with tiny algae? And algae with toxic cocktails?
Episode 6
What connects tv broadcasting with the Himalayas? Where’s the connection between Mount Everest and an autobahn? What do autobahns and sharks have in common? And sharks with cannibalism?
Episode 7
What does a spider have to do with security? And security technology and the earth’s atmosphere? What do the atmosphere and Julius Caesar have in common? And a Roman emperor and cryptology?
Episode 8
Where’s the connection between shipbuilding and a glow-worm? And between glow-worms and rescue services? What puts them together with morse code? And how is this code joined to TV news?
Episode 9
What is it that connects clothing and money? And money and butterflies? What do these pollinators have to do with aircraft navigation? And aerial navigation with the northern lights?
Episode 10
What does the weekly house cleaning have to do with our planetary system? And our planets with diesel motors? What’s the connection between planets and coal excavators?
