13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble
BBC World Service
History · Limited series · 59 episodes · ~40 min · 2019
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalfresh & originalwholesomeheavyrealisticlinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeA grounded, glossy history podcast: stirring and inventive. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Based on your film and TV taste: podcasts are matched on the same ten characteristics, with your own match bands.
About this podcast
NEW from the BBC’s space podcast: A revolutionary telescope and the tiny flaw that almost destroyed the dream. Hubble transformed our understanding of the universe. Maggie Aderin tells the dramatic story of one of the most ambitious scientific instruments ever built - and how it almost ended in disa…
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- Publisher
- BBC World Service
- Format
- Limited series
- Episodes
- 59
- Typical episode
- About 40 minutes
- Latest episode
- 26 October 2026
- Categories
- History, Society & Culture, Documentary
- Taste scores
- How we score
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