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- Favraux, an unscrupulous banker receives a threatening note signed only "Judex", demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, and seemingly faces his fate.
- The parallel paths of the lives, careers and passionate friendship of post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. Both left their hometown to conquer the art scene in Paris.
- The Institut de France, which is celebrating its bicentenary, is home to numerous foundations which are patrons of research and creation through the awarding of prizes, scholarships and grants, as well as the guardians of a major heritage.
- In this episode, Michael demonstrates how our society is built on our search to find the answer to what makes up everything in the material world. This is a story that moves from the secret labs of the alchemists and their search for gold to the creation of the world's first synthetic dye - mauve - and onto the invention of the transistor. This quest may seem abstract and highly theoretical. Yet it has delivered the greatest impact on humanity. By trying to answer this question, scientists have created theories from elements to atoms, and the strange concepts of quantum physics that underpin our modern, technological world.
- Infection can take over the entire human body, and up until the early 20th century the only medical defenses against it were more medieval than modern. Harnessing the power of microbes in the battle against infection led to what some consider humanity's greatest achievement the eradication of smallpox.