Equinox (TV programme)

Equinox is a British science and documentary programme. The series ran from 31 July 1986 to 21 December 2006, originally airing on a weekly basis on Channel 4.

The number of films per series fell over the years, from eighteen one-hour films a year originally to twelve by the late 1990s. The last regular series was shown on 21 December 2006, with twelve films. One-off films have occasionally been aired under the title "Equinox Special" (e.g. the 90-minute Secrets of the Super Psychics first transmitted in 1997).

Notable episodes

 * F1 TURBO - Once Around The Block (1986) – follows the development of the Ford Cosworth GBA TEC V6 Twin Turbo Formula 1 engine
 * Dismantling The Bomb (1994) – just how do you dismantle the world's nuclear weapons stockpile?
 * It Runs On Water (1995) – the alternative energy and over-unity energy revolution – foreword by Arthur C Clarke
 * A Very British Bomb (1997) – the development of the UK's home grown H-bomb
 * The Engines That Came In From The Cold (2001) – decades-old Soviet rocket engines that are way ahead of anything being made in the West and NASA wants them.