Absolute Zero: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This two-part scientific detective tale tells the story of a remarkable group of pioneers who wanted to reach the ultimate extreme: absolute zero, a place so cold that the physical world as we know it doesn't exist, electricity flows without resistance, fluids defy gravity and the speed of light can be reduced to 38 miles per hour. Each film features a strange cast of eccentric characters, including: Clarence Birds Eye; Frederic 'Ice King' Tudor, who founded an empire harvesting ice; and James Dewar, who almost drove himself crazy by trying to liquefy hydrogen. Absolute zero became the Holy Grail of temperature physicists and is considered the gateway to many new technologies, such as nano-construction, neurological networks and quantum computing. The possibilities, it seems, are limitless.

Series details

• Title: Absolute Zero
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2007-07-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-07-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Four
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 46109
• IMDb ID: tt1245449
• TVDB ID: 80914

Cast and credited roles

• Neil Ross — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-07-24; final listed air date 2007-07-25; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

Adapted from Absolute Zero on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.