Curiosity (TV series)

Curiosity
GenreDocumentary
ComposerSheridan Tongue
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes29
Production
Executive producersAlan Eyres
Ben Bowie
John Smithson
Susan Winslow
Philip J Day
EditorsSimon Greenwood
Ben Harding
Camera setupMultiple
Running time45 minutes
Production companiesDarlow Smithson Productions
Edge West Productions
Original release
NetworkDiscovery Channel
ReleaseAugust 7, 2011 (2011-08-07) 
January 27, 2013 (2013-01-27)

Curiosity is an American documentary television series that premiered on August 7, 2011, on the Discovery Channel. Each episode focuses on one question in science, technology, and society (e.g., why the RMS Titanic sank) and, for the first season, features a different celebrity host. Stephen Hawking hosted the premiere episode titled "Did God Create the Universe?", which aired simultaneously on seven Discovery Communications networks: Discovery Channel, TLC, Discovery Fit and Health, Animal Planet, Science, Investigation Discovery, and Destination America. Season one consists of 16 episodes.