Congratulations to Numberphile on getting to pi million subscribers. Back in the 1990s explanations like this would be pretty common on BBC 2’s Horizon. Thoug

Congratulations to Numberphile on getting to pi million subscribers. Back in the 1990s explanations like this would be pretty common on BBC 2’s Horizon. Though not nearly as detailed, Horizon wasn’t scared of tackling complex material in a way that only appealed to niche viewers. That era of television might be over but Numberphile has very much picked up the baton. The filming style of Numberphile, especially with the delivery-to-producer rather than to camera, the natural lighting, hand held filming, and the occasional interjections from behind the camera, always bring great waves of nostalgia for the days of hard BBC science reporting.