Where to watch The Great Acceleration Season 1
The Great Acceleration season 1 is streaming in Australia on DocPlay (subscription) and free on ABC iView. You can also buy it on Apple TV from $16.99. Season 1 was released on 18 August 2020.
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Availability checked 16 November 2026.
The Great Acceleration Season 1 air dates
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The Great Acceleration Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
Exploring the Universe
54 mins · Tue, 18 Aug 2020
Dr Shalin Naik begins by exploring the ambitious space shuttle mission and the future colonisation of Mars.
S01 E02
Rise of the Machines
53 mins · Tue, 25 Aug 2020
From the first transistor to deep learning networks, the rise of computing power over 50 years has been so phenomenal it's changed everything, from the way people communicate to how appliances interact.
S01 E03
Energy Revolutions
54 mins · Tue, 1 Sep 2020
Over the last 50 years, the world has experienced an energy revolution, driven by an urgent need to green the grid and save life on Earth.
S01 E04
Food, Water, Waste
54 mins · Tue, 8 Sep 2020
A rise in demands for food, water, and materials have pushed resources to the limit and at the same time waste is piling high, triggering a new wave of innovation to make more out of less.
S01 E05
Blue Marble
54 mins · Tue, 15 Sep 2020
Before it was photographed from space, the perspective of Earth was fragmented and disconnected. Discoveries have revealed a dynamic and rapidly changing planet, above the crust and below.
S01 E06
Life
55 mins · Tue, 22 Sep 2020
Genetic breakthroughs have shed light on how life evolves in real-time. From filling in the missing links to creating a new species, in the last 50 years scientists have solved some of the biggest mysteries of evolution.