For those interested in maths & computing: "Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms, revealing where these 2,000-year-old problem-solvers came from, how they work and what they have achieved." BBC4 IPlayer and transmission schedule
There’s a fantastic book by the lovely Dr. Hannah Fry called (I think) ‘Hello World : How to be Human in The Machine Age’ which covers similar topics, highly recommended.