Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is partnering with Professor Brian Cox to develop and produce original science content for global digital audiences.
The collaboration, developed through SPT International Production’s Digital Studio, will span science, astronomy and culture. It is intended as a long-term partnership involving multiple repeatable formats, with content exploring scientific questions, discoveries and conversations with figures from science, culture and entertainment.
Cox said: “It’s more important than ever to find new and engaging ways to deliver science and fact-based content to audiences, wherever they consume it.”
He added: “This collaboration with the Sony Pictures Television team is tremendously exciting for me, because we share a desire to make high quality, intellectually challenging, informative and entertaining content available to as many people as possible, across as many platforms as possible. We will have succeeded if our audience are entertained, challenged, terrified, excited and awestruck in equal measure by the dizzying picture of the universe painted by modern science.”
Sacha Khari and Matt Ford, co-leads of SPT Digital Studio, said: “There aren’t many people who can take the most complicated questions about existence and make them feel accessible and entertaining, but Brian does it better than anyone. The chance to work with him on something of this magnitude is incredibly exciting.”
The partnership is the second major project announced by SPT Digital Studio, following the April 2026 launch of 100 Questions with Tom Simons. The interview series, fronted by the YouTuber also known as TommyInnit, has generated more than 150 million views and attracted 500,000 followers across platforms, according to SPT.
“On paper, Brian Cox and Tom Simons might look worlds apart, but there’s actually a lot in common,” said Khari and Ford. “We work closely with distinctive talent, develop original ideas around them and grow audiences together to create scale and staying power. With Brian, we’re building the most exciting global destination for exploring how the universe works, with formats that feel ambitious, surprising and made for wherever people happen to be watching – a home for curiosity, discovery and world-class science storytelling.”
Cox is professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester and has presented BBC series including Wonders of the Solar System, Universe and Solar System. His work also spans books, podcasts and live tours.
