Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Connections is a science education television series created, written, and presented by British science historian James Burke.The series was produced and directed by Mick Jackson of the BBC Science and Features Department and first aired in 1978 (UK) and 1979 (US).
James Burke (born 22 December 1936) is a broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer. He was one of the main presenters of the BBC1 science series Tomorrow's World from 1965 to 1971 and created and presented the television series Connections (1978), and its more philosophical sequel The Day the Universe Changed (1985), about the history of science and technology.
Connections: An Investigation into Organized Crime in Canada, a documentary television series; Connections (British TV series), a 1978 documentary television series and book by science historian James Burke; Connections, a British game show of the 1980s
The Day the Universe Changed: A Personal View by James Burke is a British documentary television series written and presented by science historian James Burke, originally broadcast on BBC1 from 19 March until 21 May 1985 by the BBC. The series' primary focus is on the effect of advances in science and technology on western society in its ...
17 October – James Burke's history of science series Connections is first broadcast on BBC1. 18 October – Morecambe and Wise return to ITV for their long-running comedy sketch show The Morecambe & Wise Show.
James Burke, broadcaster, television producer, and author; best known for the science historian BBC TV series Connections; C. Nigel Calder, ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
The show's format is very similar to that of James Burke's 1978 documentary series, Connections. The first series premièred on 8 September 2008, on National Geographic, and on 1 March 2010, on BBC2. The first series contained four episodes. The second series premièred on 7 September 2009, on National Geographic, and on 8 May 2010, on BBC2 ...