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25th Apr 2017, 4:44 pm | #1 |
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Shock and Awe - The History of Electricity on BBC4
Tonight on BBC4 there are starting a new series of 3 programmes where Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of our quest to master the power of electricity.
It may items of interest to forum members, let see! Chris |
25th Apr 2017, 4:58 pm | #2 |
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Re: Shock and Awe - The History of Electricity on BBC4
Thank you . I have met JAK twice and enjoyed the experience. R4 programmes are likely to go deeper than the 'science 'lite' BBC TV content I have viewed. There seems to be a deep fear of any sort of 'difficult ' material , such is the pressure on programme makers to produce content watched and downloaded by the massss. Let's see !
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Re: Shock and Awe - The History of Electricity on BBC4
I think this may be a repeat, but if it is and it's the series I've seen it is well worth watching again!
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25th Apr 2017, 5:16 pm | #4 |
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Re: Shock and Awe - The History of Electricity on BBC4
Yes it's been on a few times but is well worth repeated viewings as Andy says! Very many BBC4 programs are. I agree about JAK on Radio 4 Al. Today's Life Scientific [on Food Science] was typical. Things we maybe already knew but with interesting and specific detail.
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25th Apr 2017, 7:37 pm | #5 |
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Re: Shock and Awe - The History of Electricity on BBC4
It's a good watch. Got it all taped!
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25th Apr 2017, 8:06 pm | #6 |
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It is indeed a good series I saw it ages ago, time to get out the instruction manual of my set top box (that I have only used for radio so far) to record it. And then watch as a three hour delight when SHMBO is away on holiday. None of the 12 second attention span for me.
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25th Apr 2017, 8:20 pm | #7 |
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I think that JAK is very much my preferred presenter for this kind of stuff. I find Brian Cox annoying, though he was pretty good in the Bourne movies.
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25th Apr 2017, 10:41 pm | #8 |
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Well I enjoyed it, not so much for new info, but well presented on a timeline, I'm looking forward to the next one.
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I watched that programme and found it fascinating. There were quite a few things in it that I didn't know.
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26th Apr 2017, 11:24 am | #10 |
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I watched 'Shock and Awe', although I've seen the series before. Still found it very interesting, despite remembering most of what JAK descibed from previous viewings.
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26th Apr 2017, 11:49 pm | #12 |
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Yes, I have seen it before but have forgotten a lot of it so I eagerly await next weeks instalment, in fact I don't remember seeing the first instalment last time.
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27th Apr 2017, 10:24 am | #13 |
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27th Apr 2017, 10:34 am | #14 |
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Colin You are not alone JAK is much better!
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27th Apr 2017, 11:08 am | #15 |
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Re: Shock and Awe - The History of Electricity on BBC4
iPlayer link
Available for 28 days from yesterday. I enjoyed watching the programme for (at least) the second time and have to agree with the other comments regarding the relative merits of BBC science presenters. |