James Burke's Connections (1978)

[rodion_herrera]

I really enjoyed this as a kid. Anyone else remember it or enjoyed it too?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_series)

-RODION

 

[Mandella]

I really enjoyed this as a kid. Anyone else remember it or enjoyed it too?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_series)

-RODION

Absolutely! And in fact it's slated to follow Cosmos on the homeschool science TV day schedule we're currently following.

And not to start a flame war or anything, but even though I certainly admire and respect Dr. Sagan, I always preferred James Burke's presentation.

Still two great men of popular science education we haven't seen the likes of in decades, and may never again...

 

[Andy44]

Look up the episodes on youtube, you can watch them all, IIRC. Great show.

 

[Notebook]

Brilliant presenter, used to be on a UK science/technolgy program called Tommorow's World, when it was good. Went to the US, our loss, your gain, brain drain?

N.

 

[n72.75]

I really enjoyed this as a kid. Anyone else remember it or enjoyed it too?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_series)

-RODION

You need to make hyperlink out of some text, the forum won't parse the last parenthacae.

 

[rodion_herrera]

You need to make hyperlink out of some text, the forum won't parse the last parenthacae.

Yep thanks, corrected.

Here's one of my favorites...from bottled food to the Saturn V...

-RODION

 

[Usonian]

And not to start a flame war or anything, but even though I certainly admire and respect Dr. Sagan, I always preferred James Burke's presentation.

Ouch! You're dissin' my hero, Dr. S! (Come to think of it, that could be either Sagan or Suess).

I enjoyed the Burke TV series so much in '78 I even bought the book.

 

[streb2001]

James Burke bears a lot of responsibility for my interest in science from the 70's when he was co-presenting Tommorow's World with Raymond Baxter. I also remember him presenting the UK coverage of the Apollo missions.

 

[Andy44]

Burke got me to think about more than science; he makes me think about history and society and how science fits into it. I can't watch one of his shows just once, they all require multiple rewinds.

 

[Belisarius]

It was a fantastic programme, totally original in conception and an example of what the BBC was all about in the 70s. I'm going back to YouTube to check them out.