Astronomy, Cosmology

Last Edited: 16-Oct-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Brief History of the End of Everything, A
Cosmic Quest
Inconstant Moon,  The
13 Minutes To The Moon

Date Title Cast Parameters
BBC R4
19-Aug-1998 to
09-Sep-1998
 Enright's Universe
  1. Sitting in a Tin Can
  2. Houston, We Have a Problem
  3. Secret Space
  4. Far Horizons
Leo Enright
Producer: Jim Clarke



MISSING
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BBC R4
26-Apr-1999 to
30-Apr-1999
Naming the Universe
  1. First Names
  2. Realms of the Gods
  3. Pictures in the Sky
  4. Big Planet, Little Planet
  5. The Committee for Naming the Universe
Heather Couper, Douglas Adams
Producers: Caroline Barbour, Nicola White

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2001
Audiobook
Random House
2001

Universe in a Nutshell, The
Written by Stephen Hawking
Read by Simon Preble
produced By Paul Ruben
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3:28:04, 95.2 MB, m

BBC R4
23-Jul-2001 to
20-Aug-2001
Try This at Home
  1. Dark Matter
  2. Supernova
  3. Extra Dimensions
  4. Entanglement
  5. Boomerang
Writer/Presenter: Ben Miller
Producer: Virginia Crompton

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Feb-2002
R7:
06-Jun-2009
Catch a Falling Star --
the last meteorite of the millennium which
fell on Ireland in 1999
Leo Enright 27:45, 26025, S
BBC R4
10-Jul-2002 to
24-Jul-2002
Lopsided Universe, The
  1. Lucifer’s Legacy
  2. Life through the Looking Glass
  3. One in a Billion
Writer/Presenter: Frank Close
Reader: Crawford Logan
Producer: Louise Dalziel

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BBC R4
27-Jan-2003
to
31-Jan-2003
Brief History of the End of Everything, A
  1. Eternity
  2. Collapsing Universe – The Big Crunch
  3. Cyclical Universe – Bouncing Universe
  4. Expanding Universe – The Big Chill
  5. Death by Industrial Accident --
    Exotic Particle (not in 2004)
Brother Guy Consolmagno
Producer: John Byrne

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23-May-2003 Small Dog on Mars -- Mars Express/Beagle II Colin Pillinger
Produced by Martin Redfern
28:01, 19705, S
UK Channel 5
2003
Secrets of the Sphinx Revealed narrated by Neil Morrissey
directed and written by Virginia Quinn
ID-DMR-013
AVI VIDEO
48:35, 327254
BBC R4
27-Aug-2003 to
10-Sep-2003
Red Planet, The
  1. Approaching Mars
  2. Fourth Rock from the Sun
  3. Everyday Life on Mars
Heather Couper
reading by Michael Percival-Maxwell
produced by Monise Durrani

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25-Dec-2003
01-Jan-2004
Stars in Their Eyes
Egyptian and Mesopotamian Cosmologies
Chinese and Indian Cosmologies
Rajesh Mirchandani
Produced by John Watkins
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28:18, 19899, S
10-Mar-2004 The Harvard Computers --
Women in Early Astronomy
Written and presented by Sue Nelson
Readings by Sarah Mennel and Kevin Collins
Produced by Anne McNought
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18-Mar-2004
25-Mar-2004
The Cosmic Ocean
  1. Water a Unique Molecule
  2. Water Elsewhere
Leo Enright
Produced by Jonathan Fyles
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27:55, 26181, S
26-May-2004
02-Jun-2004
Venus across the Sun
Duncan Steel
Producer: Martin Redfern
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20-Sep-2004
17-Jan-2005
First Impressions --
Contacting Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Produced by Jeremy Grange 28:42, 26910, S
BBC R4
29-Dec-2004 to
12-Jan-2005
Worlds Beyond
  1. The Hunt for Planet X
  2. To Catch a Comet
  3. Other Worlds
Heather Couper
Producer: Monise Durrani

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06-Jan-2005 Running Rings around Saturn
Cassini-Huygens
Richard Hollingham
Produced by Martin Redfern
28:01, 26271, S
09-Mar-2005 Project Prometheus
Nuclear-powered spaceflight
Leo Enright 28:03, 26296, S
16-May-2005 How the Stars Became Cosmological Myths
around the World
Produced by Kim Normanton and Nigel Atcheson 27:52, 26134, S
16-Jul-2005
17-Feb-2006
Archive Hour – Eyes in the Sky
Spy satellites
Leo Enright
Produce by Tracy Logan
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20-Jul-2005 The Moon Trees
Trees grown from seeds taken on Apollo 14
Richard Black
Produced by Gabby Fisher
28:06, 26360, S
31-Aug-2005 The Goldilocks Planet
Searching for Earth-like Planets and Life
Writer/Presenter: Brother Guy Consolmagno
Producer: John Byrne
27:55, 26187, S
02-Dec-2005 The Meteorite Hunt
Searching for meteorites in UK gardens
Mathew Genge
Produced by Martin Kurzig
27:58, 26222, S
26-Jul-2006
02-Aug-2006
Humans in Space Frank Close
Produced by Louise Dyall
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BBC R4
06-Sep-2006 to
20-Sep-2006
Cosmic Hunters, The
  1. Habitable planets?
  2. Cosmic Dawn
  3. Dark Energy
Chris Riley
Produced by Andrew Luck-Baker

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BBC R4
23-Nov-2006 to
07-Dec-2006
From Sputnik to Satnav
Chris Bowlby
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24-Jan-2007 Brother Guy Goes to Washington Brother Guy Consolmagno
Produced by John Byrne
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20-Jun-2007
27-Jun-2007
Fly Me to the Moon Jeff Hoffman
Produced by Michelle Martin
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11-Aug-2007 Archive Hour – Britain’s Space Race Heather Couper
Produced by Martin Redfern
56:58, 53416, S
BBC TWO
07-Aug-2007 to
11-Sep-2007
Cosmos, A Beginner's Guide
  1. Life in the Cosmos
  2. Building the Universe
  3. How Far Can We See?
  4. Exploring the Cosmos
  5. Violent Universe
  6. Other Worlds
  1. Adam Hart Davis, Dr Doug Vakoch
    Director/producer: Louise V Say
  2. Adam Hart-Davis, Professor Carlos Frenk
    Producer: Paul Bader
  3. Adam Hart-Davis, Maggie Aderin
    Produced and directed by Paul Bader
  4. Adam Hart-Davis, Janet Sumner
    Produced and directed by Louise V Say
  5. Adam Hart-Davis, Maggie Aderin,
    Janet Sumner
    Produced and directed by Paul Bader
  6. Adam Hart-Davis, Maggie Aderin,
    Janet Sumner
    Produced and directed by Louise V Say
MP4 VIDEO
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04-Sep-2007
30-Jan-2008
Tulips on the Moon Richard Hollingham
Produced by Fiona Roberts
28:06, 26357, S
29-Oct-2007
20-Jan-2008
Are Horoscopes Rubbish? Ian Mcmillan
Sarah Jane Hall
28:01, 26272, S
BBC TV4
25-Nov-2007
The Comet's Tale

AVI VIDEO
58:44, 600844
30-Apr-2009
07-May-2009
The New Galileos
  1. the James Webb Space Telescope
  2. the Large Binocular Telescope
Andrew Luck-Baker 28:09, 26395, S
27:45, 26021, S
20-Jul-2009 Give Me the MoonLITE Richard Hollingham
produced by Martin Redfern
27:51, 26117, S
18-Nov-2009
25-Nov-2009
The Herschel Space Telescope Jonathon Amos
produced by Gareth Nelson Davies
27:45, 26024, S
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04-Feb-2010 2010: Space Odyssey to Europa Paul Murdin
produced by Emma Harding
27:40, 25939, S
07-Ap-2010
Star Wars on the South Bank
Toby Young, Martin Rees, Colin Pillinger
Produced by Barney Rowntree
28:01, 26273, S
31-Mar-2011 The Biggest Radio on Earth Lucie Green
produced by Martin Redfern
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11-Jul-2011 Happy Birthday, Neptune Written and presented by Tracey Logan 27:36, 25837, S
18-Jan-2012 Frankenstein's Moon Adam Rutherford
produced by Andrew Luck-Baker
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07-Jun-2012 Father of the Big Bang William Crawley
Producer: Mark McCleary
27:28, 25711, S
19-Dec-2012 For All Mankind -- 40th anniversary of the
last man on the Moon
Chris Riley
Producer: Richard Hollingham
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27-Mar-2013 A Trip Around Mars with Kevin Fong Kevin Fong
Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker
27:52, 26086, S
23-Apr-2013
Solar Max
Lucie Green
Producer: Michelle Martin
27:53, 26108, S
08-Jun-2013
Maiden Voyage: The First Woman in Space
Lucy Ash
Producer: Dorothy Feaver
27:53, 26139, S
08-Jul-2013
Hersch on Herschel
Rainer Hersch
Producer: Julian Mayers

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26-Mar-2014
The Great Space Hunt
Presenter/producer: Jolyon Jenkins
27:43, 25947, S
22-Apr-2014
Save the Moon!
Chris Riley
Producer: Sue Nelson
27:36, 25834, S
26-Jan-2016
02-Feb-2016
The Reith Lectures: Black Holes
  1. Do black holes have no hair?
  2. Black holes ain't as black as they
    are painted
Stephen Hawking
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