Mad and Bad 60 Years of Science on TV

From Raymond Baxter live on Tomorrows World testing a newfangled bulletproof vest on a nervous inventor to Doctor Whos contemporary spin on the War on Terror British television and the Great British public have been fascinated with the brave new world offered up by science on TV Narrated by Robert Webb this documentary takes a fantastic incisive and funny voyage through the rich heritage of science TV in the UK from real science programmes including The Sky At Night Horizon Tomorrows World The Ascent of Man to sciencefiction such as The Quatermass Experiment Doctor Who Doomwatch Blakes 7 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy to find out what it tells us about Britain over the last 60 years