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Earth review: BBC tells terrifying story of our planet’s Great Dying

Earth review: BBC tells terrifying story of our planet’s Great Dying

9 July 2023

This epic TV series kicks off with Inferno, the story of our planet’s biggest mass extinction. Host Chris Packham probes how Earth lost up to 90 per cent of its species in an event which began 252 million years ago


Christopher Paolini on the 5 space operas that inspired his new novel

Christopher Paolini on the 5 space operas that inspired his new novel

17 May 2023

From Dune to Babylon 5, the Eragon author reveals five inspirations behind his new adult science fiction novel, Fractal Noise


Prehistoric Planet 2 review: Attenborough returns to ancient Earth

Prehistoric Planet 2 review: Attenborough returns to ancient Earth

14 May 2023

The second series of this show about Earth 66 million years ago is a joy to watch - but it inspires more than it informs. A little more science would have been nice


A protester in Hong Kong had their face swapped with that of an actor via an artificial intelligence for the BBC documentary Hong Kong's Fight for Freedom

BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities

24 November 2022

Filmmakers used an AI to swap the faces of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong for those of actors to protect the protestors' identities while maintaining their facial movements and emotional expressions


Ghostwatch interview: Writer of cult paranormal TV show tells all

Ghostwatch interview: Writer of cult paranormal TV show tells all

31 October 2022

In 1992, a TV show petrified millions of UK viewers with a “live” investigation of a paranormal event. What happened next? Its writer, Stephen Volk, explains


The Peripheral review: William Gibson’s noir debuts on Amazon Prime

The Peripheral review: William Gibson’s noir debuts on Amazon Prime

20 October 2022

In 2032, tech savvy Flynne Fisher helps her brother with a virtual reality game and ends up in a disturbing London 60 years later. William Gibson’s 2014 sci-fi thriller The Peripheral is so stuffed with ideas it will need seasons to unpack


The Elon Musk Show review: Searching for the man who is Elon Musk

The Elon Musk Show review: Searching for the man who is Elon Musk

13 October 2022

As Elon Musk becomes wealthier and more powerful, we need to know more about the man whose projects are transforming the world. But as a new documentary shows, it is hard grappling with the reality of someone with such disparate labels as hero, villain,...


Ancient footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park.

Ice Age Footprints review: Ancient humans’ arrival in North America

23 May 2022

This documentary tracks the quest for the oldest human footprints in North America, and what they can tell us about when people first arrived on the continent


Prehistoric Planet

Prehistoric Planet review: David Attenborough’s dinosaur magic

20 May 2022

David Attenborough and Hollywood talent combine in Prehistoric Planet documentary to conjure up dinosaurs as never before


Hugh Laurie

Avenue 5: Hugh Laurie discovers how space tourism can go badly wrong

29 January 2020

Space tourism has taken off in HBO’s comedy Avenue 5, but the ship is off course, just like the jokes. Can the captain, Hugh Laurie, save the day?


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