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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MISSING
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 		25:15, 17761, S
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 		27:51, 26114, S
18-Mar-2004
25-Mar-2004 		The Cosmic Ocean
  1. Water a Unique Molecule
  2. Water Elsewhere
Leo Enright
Produced by Jonathan Fyles 		28:06, 26355, S
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 		57:01, 53466, S
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 		28:12, 26440, S
27:46, 26073, S
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
27:50, 26104, S
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BBC R4
 23-Nov-2006 to
 07-Dec-2006
From Sputnik to Satnav
 Chris Bowlby
27:56, 26191, S
28:03, 26203, S
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24-Jan-2007 Brother Guy Goes to Washington Brother Guy Consolmagno
Produced by John Byrne 		28:10, 26420, S
20-Jun-2007
27-Jun-2007 		Fly Me to the Moon Jeff Hoffman
Produced by Michelle Martin 		28:17, 26516, S
27:48, 26073, S
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
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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
27:27, 25747, S
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
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31-Mar-2011 The Biggest Radio on Earth Lucie Green
produced by Martin Redfern 		27:54, 26161, S
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 		27:47, 26002, S
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 		27:38, 25859, S
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
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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
 28:32, 26711, S
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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