Brian Cox and Robin Ince put Hollywood under the microscope to unpick the science fact v science fiction of some of the biggest movies set in space. They are joined by a truly out of this world panel of space experts including astronauts Tim Peake, Nicole Stott and Susan Kilrain alongside Oscar winning Special FX director Paul Franklin, whose movies include Interstellar and First Man. Tim, Nicole and Susan fact check how space travel and astronauts are portrayed in movies such as Gravity and The Martian, whilst Brian and Robin argue about Robin's lack of enthusiasm for Star Wars. They look back at some of the greatest Space movies including Alien and 2001 A Space Odyssey and ask whether some fictional aspects of these blockbusters may not be so far from our future reality?
Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem.
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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Gardening
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Love
The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Murder
Higgs Boson
Cats v Dogs
Poison
Asteroids
Could it be magic?
Egyptian Mummies
The Monkeys meet The Sky at Night
Jo Brand's Quantum World
The Scale of Life (or were dinosaurs just too big?)
How I is AI?
The Science of Coincidence
The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Audience Favourites
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