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 Science of Christmas
I'm a Chemist Get Me Out of Here
The Science of Sound
The Origins of Life
A Balanced Programme on Balance
What's the North Ever Done for Us?
Science vs The Supernatural: Does Science Kill the Magic?
Is There Room for Mysticism in a Rational World?
Is Cosmology Really a Science?
So You Want To Be An Astronaut?
Six Degrees
What Don't We Know?
Philosophy
Randomness
Modern World
Apocalypse
Things Can Only Get Better?
Science Fiction, Science Fact
Trust me, I'm a Scientist
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