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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Science of Laughter
Brits in Space
Anniversary of the Periodic Table
Science of Dreaming
Clever Creatures
Dinosaurs
The Infinite Moonkey Cage
How We Measure the Universe
How to Build a Bionic Human
Are humans still evolving?
Origin of Numbers
The Future of Humanity
Microbes: Secret Rulers of the World?
GCHQ
Special Bonus Edition
The Human Voice
Immune System
Invasion
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