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Afterword - Entertaining educators

by JohnFarrowKarrtorp • Created 11 years ago • Modified 11 years ago
TV presenters who present their specialist subject in a lively, entertaining way suggested by contributors to the Afterword blogsite.
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  • The Life of Birds (1998)

    1. The Life of Birds

    199810 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.9 (3.1K)
    David Attenborough's comprehensive and richly detailed study of birds, examining the variety of different species and their ways of life.
    StarDavid Attenborough
  • Mary Beard in Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (2012)

    2. Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

    2012– 4 epsTV Mini Series
    7.8 (332)
    Acclaimed British historian Mary Beard fell in love with the intrigue of classical Rome as a child.
    StarsMary BeardAntoni Pugi PalermSilvia Orlandi
  • The Shock of the New (1980)

    3. The Shock of the New

    19808 epsTV Mini Series
    8.4 (177)
    A definitive eight part series on the rise and fall of the modern art movement presented by critic Robert Hughes.
    StarsRobert HughesTony ChurchMartin Jarvis
  • Rich Hall's You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas (2013)

    4. Rich Hall's You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas

    20131h 30mTV Movie
    7.2 (71)
    From the Alamo to the oil industry and everything in between, comedian Rich Hall goes to the Lone Star state in search of the real Texas and asks what it means to be a Texan.
    DirectorChris CottamStarsRich HallEllery AufdengartenJoe Barkow
  • Mark Steel in The Mark Steel Lectures (2003)

    5. The Mark Steel Lectures

    2003–200618 epsTV Series
    8.7 (158)
    Stand-up comedian Mark Steel gives satirical and educational lectures on some of history's greatest thinkers.
    StarsMark SteelMartin HyderEmma Kennedy
  • 6. Food in England: The Lost World of Dorothy Hartley

    201259mTV Movie
    7.5 (28)
    DirectorDavid ParkerStarsLucy WorsleyStephanie ColeChris Akrigg
  • War Walks (1996)

    7. War Walks

    1996–199712 epsTV Series
    8.8 (53)
    The series is about battlefields, which are visited by Holmes, and is also about the corresponding battles.
    StarRichard Holmes
  • Origins of Us (2011)

    8. Origins of Us

    20113 epsTV Mini Series
    8.1 (331)
    Revealing powerful anatomical changes that gave humans the edge over all life on Earth, from walking to jaw shape and thumb movement, while exposing the surprising costs and consequences of our evolutionary journey.
    StarsAlice RobertsSvante PääboClive Finlayson
  • Industrial Revelations (2002)

    9. Industrial Revelations

    2002– 46 epsTV Series
    8.8 (91)
    StarsMark WilliamsRonald TopRory McGrath
  • 10. Jonathan Meades on France

    2012– 3 epsTV Series
    7.8 (25)
    Jonathan Meades takes an idiosyncratic look at some of the more overlooked areas of France.
    StarJonathan Meades
  • Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson in Blackadder the Third (1987)

    11. Blackadder the Third

    19876 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.6 (49K)
    In the Regency era, Mr E. Blackadder serves as butler to the foppish numskull Prince George amidst the fads and crazes of the time.
    StarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonHugh Laurie
  • Sue Perkins and Giles Coren in The Supersizers Go... (2007)

    12. The Supersizers Go...

    2007–200913 epsTV Series
    8.8 (709)
    A comedienne and a humor writer try their hand at living in different eras. They dress, eat, and live the past. Before and after, their vitals are tested to see how these lifestyles affect their health.
    StarsGiles CorenSue PerkinsRoy Marsden
  • Think of a Number (1977)

    13. Think of a Number

    1977–198437 epsTV Series
    7.6 (28)
    Science series presented by Johnny Ball.
    StarsJohnny BallWilliam Blezard
  • Fist of Fun (1995)

    14. Fist of Fun

    1995–199612 epsTV Series
    8.3 (456)
    Hilarity prevails as comic geniuses Stewart Lee and Richard Herring present their musings via the medium of sketch.
    StarsStewart LeeRichard HerringPeter Baynham
  • James Burke in Connections (1978)

    15. Connections

    197810 epsTV Mini Series
    9.3 (1.5K)
    Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
    StarsJames BurkeKenneth KendallBruce Boa
  • 16. Abroad in Britain

    1990– 5 epsTV Series
    8.2 (14)
    StarJonathan Meades
  • A Night with the Stars (2011)

    17. A Night with the Stars

    2011TV Movie
    8.1 (202)
    Professor Cox takes a diamond and with the help of an audience of stars explains quantum theory.
    DirectorStephen NealStarsBrian CoxJim Al-KhaliliPaul Foot

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