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The Toddlers’ Truce: Why You Couldn’t Watch British TV at 6pm Until 1957
Turn on the TV at 6:00 this evening and you’ll find the local news, SportsCenter, or perhaps an old Seinfeld rerun. But until this day in 1957, British TVs at 6:00pm wouldn’t show a thing. Thanks to a...
View ArticleRichard Feynman: No Ordinary Genius
In this 90-minute BBC documentary from 1993, we see a glimpse of Richard Feynman at his best. Feynman and other figures from his life are interviewed extensively, revealing a portrait of a complex mind...
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Prince Charles, Weatherman
And he ain’t bad, either (at least he’s not invisible!): Against a backdrop of the BBC’s weather map, Prince Charles delivered a specially written script which included references to royal residences...
View ArticleReal Life Robinson Crusoe
For many of us, moving to our own private tropical island of paradise is a fantasy, but not for Brendon Grimshaw. In 1962, bought an island in the Indian Ocean for £8,000 and replanted it with 16,000...
View ArticleMagic Meerkat Moments
(YouTube link) While shooting footage for the series Planet Earth Live, BBC cameramen had to put up with the shenanigans of the wildlife itself. -via The Daily What
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A Little Too Close
In a clip from the BBC TV show Richard Hammond’s Journey to the Centre of the Planet, a scientist tries to get a really fresh sample of lava. Mount Nyiragongo volcano, in the Democratic Republic of...
View ArticleWelcome to the London 2012 Olympic Games
(YouTube link) The BBC has produced this animated title sequence for their London Olympic Games coverage. -via the Presurfer
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A TARDIS You Could Wear to Prom
We’ve seen plenty of TARDIS dresses before, but this might just be the most fashionable and prom-worthy design yet. I really love how the model is actually strutting it like she’s on the runway -hey...
View ArticleBBC film crew arrested at Area 51
The crew were filming a documentary for the BBC called ‘UFO: Conspiracy Road Trip’ when they were caught. The 12-member crew which included UFO conspi…
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The Sarcastic Fringehead
(YouTube link) Sir David Attenborough introduces us to the fish known as the Sarcastic Fringehead. Not only is it ugly, it’s quite aggressive. And wait until you see how it uses it’s mouth! This clip...
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