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Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV

From Raymond Baxter live on Tomorrow's World testing a new-fangled bulletproof vest on a nervous inventor to Doctor Who's contemporary spin on the War on Terror, British television and the Great British public have been fascinated with the brave new world offered up by science on TV. Narrated by Robert Webb, this documentary takes a fantastic, incisive and funny voyage through the rich heritage of science TV in the UK, from real science programmes (including The Sky At Night, Horizon, Tomorrow's World, The Ascent of Man) to science-fiction (such as The Quatermass Experiment, Doctor Who, Doomwatch, Blake's 7, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), to find out what it tells us about Britain over the last 60 years.

Credits

Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV Cast

Name Character
David Attenborough He was 84, now 98 years old as Himself
Robert Webb He was 38, now 52 years old as Himself - Narrator
Robert Winston He was 70, now 84 years old as Himself
Tony Robinson He was 64, now 78 years old as Himself
Iain Stewart He was 38, now 52 years old as Himself

Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV Crew

Name Department
Sean Grundy as Producer. Production
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  • Release day: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
  • Runtime: 90 minutes