Likely because they first encountered it on PBS, some Americans are unaware Connections was a BBC production: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_seri

Likely because they first encountered it on PBS, some Americans are unaware Connections was a BBC production: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_series) Even less known these days (by Americans, at least) is that Connections was but one of many extraordinary educational science series that the BBC produced in the 1970's. Original footage of one of the best of these was recently rediscovered and finally made available on the web: Look Around You: Season 1 Pilot - Calcium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBaVwwuErmU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBaVwwuErmU Watching it again today, it's hard to understate the positive impact this series had on British science education, and the obvious "leg up" it gave for Britain's technological prowess.