The series was produced and directed by Mick Jackson of the BBC Science and Features Department, according to Wikipedia. (So that might be the answer to your B

The series was produced and directed by Mick Jackson of the BBC Science and Features Department, according to Wikipedia. (So that might be the answer to your BBC question.) But I've never heard anyone question its accuracy. (Over many years, for what that's worth.) Acknowledging my biases, I watched that show when I was young, and I'd really loved it. There's no other show like it. The New York Times reports "It took more than two years to make, was filmed at 150 locations in 22 countries and cost 51.5 million." https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/21/archives/pbss-connections-the-many-sides-of-technology-a-review.html https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/21/archives/pbss-connections...