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Some lesser known (and some well known) scientists of the industrial age are profiled by the wonderful TV show "Local Heroes": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L

Some lesser known (and some well known) scientists of the industrial age are profiled by the wonderful TV show "Local Heroes": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Heroes_(British_TV_series) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Heroes_(British_TV_ser... Great show if you can find it. Another show, Connections, is much more popular, and traces the family tree of various inventions. Again, highly recommended!

NaOH 3y ago
Someone here recently linked Connections episodes available on the Internet Archive and it's been great to watch episodes. https://archive.org/details/bbc-connections-1978 https://archive.org/details/bbc-connections-1978
- xoxxala 3y ago
  We watched Connections in High School science. I don't remember much about HS, but I will never forget James Burke.
- staplers 3y ago
  Another great show by the same guy: The Day The Universe Changed.
petepete 3y ago
We all watched local heroes at my house, Adam Hart Davies did such a good job of making the topics approachable, even for kids. Hard to believe it's a quarter of a century since it finished.
- noneeeed 3y ago
  Likewise. Adam should be a national treasure. I miss all those relatively unflashy science programmes. They all have to be a bit over the top and made into rather showy but shallow “event” TV, probably featuring Brian Cox on a mountain or in a desert for some reason.
  - lifeisstillgood 3y ago
    There are reasonable concerns that might not be a good idea - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/20/jimmy-savile-bbc-protecting-stars https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/20/jimmy-savile-b... Hart-Davis has afaik been “cancelled” for some years.
    - noneeeed 3y ago
      Oh ffs, not another one.