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Why So Good?

2008-07-24T15:10:59Z

"I've just seen it and frankly I'm too shocked to speak. 10/10, and easily the film of the year." mantriddrone

BBC announces Charles Darwin season

2008-07-11T14:52:23Z

The BBC today, has announced that they're to air a season of "landmark content" to mark "one of the most astonishing and influential scientific ideas ever conceived." David Attenborough, Andrew Marr and Jimmy Doherty are just some of the well-known names who will be helping the BBC and the nation to mark the life and work of Charles Darwin on the BBC during Winter 08/09.

The season sets out to explore evolution, regarded as one of the most far-reaching and influential scientific ideas ever... an idea which has robustly stood the test of time. Thus far. George Entwistle, Controller Knowledge Commissioning, BBC Vision said: "The key Darwin anniversaries provide an excellent opportunity for the BBC to explore in real depth this revolutionary idea, and the man behind it. The season will stretch across the BBC landscape and we're delighted to have content from across television, radio and online. We hope it will connect our audiences to Darwin the man, as well as Darwin the scientific revolutionary. I hope this season will inspire our audiences and deliver real insight into his ideas and what they mean for contemporary society."

BBC Darwin Season highlights breakdown

BBC One kicks off the season with a one-off special from David Attenborough and the Natural History Unit (NHU) in Bristol.

Tree of Life (working title, 1 x 60-minute) explores the origin of Darwin's great idea. David Attenborough makes a powerful case for the importance of the science of evolution.

Andrew Marr On Darwin's Legacy (working title) is a landmark new 3 x 60-minute series for BBC Two.

Marr will explore the radical impact of Darwin's theory not only in science, but also society, political movements (capitalist, Marxist and fascist) and religion. It will also show how that impact continues today, underpinning much of our modern understanding of human life.

BBC Four will present two specially commissioned one-off documentaries: What Darwin Didn't Know and Darwin: In His Own Words.

What Darwin Didn't know is a new 90-minute film exploring a new field of genetics, 'evo devo' - the combined study of evolution and development in the womb - which is allowing us to solve some of Darwin's unanswered questions.

Darwin: In His Own Words will use newly-released documents from Cambridge University to chart Darwin's thoughts during the long period before he made his theory known to the public.

Entomologist and farmer Jimmy Doherty recreates many of Darwin's ground-breaking plant experiments at Down House, the Darwin family home in Kent, in Darwin's Garden (3 x 60-minute) for BBC Two.

BBC One has also commissioned Life (10 x 60-minute) from the NHU, a natural history spectacular which captures the most extraordinary and awe-inspiring animal survival behaviours ever shown on TV. Four years in the making, Life is filmed in the most extreme environments across the globe. Co-funded by the OU. A co-production with BBC Worldwide and Discovery. And the Darwin season isn't solely a TV outing with more documentaries and discussions on BBC radio and online.

source: http://www.tvscoop.tv/2008/07/bbc_announces_c_1.html

mantriddrone @ 2008-07-09T20:32:00

2008-07-09T19:30:49Z

from food_porn

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other stuff by the artist...

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sightings?

2008-06-25T22:58:34Z

there's been quite a few UFO sightings over the Wales and surrounding areas in the last few days.

it was even on the front page on the daily rag The Sun today without any hint of irony or kookiness.

one UFO was chased across the British Channel by a police helicopter and narrowly avoided a mid-air collision.

they have been multitudes of witnesses and what seems to lend credibility to the stories are official police confirmations on the incidents and military personnel amongst the witnesses.

i wonder WTF is really going on because the X-files film isn't due to open for a few more weeks

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0620/ufo.html

charming Chubby-sized clothes

2008-06-23T17:20:42Z

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2008-06-19T17:13:35Z

is Will Smith a...

mantriddrone @ 2008-06-19T09:32:00

2008-06-19T08:22:59Z

for the amusement of tattooedkingpin...

Firefox 3 - download day

2008-06-17T09:01:51Z

Wii Fit proves popular in one household

2008-06-11T15:56:37Z

Wii Fit proves popular in one particular household

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2008-06-07T23:41:22Z

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2008-06-05T21:19:09Z

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2008-05-30T20:45:41Z

Lost season 4 finale - W T F !

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2008-05-28T22:09:36Z

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2008-05-15T14:29:41Z

America's greatest innovators

2008-05-08T21:16:47Z

Some of America's greatest innovators were thought of as pirates.

When Thomas Edison invented the phonographic record player, musicians branded him a pirate out to steal their work and destroy the live music business, until a system was established so everyone could be paid royalties, which we today call the record industry.

Edison, in turn, went on to invent filmmaking, and demanded a licensing fee from those making movies with his technology. This caused a band of filmmaking pirates, including a man named William, to flee New York for the then still wild West, where they thrived, unlicensed, until Edison's patents expired.

These pirates continue to operate there, albeit legally now, in the town they founded: Hollywood. William's last name? Fox.

Air Jelly

2008-05-07T21:10:50Z

bored?

2008-05-03T23:19:50Z

no matter how many times i see Batman Begins, I just cant get tired of it.

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2008-05-02T23:14:01Z

edit: slashbabe discovered that it's the bridge at Machincang mountain, Langkawi, Malaysia.

http://www.malaysiahotelreview.com/langkawi/destination/suspension-bridge/01.shtml

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2008-04-29T22:42:01Z

mantriddrone @ 2008-04-27T10:52:00

2008-04-27T09:51:24Z

J JOY & KIRSTY HAWKSHAW LIVE @ AXIS MALTA

2008-04-18T16:04:03Z

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2008-03-30T14:33:25Z

what?

2008-03-22T13:53:23Z

snow in london in the middle of march?

a white easter?

it must surely be global cooling