Telescope night on BBC Four

Tonight, if you have access to digital TV in the UK, BBC Four has a series of four programmes about astronomy:

  1. 20:00 -21:00 The Sky at Night: Sir Patrick Moore charts the development of the telescope over four centuries.
  2. 21:00-22:00 Hubble Telescope Documentary about the work of the world's most famous space telescope. (Repeat)
  3. 22:00-23:20 Storyville: Blast! Scientists launch a revolutionary telescope to try and explain the formation of galaxies. This looks like our chance to see the film for free!
  4. 23:20-00:00 Time Shift Adam Hart-Davis explores the world of Britain's 40,000 amateur astronomers
All times are given in GMT. Looks like it should be a good night of programming.

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Posted in astro blog by Stuart on Wednesday 07th Jan 2009 (17:37 GMT) | 3 Comments | Permalink

Comments: Telescope night on BBC Four

Unfortunately, I can't watch Blast! no matter how much I want to. It's all very well being married to an astronomer and moving halfway round the world because he finds an interesting job, but it means giving up the BBC. Maybe someday I'll find a way to fool the BBC website into thinking that Chile is a small town in Scotland....

Posted by Alison on Wednesday 07th Jan 2009 (22:08 UTC)

gravatarIs your husband astronomer still connected to a UK university? If he is, they might have a proxy service. If you could use that you should be able to make the BBC think you're in the UK.

I've heard that the people behind the iPlayer are trying to sort out access to people around the world. The trouble is the legal people and rights.

Posted by Stuart on Wednesday 07th Jan 2009 (23:00 UTC)

Thanks Stuart, but no, he was STFC, so no affiliation anymore. We'll figure it out eventually, I'm sure.

Posted by Alison on Thursday 08th Jan 2009 (00:07 UTC)

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