The classic BBC One series Pebble Mill at One conducted a wonderful live interview with Roald Dahl at his home in 1982. The renowned children’s author opened up about his workspace, his work routine, and his insights with the show presenter and the audience at home. This fascinating interview reveals…
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BBC Host Barters With a Monkey Who Stole His iPhone
We’ve previously written about naughty macaque monkeys who steal all sorts of items from tourists. BBC reporter Chris Packham sought to find out why they do this. In testing out a theory, Packham “allowed” a monkey to steal his iPhone. Packham then sought out the thieving primate in order to…
A BBC Earth Compilation That Shows the Magnificent Beauty of Different Owls at Various Stages of Life
A compilation of clips from BBC Earth shows the magnificent beauty of different owls at different stages of life, beginning with birth. A tiny owl hatches from the egg and is cared for around the clock by human caretakers. A hungry barn owl silently searches for food under the snow….
Frightening Billboard for the BBC Series ‘Dracula’ That Doesn’t Come Into Full View Until the Sun Goes Down
GIF via Reuben Dangoor To herald the arrival of the delectable BBC/Netflix series Dracula by co-creators, writers and executive producers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the aptly named BBC Creative created a very clever billboard in London that, like its namesake, doesn’t come into full until after the sun goes…
Physicist Brian Cox Reimagines the Wonder of the Big Bang for a Five Part BBC Series About ‘The Planets’
In a trailer for the five-part BBC Earth series entitled The Planets, renowned physicist Brian Cox narrates a beautiful visual reimagination the Big Bang, the incredible cosmological model that explains the origin of the universe. Future episodes include virtual explorations of the planets of the solar system, how each has…
How the BBC Show ‘Sherlock’ Strikes Down the Myth That a Loner Genius Doesn’t Need Friends
Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take a look at the concept of the “Loner Genius”, particularly how its perpetuating mythology gives such individual tacit permission to behave in the most narcissistically dismissive ways possible. The BBC series Sherlock offers an excellent example of such a personality in…
A Hungry Polar Bear Repeatedly Tries to Break Into the Reinforced Box Protecting a BBC Wildlife Filmmaker
While filming the BBC nature series The Polar Bear Family and Me, the adventurous wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan found that a very hungry and very persistent polar bear really wanted bring him home for lunch. The nosy ursine tried every trick she knew in order to try to get into…
The Classic Richard Adams Book ‘Watership Down’ Adapted as Animated Series for BBC One and Netflix
BBC One, in cooperation with Netflix, has released the first trailer for the animated series based upon the 1972 Richard Adams book Watership Down. Like the book, the series tells the story of a brave group of anthropomorphized rabbits who band together to survive. The series was directed by Noam…
