17:58 – Intro Music.
18:01 – The Story of Maths: 3. The Frontiers of Space – Radio Times: “By the 17th century, Europe had taken over from the Middle East as the world’s powerhouse of mathematical ideas. Great strides had been made in understanding the geometry of objects fixed in time and space. The race was now on to discover the mathematics to describe objects in motion. Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy explores the work of Rene Descartes and Pierre Fermat, whose famous Last Theorem would puzzle mathematicians for more than 350 years. He also examines Isaac Newton’s development of the calculus, and goes in search of Leonard Euler, the father of topology or ‘bendy geometry’, and Carl Friedrich Gauss who, at the age of 24, was responsible for inventing a new way of handling equations – modular arithmetic.” First broadcast Mon 20th Oct 2008, 21:00 on BBC4.
19:00 – Paperplay – How to Make a Swinging Cat – Susan Stranks and spiders Itsy & Bitsy show us that thing. First broadcast 26th June 1979 on ITV.
19:11 – Here’s a Piano I Prepared Earlier – Experimental Music in the 1960s – Radio Times: “The brave new sound worlds of avant-garde composers such as John Cage, Steve Reich, Cornelius Cardew and Karlheinz Stockhausen.” Another Victor-Lewis Smith documentary made around the same time as the Radiophonic Workshop one, and just as fascinating, as I recall. First broadcast Fri 25th Jun 2004, 22:10 on BBC4; this rip from a Sat 3rd Dec 2005, 19:15 repeat (also its last showing, criminal!!).
20:00 – The Time Signal – Short Arena film on the pips or Greenwich Time Signal featuring Dr Carl Dolmetsch. First broadcast as part of the Arena Radio Night on Sat 18th December 1992 on BBC2 & Radio 4 simultaneously.
20:10 – James Burke – Connections – S01E10 – “Yesterday, Tomorrow and You” – The last episode of the legendary series exploring the history of technology in a non-conventional way. From the Radio Times listing: “James Burke concludes this look at 2,000 years of human ingenuity by turning from the past to the present. In the last of this series of ten programmes, he searches for clues that link the ways in which change has happened in the past to the way our modern world, and our lives, will change in their turn. What lessons can we learn by looking at history in this way? What will tomorrow bring for us – and are we ready for it? This week, he shows how the results of all those amazing connections in the past are all around us now – without our realising it. Do we know enough to predict how they will connect and bring change for us? Can we control it – and do we care?” First broadcast Tue 19th December 1978, 7.20pm, BBC1.
21:00 – James Burke & Dallas Campbell: The Voyager – A little five-minute extra to mark the end of the original Connections series. From the 2019 Bluedot Festival, author & TV presenter Dallas Campbell, in conversation with an 82-year-old James Burke, discuss The Greatest Shot in Television™.
21:05 – FILM: Lady Frankenstein (1971) – An Italian horror film directed by Mel Welles and written by Edward di Lorenzo. It stars Rosalba Neri (under the pseudonym Sara Bey), Joseph Cotten, Mickey Hargitay and Paul Müller. After Baron Frankenstein is killed by his own monster, his daughter transplants his assistant’s brain into a handsome young body, all while the original monster seeks revenge against those who participated in its creation.
22:44 – Would I Lie to You? – S06E07 – With Huw Edwards, Sarah Millican, Josie Lawrence, Bradley Walsh. First broadcast Fri 25th May 2012, 8.30pm, BBC1.
23:13 – Closedown Music.
23:18 – Closedown – I have to be up for the Australian Grand Prix practice sessions at 4am and 7am! Although I might stick one more thing on, we’ll see! NARRATOR: He didn’t.