| Connections 2 | |||||
| Ambrose Video (1978) | |||||
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| James Burke | Himself - Presenter | |
| Mandy Maxwell | ||
| Alan Gibbs | ||
| Sarah Davies | ||
| Mark Losley | ||
| Richard Herriot |
| Director | Mike Slee
Michael Slee |
| Producer | Richard Sattin
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| Writer | James Burke
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The original ten volume series was made in 1978. The popular success of the series led to two sequels, Connections 2 (sometimes written Connections2) in 1994, and Connections 3 (or Connections3) in 1997, both produced for TLC. By turning science into a detective story James Burke creates a series that will fascinate students and adults alike. This interdisciplinary approach has never before been applied to history or science and it succeeds tremendously. Winner of the Red Ribbon in the American Film Festival, the scope of the series covers 19 countries and 150 locations, requiring over 14 months of filming. As the Sherlock Holmes of science, Burke tracks through 12,000 years of history for the clues that lead us to eight great life changing inventions-the atom bomb, telecommunications, the computer, the production line, jet aircraft, plastics, rocketry and television. Burke postulates that such changes occur in response to factors he calls "triggers," some of them seemingly unrelated. These have their own triggering effects, causing change in totally unrelated fields as well. And so the connections begin... |
| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 1. Revolutions | |||
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Discover how the steam engine led to safety matches, imitation diamonds and the moon in a wild ride.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 2. Sentimental Journeys | |||
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What has Freud got to do with maps? Or prison reform with blue dye? Or the inside of a star with the Himalayas? India reveals the answers.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 3. Getting It Together | |||
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Start by examining a SWAT team, which leads to hot air ballooning, the root of many inventions.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4. Whodunit? | |||
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Who stole a set of billiard balls in 1902 and why was he the most famous crook in history? The clues: maps from 1775, Charles Darwin's cousin and the FBI.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5. Something for Nothing | |||
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Something impossible happened 400 years ago. And we wound up in outer space, thanks (en route) to pigeon lovers, the Pope, and electric Italian frogs.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 6. Echoes of the Past | |||
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On his way to finding the secret of the universe, Burke takes us to the Buddhist tea ceremony, ties it to international spies and Lincoln's assassination.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 7. Photo Finish | |||
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The Le Mans 24-hour race is the backdrop for linking photography and bullets, relativity and blimps.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 8. Separate Ways | |||
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Two trails split over slavery in the 18th Century. One route leads to the Wild West and Brooklyn Bridge, the other coining money and TV. Both end with a threat to peace.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 9. High Times | |||
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Unwrap a sandwich and you're on a path to World War II radar and Neo-Impressionist painters.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 10. Deja Vu | |||
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History repeats itself, when you know how to look. Pizzaro beats the Incas, the first stock market opens. The Queen of England salutes a Mexican beetle and Hitler's plans misfire.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 11. New Harmony | |||
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Microscopic bugs inspired the novel "Frankenstein" which aided the birth of Socialism.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 12. Hot Pickle | |||
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The connections between a cup of tea, opium dens, the London Zoo and a switch that releases bombs.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 13. The Big Spin | |||
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The greatest medical accident in history starts a trail that leads to Helen of Troy, 17th Century flower-power, the invention of soda pop and earthquake detection.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 14. Bright Ideas | |||
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A Baltimore man invented the bottle, which led to razors and clock springs, and the Hubble telescope.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 15. Making Waves | |||
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Hairdressers, Gold Rush miners, Irish potato farmers and English parliamentarians are really tied together.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 16. Routes | |||
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A sick lawyer in 18th Century France changes farming and triggers the French Revolution and new medical research.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 17. One Word | |||
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One medieval word kicks off the investigation into different cultures with the same stories that ends in cultural anthropology.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 18. Sign Here | |||
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Dutch piracy starts international law and French probability math, phonetics and Victorian séances.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 19. Better Than the Real Thing | |||
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How the zipper started with technology Jefferson picked up in Paris during a row about Creation.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 20. Flexible Response | |||
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Robin Hood starts us on a trail from medieval showbiz to land drainage, to the invention of decimals that end up in U.S. currency, thanks to the guy who started the Erie Canal.
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