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Published on May 1, 2016

Documentary filmed for BBC Four. Originally filmed in 2012. All copyright credited to BBC

Top 10 David Attenborough Series You NEED To Watch

WatchMojoUK
Published on May 22, 2019

The celebrated naturalist, narrator and presenter Sir David Attenborough is a national treasure. His nature documentary shows are listed amongst the best TV that the BBC (and Britain, in general) has ever produced. For this list, WatchMojoUK counts down the best, most important, most ground-breaking and most memorable David Attenborough documentary series – from “The Blue Planet” to “Planet Earth” to “Our Planet”. Hushed voices please, and we will begin!

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10) “Zoo Quest” (1954-63)
9) “The Life of Birds” (1998)
8) “Africa” (2013)
7) “The Life of Mammals” (2002-03)
6) “The Private Life of Plants” (1995)
5) “Life” (2009)
4) “Frozen Planet” (2011)
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Special thanks to our user WordToTheWes for submitting the idea on our interactive suggestion tool: WatchMojo.com/suggest 10) “Zoo Quest” (1954-63) 9) “The Life of Birds” (1998) 8) “Africa” (2013) 7) “The Life of Mammals” (2002-03) 6) “The Private Life of Plants” (1995) 5) “Life” (2009) 4) “Frozen Planet” (2011) 3), 2), 1) ???

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BBC World Service – The Forum, The Moon from Earth

The Moon from Earth  –  The Forum

For as long as humans have gazed up at the moon it has been an object of fascination. From the Aztecs to the Romans to the Romantics, the moon has inspired everything from artistic outpourings to religious devotion. So how has our understanding of our nearest cosmic companion changed over the millennia? And, 50 years on from the Apollo 11 Moon landing, how has our relationship with the moon been changed by our lunar explorations?

Rajan Datar talks to Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University in the UK; Anthony Aveni, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies at Colgate University in the US; and Alexandra Loske, a German art historian and co-author of Moon: Art, Science, Culture.

Photo: A couple have dinner on a hill as the Supermoon is seen in Turkey’s Kayseri, 2019. (Sercan Kucuksahin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images).

See related:

• The Forum – Mining the Moon – BBC Sounds
• Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Apollo 11 at Fifty, On view through August 3
  and
• [excerpt of longer program: “From Gallery to Reality (… and Back): The Display of Art and the Art of Display in the Digital Age”     [ Full program ]

Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Accumulation by Dispossession – David Harvey

Democracy At Work
Published on May 23, 2019

[S1 E16] Accumulation by Dispossession

Prof. Harvey argues that contemporary capitalism is heavily inflected towards accumulation by dispossession as opposed to accumulation through exploitation of living labor in production. Large capital takes over smaller capital and in the end you get a quasi monopolistic situation of the large capitalist dominating all else.

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How to Future-Proof Humanity | Paul Mason

The RSA

Started streaming 49 minutes ago

As we move towards a future defined by artificial intelligence, we must make a choice: will we accept machine control of human beings, or resist it? The logic of machines and market forces threaten to reduce us to little more than consumers whose every action can be programmed, leading some to declare that ‘humanity is over’ – but there is another way. Award-winning writer, broadcaster and filmmaker Paul Mason explores the asymmetries of knowledge and power emerging in the information age, and issues a passionate defence of what it means to be human. What we need, he argues, is a theory of humanity that protects our rights and freedoms against the forces eroding who we are. By engaging the most powerful tools at our disposal – language, innovation, cooperation – we can reconnect with the most human parts of ourselves and face the future with optimism.

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