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Interviewed [[Nick Argento]] (historian), [[Arthur C. Clarke]] (author), [[Frederik Pohl]] (author), [[Yoji Kondo]] (author), [[Alan Bond (engineer)|Alan Bond]] (rocket engineer), [[Gerald A. Smith]] (scientist), [[Jack Williamson]] (author), [[Robert L. Forward]] (author), [[Michio Kaku]] (physicist), [[Patrick Moore]] (astronomer), [[Ron Miller (artist and author)|Ron Miller]] (artist)
Interviewed [[Nick Argento]] (historian), [[Arthur C. Clarke]] (author), [[Frederik Pohl]] (author), [[Yoji Kondo]] (author), [[Alan Bond (engineer)|Alan Bond]] (rocket engineer), [[Gerald A. Smith]] (scientist), [[Jack Williamson]] (author), [[Robert L. Forward]] (author), [[Michio Kaku]] (physicist), [[Patrick Moore]] (astronomer), [[Ron Miller (artist and author)|Ron Miller]] (artist)

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Future Fantastic
GenreScience fiction documentary
Directed byPenny Southgate
Presented byGillian Anderson
Theme music composerHAL / real VIVID
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producerEdward Briffa
ProducersDavid McNab, Jasper James
EditorsAllan Fowlie, David Sleight
Running time24 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release21 June (1996-06-21) –
30 August 1996 (1996-08-30)

Future Fantastic was a British documentary television series which premiered in 1996. This show looked at the how science and science fiction complement each other, and how ideas and technologies from the past are helping to shape our future. The series was narrated by Gillian Anderson and co-produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation, The Learning Channel and Pro Sieben.

Episodes

"Alien"

Alien: Discusses the possibility of encountering intelligent life on other planets.

Interviewed Story Musgrave (astronaught), Seth Shostak (astronomer), Frank Drake (astronomer), Jill Tarter (astronomer), Arthur C. Clarke (author), Richard F. Haines (scientist), Robert Sheaffer (UFO investigator), Jack Cohen (biologist), John Clute (author), David Bischoff (author), Glenn Campbell (Area 51 Investigator), Bob Lazar (engineer)

This episode was first broadcast on 21 June 1996.[1]

"I, Robot"

I, Robot: Discusses the evolving and growing role of artificial intelligence, computers, and robots in our everyday life.

Interviewed Joe Engelberger (roboticist), Red Whittaker (roboticist), Marvin Minsky (cognitive scientist), Hans Moravec (computer scientist), Takeo Kanade (roboticist), Kevin Warwick (roboticist), Rodney Brooks (roboticist)

This episode was first broadcast on 28 June 1996.[2]

"Starman"

Starman: Looks at how we might eventually reach the stars.

Interviewed Nick Argento (historian), Arthur C. Clarke (author), Frederik Pohl (author), Yoji Kondo (author), Alan Bond (rocket engineer), Gerald A. Smith (scientist), Jack Williamson (author), Robert L. Forward (author), Michio Kaku (physicist), Patrick Moore (astronomer), Ron Miller (artist)

This episode was first broadcast on 5 July 1996.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). who later collaborated with Gillian Anderson on the track "Extremis" which was released by Virgin Records in 1997.[3]

References

  1. ^ For reviews of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Future Fantastic: Alien" in "Choice", The Times, 21 June 1996, p 51; Lynne Truss, "Murder most torrid in dull old Dixieland", The Times, 24 June 1996, p 47; Nancy Banks-Smith, "Why aliens are alienated", The Guardian, 22 June 1996, p 18; and Jasper Rees, "Television: Future Fantastic", The Independent, 21 June 1996.
  2. ^ For a review of this episode, see Peter Waymark, "Future Fantastic" in "Choice", The Times, 28 June 1996, p 47
  3. ^ "Hal press conference". Virgin. 13 May 1997. Archived from the original on 27 October 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2008.