BBC R4 - Four more space related documentaries

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BBC R4 - Mars Rovers
Broadcast November 22, 2006

BBC Blurb
Peter Evans meets the pioneering duo who have surpassed all
of NASA’s expectations in our quest to find life on Mars.

The Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, are about
to celebrate their third anniversary on the martian surface,
whichis remarkable given the fact they were only expected to
last three months.

Now well into middle age, and feeling a little bit arthritic,
they are still providing scientists on Earth with extraordinary
insights into the Martian environment and providing clues that
may finally answer the question of whether life exists on Mars.

Peter also talks to the scientists who are designing the robot
explorers of the future and have been inspired by Spirit and
Opportunity's incredible success.

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BBC R4 - Dish Of The Day
Broadcast June 13, 2003

BBC Blurb
Jodrell Bank

In 1949, a recently demobbed radar engineer called Bernard Lovell
borrowed some army surplus equipment and set up a radio telescope
in a muddy field, just outside Manchester, called Jodrell Bank. The
experiments, originally designed to last a few weeks, have continued
for nearly five decades.

Almost immediately, Jodrell’s experiments began to transform our knowledge
of the universe. But it was in 1957 that “The Big Ear” attracted the
world’s fascination and awe. That was the year the Soviet Union launched
Sputnik - the first man-made object ever to orbit the Earth. It caused a
sensation and it was Jodrell Bank - the only man-made object capable of
tracking Sputnik - which confirmed to the world that the space race had
begun. This event transformed the fortunes of British Space Science,
assured the future of Jodrell Bank and, more immediately, rescued
Bernard Lovell from prison and penury.

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BBC R4 - High Energy Universe
Broadcast May 16, 2007

BBC Blurb
A revolution has been taking place in the world of cosmology.

Cosmic rays bombard the earth every day, but until now, where
the enigmatic particles come from and what causes them remained
if not a exactly a mystery, then mainly theoretical.

Peter Evans travels to Heidelberg to meet the physicists who
have opened up the wild west of astrophysics by building their
own telescope & getting results most scientists can only dream of.

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BBC R4 - Galaxy Formation
Broadcast November 19, 2003

BBC Blurb
Peter Evans explores one of the greatest challenges facing
astronomers today - how do galaxies form? Why aren’t the stars
wandering around the universe by themselves?

Astronomers are now piecing together the story of the formation
of our Milky Way. New telescopic technology that peers into the
far reaches of the universe is revealing that galaxies are the
result of dramatic collisions and cannibalistic activity.
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