Person
James Burke
Acting · Born 1936-12-22 · Derry, Northern Ireland, UK
Biography
James Burke is a British broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer, who is known, among other things, for his documentary television series Connections, and for its more philosophically oriented companion series, The Day the Universe Changed, which is about the history of science and technology. The Washington Post called him "one of the most intriguing minds in the Western world".
Known for
Tomorrow's World
1965
Doomwatch
BBC Man London
Connections
Self - Presenter
ReConnections
Self
The Inventing of America
Self
The Day the Universe Changed
1985
Connections with James Burke
2023
The Real Thing
Presenter
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Self - BBC (archive footage) (archive sound)
Masters of Illusion
Himself
Filmography
- 2025Lucky 13: Rockets, Aliens & Spare PartsThanks
- 2023Connections with James Burke
- 2019Apollo: Missions to the MoonSelf - BBC (archive footage) (archive sound)
- 2006Apollo 11: A Night to RememberSelf
- 2004ReConnectionsSelf
- 1997Connections 3Presenter
- 1994Connections 2Presenter
- 1991Masters of IllusionHimself
- 1989After the WarmingSelf - Presenter
- 1985The Day the Universe Changed
- 1984SpeedNarrator (voice)
- 1982The Neuron Suite
- 1980The Real ThingPresenter
- 1978ConnectionsSelf - Presenter
- 1975The Inventing of AmericaSelf
- 1970DoomwatchBBC Man London
- 1965Tomorrow's World
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