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Light Fantastic

Season 1 2004

  • 2004-08-16T23:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 50m
  • 3h 20m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Light Fantastic is the title of a television documentary series that explores the phenomenon of light and aired in December 2004 on BBC Four. The series comprised four programmes respectively titled: "Let There Be Light"; "The Light of Reason"; "The Stuff of Light"; and "Light, the Universe and Everything." The material was presented by Cambridge academic Simon Schaffer.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2004-08-16T23:00:00Z

1x01 Let There Be Light

Series Premiere

1x01 Let There Be Light

  • 2004-08-16T23:00:00Z50m

2004-08-16T23:00:00Z

1x02 The Light of Reason

1x02 The Light of Reason

  • 2004-08-16T23:00:00Z50m

2004-08-16T23:00:00Z

1x03 The Stuff of Light

1x03 The Stuff of Light

  • 2004-08-16T23:00:00Z50m

In the final programme Simon Schaffer finds that as more people were able to manipulate light, the more puzzling and tricky it became. This led to investigations into the strange relationship between light, the eye and the mind, and the development of new technology such as photography and cinema.

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