The Figure of the Earth
Paul Rose tells the story of three Frenchmen's 18th-century scientific mission to Ecuador to settle an international row by measuring the planet's shape.
Explorer Paul Rose tells the story of three Frenchmen who couldn't stand each other, yet set off on an eight-year scientific mission in one of the most hostile places on the planet. Their plan, to settle an international row by measuring the shape of the planet, took them to the disease-ridden rainforests and oxygen-starved peaks of the Ecuadorian Andes.
Rose follows in the footsteps of the 18th-century explorers who were complete innocents abroad and had no idea of the horrors they were letting themselves in for. Despite disease, death and some highly disastrous sexual liaisons, the men made discoveries that fundamentally changed all our lives.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Paul Rose |
| Producer | Annabel Gillings |
| Director | Annabel Gillings |
| Series Producer | Jeremy Philips |
Broadcasts
- Thu 14 Dec 200621:00
- Sat 14 Jul 200719:00
- Sun 15 Jul 200702:30
- Tue 5 Aug 200821:00
- Wed 6 Aug 200802:55
Sun 23 Nov 200816:10BBC Two England & Scotland only- Fri 7 May 201000:20
- Thu 15 Sep 201600:00
- Thu 27 Jul 201701:00
- Tue 8 Oct 201922:00
- Sat 3 Apr 202120:00
- Sun 4 Apr 202102:35
- Sat 1 Jul 202320:00
- Sun 2 Jul 202302:10
- Sat 7 Sep 202420:00
- Sun 8 Sep 202401:20
