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The unacknowledged geniuses in the comic but factually accurate history of space exploration. With Helen Keen. From April 2014

The only factually accurate comedy about the history of space exploration looks at the forgotten and unacknowledged greats of astronomy.

Discover who were the men and (mainly) women who advanced our understanding of the stars but never quite received the fame they deserved.

People such as 18th Century disabled genius Caroline Herschel who polished lenses with dung and discovered new stars.

Plus human computer Henrietta Swann Leavitt who taught Hubble a method for working out the distances between the stars and narrowly missed out on a Nobel prize when it turned out she had died some years earlier.

Starring:

Helen Keen
Peter Serafinowicz
Susy Kane

Written by Helen Keen and Miriam Underhill

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 11 Jun 202423:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

PerformerHelen Keen
ActorPeter Serafinowicz
ActorSusy Kane
ProducerGareth Edwards
WriterHelen Keen
WriterMiriam Underhill

Broadcasts

  • Wed 16 Apr 201423:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Wed 22 Feb 201723:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 30 Apr 201823:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 1 May 201809:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 26 Jul 202223:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 11 Jun 202423:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra