How We Saw the Future in the Past
Back in 1995 we thought we would see conflict without bloodshed. What other ideas did we have in the past about our future? These programmes are all from BBC World Service's archive.
Europe—Beyond The Millennium
How is the European Community, and Britain's role within it, developing?
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Communications—Beyond The Millennium
Interview with British Telecom's futurologist Ian Pearson on the future of communications technology.
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Space Travel—Science View
Could lunar hotels and spherical swimming pools be the future of space travel?
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The Digital Future—The World of Television
As TV moves from analogue to digital, what does the future hold?
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Plant extinction by 2050?—Discovery
Scientists predict a quarter of all plants will be extinct by the year 2050
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Touchscreens—New Ideas
First broadcast in 1996. When touchscreens became an everyday object
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The Future of the Orang-utan—Global Concerns
"Without trees there are no orang-utans and without orang-utans there are no trees"
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War Games—We Fire Electrons, Not Bullets
Conflict without bloodshed? A new generation of strategists think it could be possible
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Publishing - now and the future—Meridian
Publishing how it works, how it is changing and what its future is
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Future of Afrikaans in South Africa—African Perspective
A former language of oppression, what place does Afrikaans have in the new South Africa?
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Predicting Future Science—Science In Action
Looking forward into a new millennium, possible scientific breakthroughs of the future
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