Lauren WeinsteinMar 23
James Burke's "Connections" (1979 in the U.S.) is undoubtedly one of the finest educational series ever produced for television, only slightly diminished by his wearing of a (then fashionable) white leisure suit throughout.
Show threadScott Murray 

@lauren Thanks for mentioning this! I hadn’t heard of it. Sounds wonderful.

Link for reference in case anyone wants to find it:

https://archive.org/details/ConnectionsByJamesBurke

Connections by James Burke (Seasons 1-3) : James Burke (BBC) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Connections explores an Alternative View of Change that rejects the conventional linear and teleological view of historical progress. Burke contends that...

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