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Science Fiction in the Atomic Age
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S1E1 E1 · Mary Shelley to Isaac Asimov 2025-04-03 · 45 min The origins of sci-fi, early apocalyptic visions, and the influence of the atomic age. This episode explores early science-fiction writers, including Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) and HG Wells (Things to Come and The Time Machine). Plus, the possibility of nuclear apocalypse, as portrayed works including Herman Kahn's On Thermonuclear War, Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove, Sidney Lumet's Fail Safe, Nevil Shute's On the Beach and Peter Watkins' The War Game. Play S1E2 E2 · Arthur C Clarke to Ray Bradbury 2025-04-03 · 45 min The golden age of sci-fi, the Space Race, and dystopian cautionary tales. Arthur C Clarke to Ray Bradbury: Explore how WWII shifted national literature and media power, with American tradition dominating post-war in influence and success.This episode focuses on the work of authors including Arthur C Clarke and Ray Bradbury. Play S1E3 E3 · Margaret Atwood to Ted Chiang 2025-04-03 · 45 min The rise of feminist, diverse, and socially conscious science fiction. A look at the genre's ability to foretell the shape of future society, touching on the works of Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood and American writer Ted Chiang. Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale created a more political, dystopian model to illustrate relations between genders becoming oppressive. Though not a prolific author, Chiang has produced prestigious works such as Arrival, Understand and Division by Zero. Play S1E4 E4 · Quatermass to Christopher Nolan 2025-04-03 · 45 min The impact of film and television on the perception of science fiction. Play
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This four-part series explores the history of science fiction in the atomic age. It looks at the creation of the atomic bomb by J. Robert Oppenheimer and others, the Cold War, and the many varieties of science fiction expression in all media. Richly illustrated and with a specially written orchestral score, this powerful series will inspire, shock, engage and entertain, with its evocative description of visions of the future expressed in the greatest works of science fiction.
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