Adrian Munsey
Director
Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age (2025)
Season 1
This four-part series explores the history of science fiction in the atomic age. It looks at the creation of the atomic bomb by Robert Oppenheimer and others, the Cold War, and the many varieties of science fiction expression in all media.
Released April 3, 2025
Episode 46 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.science-fiction, tmdb.history
Watch Providers: BritBox, Britbox Apple TV Channel , BBC Select Apple Tv channel
Production Companies: Odyssey Television
Network: Sky Arts
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Mary Shelley to Isaac Asimov
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 in 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.
April 3, 2025, midnight
S1E2 - Arthur C. Clarke to Ray Bradbury
This episode focuses on the work of authors including Arthur C Clarke and Ray Bradbury.
April 10, 2025, midnight
S1E3 - Margaret Atwood to Ted Chiang
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.
April 17, 2025, midnight
S1E4 - Quatermass to Christopher Nolan
Space travel redefines human potential, reviving exploration and conquest while inspiring innovation and unity as we reach for the cosmos.
April 24, 2025, midnight
Network: Sky Arts
Episode Runtime: 46 min.
Season Runtime: 184 min.
Released: April 3, 2025
Last Air Date: April 24, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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