SS
Simon Schaffer
Self
TV SERIES
Light Fantastic
Documentary
Light Fantastic is the title of a television documentary series that explores the phenomenon of light and aired in December 2004 on BBC Four. The series comprised four programmes respectively titled: "Let There Be Light"; "The Light of Reason"; "The Stuff of Light"; and "Light, the Universe and Everything." The material was presented by Cambridge academic Simon Schaffer.
Top cast
You may also like
TV
History 101
2020Series
TV
Top Gear
1978Series
TV
JANET JACKSON.
2022Series
TV
Biography
1987Series
TV
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014Series
TV
The Imagineering Story
2019Series
TV
Earth at Night in Colour
2020Series
TV
30 for 30
2009Series
TV
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021Series
TV
Welcome to Earth
2021Series
TV
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
2020Series
TV
Doctor Who Confidential
2005Series
Episodes
4 Episodes011. Let There Be Light
No episode synopsis is available.
022. The Light of Reason
No episode synopsis is available.
033. The Stuff of Light
No episode synopsis is available.
044. Light The Universe And Everything
In the final programme Simon Schaffer finds that as more people were able to manipulate light, the more puzzling and tricky it became. This led to investigations into the strange relationship between light, the eye and the mind, and the development of new technology such as photography and cinema.