Future Fantastic

*Future Fantastic*
Future Fantastic
Genre	Science fiction documentary
Directed by	Penny Southgate
Presented by	Gillian Anderson
Theme music composer	HAL / real VIVID
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Executive producer	Edward Briffa
Producers	David McNab, Jasper James
Editors	Allan Fowlie, David Sleight
Running time	24 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	21 June –; 30 August 1996

Future Fantastic was a British documentary television series which premiered in 1996. This show looked at the how science and science fiction complement each other, and how ideas and technologies from the past are helping to shape our future. The series was narrated by Gillian Anderson and co-produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation, The Learning Channel and Pro Sieben.

Episodes

"Alien"

Alien: Discusses the possibility of encountering intelligent life on other planets.

"I, Robot"

I, Robot: Discusses the evolving and growing role of artificial intelligence, computers, and robots in our everyday life.

"Starman"

Starman: Looks at how we might eventually reach the stars.

"Incredible Shrinking Planet"

Incredible Shrinking Planet: Looks at the future of transport, including teleportation and time travel.

Interviewed John Clute, Paul Moller

"Brave New Body"

Brave New Body: Looks into how body modification will shape our lives in the future.

"Weird Science"

Weird Science: Shows how we have come close to defying gravity, and achieving invisibility and perpetual energy.

"Brainstorm"

Brainstorm: Looks at technology being put into and onto people's heads to create artificial experiences.

"Underneath a purple sky"

Underneath a purple sky: Looks at the future of space tourism.

Interviewed Ray Bradbury, John Clute, Story Musgrave

"Immortal"

Immortal: Questions whether we may ever achieve immortality.

Theme music

The theme music to Future Fantastic was by HAL ^[1] who later collaborated with Gillian Anderson on the track "Extremis" which was released by Virgin Records in 1997.^[2]

References

^ "About HAL and Gillian's Collaboration". Retrieved 1 September 2008.
^ "Hal press conference". Virgin. 13 May 1997. Archived from the original on 27 October 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2008.

External links

Future Fantastic at IMDb

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[1] "About HAL and Gillian's Collaboration". Retrieved 1 September 2008.

[2] "Hal press conference". Virgin. 13 May 1997. Archived from the original on 27 October 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2008.

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