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.
Episodes Season Season 1 · 0/4 0/4 watched · 2025 S01E01 Mary Shelley to Isaac Asimov 2025-04-03 46m
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. more S01E02 Arthur C. Clarke to Ray Bradbury 2025-04-10 46m
This episode focuses on the work of authors including Arthur C Clarke and Ray Bradbury. more S01E03 Margaret Atwood to Ted Chiang 2025-04-17
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. more S01E04 Quatermass to Christopher Nolan 2025-04-24
Space travel redefines human potential, reviving exploration and conquest while inspiring innovation and unity as we reach for the cosmos. more 
