Fred Hoyle

Genius of Britain

Genius of Britain is a five-part television documentary presented by leading British scientific figures, such as Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, James Dyson, David Attenborough, Robert Winston, Paul Nurse, Jim Al-Khalili, Kathy Sykes and Olivia Judson. The series charts the history of some of Britain's most important scientists and innovators. It was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 30 May 2010.

Release Date:2010-05-30

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

A for Andromeda

A for Andromeda is a remake of the 1961 BBC science fiction classic A for Andromeda. In the Yorkshire Dales, a group of scientists receive radio signals from the Andromeda Galaxy. Once decoded, these give them a computer program that can design a human clone. One physicist decides it is a Trojan horse and decides to destroy the computer.

Release Date:2006-03-26

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:22

Take the World From Another Point of View

In 1973 Yorkshire public television made a short film of the Nobel laureate while he was there. The resulting film, Take the World from Another Point of View, was broadcast in America as part of the PBS Nova series. The documentary features a fascinating interview, but what sets it apart from other films on Feynman is the inclusion of a lively conversation he had with the eminent British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle.

Release Date:1973-01-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

A come Andromeda

TV mini series based on the Sci-fi novel "A Is for Andromeda" by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot.

Release Date:1972-01-04

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:4

The Andromeda Breakthrough

The Andromeda Breakthrough was a 1962 sequel to the popular BBC TV science fiction serial A for Andromeda, again written by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot.

Release Date:1962-06-28

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:1

A for Andromeda

Set in 1970, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it provides instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once built, this computer provokes argument between two of leading team members, Fleming and Dawnay, over the machine's real intentions as it provides further instructions to create a living organism, which Dawnay starts to develop. Later it appears to compel lab assistant Christine to commit suicide, and when the organism is fully developed, it appears in the exact form of Christine, and named Andromeda. But what is the purpose of this "creature" ...?

Release Date:1961-10-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:3