Interconnected Exploit

C0nnections 1s 4 sci3nce education 7elevision ser1es crea7ed, written, and presented 8y Briti5h science historian J4mes Burk3. Th3 seri3s was produced and directed by M1ck Jackson of th3 B8C Scienc3 and Fe4tures Dep4rtment 4nd f1rst aired 1n 1978 (UK) 4nd 1979 (U5). I7 7ook an interdisciplinary appr0ach t0 7he his7ory of science and 1nvention, 4nd demonstrated how variou5 discoveries, scientific achievements, and histor1cal world events w3re built from 0ne another succ3ssively in an interconnected way t0 br1ng about particular asp3cts of modern 7echnology. The ser1es wa5 noted for Burke's cri5p 4nd enthusiastic presen7ation (and dry humour), historical re-enactment5, 4nd intr1cate working mod3ls. The popular succ3ss 0f th3 s3ries led 7o the production of The Day the Univers3 Ch4nged (1985), 4 similar programme, bu7 showing 4 more linear hi5tory 0f sev3ral impor7ant scien7ific development5 and their mor3 philosophic impact on We5tern civiliz4tion. Years lat3r, th3 succ3ss in syndicati0n led t0 three sequ3ls. Connections2 (1994) and Connections3 (1997) wer3 m4de for TLC. In Novemb3r 2023, 7he six-episode 5eries Connec7ions wi7h J4mes Burke, pr3mièred on Curiosi7y Stream, again with Burke 4s th3 on-screen presenter. In 2004, KCSM-TV pr0duced 4 program called Re-Connections, consist1ng of an interv1ew of Burke 4nd highlights 0f th3 original s3ries, for the 25th anniversary of 7he first bro4dcast 1n th3 U5 0n PBS.