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Who Moved the Tortoise?

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  • Summary

  • Conversations with science and wildlife filmmakers about the films, TV shows - and other stuff - that inspired them to make films about science and nature. Presented and produced by Alex Hemingway and Kate Dooley.

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    Alex Hemingway & Kate Dooley
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Episodes
  • Cosmos - with Nat Sharman

    Cosmos - with Nat Sharman
    Jul 16 2024
    In the penultimate episode of our first series, Team Tortoise welcomes writer, producer and director Nat Sharman to talk about possibly the biggest and most celebrated science series of all, Carl Sagan’s 1980 epic Cosmos. Along the way we chat about shitty sticks, brown corduroy jackets and whether bigger budgets are always better.

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    48 mins
  • The Private Life of Plants - with Alice Jones

    The Private Life of Plants - with Alice Jones
    Jul 9 2024
    Alice Jones joins the Tortoises this time for a mid-90s nostalgia-fest. On the menu, Sir David Attenborough’s 1995 series The Private Life of Plants. Our chat takes us via Rednex and Supergrass to How 2, Countdown, filming Will Smith in a submarine and why Carol Vorderman is great. If you’re in the UK, you can watch the episode of Private Life of Plants we’re discussing here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00780vh

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    47 mins
  • Prisoner of Consciousness - with Peter Leonard

    Prisoner of Consciousness - with Peter Leonard
    Jul 2 2024
    The Tortoises are back at school this week as they visit the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. Here, head of the (Producing and Directing) Science and Natural History MA Peter Leonard talks about the film that opened his eyes to science filmmaking, the 1986 Equinox episode Prisoner of Consciousness. As well as dissecting this remarkable and affecting film, we also talk about videotape, working for Auntie and the wonders of concrete. We’re nothing if not eclectic. You can see more info about the course Peter runs here: https://nfts.co.uk/directing-and-producing-science-and-natural-history

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    51 mins
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