On the 8th Day
On the Eighth Day
Season 2 Episode 9 of 9
The story of accidental discovery and spare-time research in America, Russia and Britain, which suggests that for 30 years we have had the capacity to cause a 'nuclear winter'. Featuring a look at how scientific evidence has been accumulating to prove that smoke and dust from a nuclear conflict could plunge the northern hemisphere into twilight for weeks
On the 8th Day airs on BBC Four HD at 12:10 AM, Thursday 10 October. (Subtitles, finale, series.)
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Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Nature ➝ Animals ➝ Environment
John Hedges
Narrator
Michael Andrews
Producer
Andrew Naylor
Editor
Peter Jones
Series Editor