The Real Thing (1980) James Burke
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- čas přidán 9. 08. 2014
- James Burke`s forgotten series:
This TV series was the program that got me interested in philosophy and science at a very early age. I own James Burke a debt indeed for this.
This collection of programs still has great resonance today regarding the questions that are again very popular today. What is reality? What do any of us really have in common with others in order to be sure that `the real thing` is indeed real?
The recording is not great but it is watchable, although the sound may need to be turned up in order to comfortably hear. Enjoy!
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Thank goodness for home recorders. This show would be lost forever if it wasn't for them.
A James Burke series from 1980 produced on film? The BBC would never have junked this.
James Burke n Carl Sagan gave me what science in public schools never did - a love of finding stuff out - evn Frank Zappa dedicated the Civilization album to James - ahead of his time - a taste of the future that could be with knowledge - a sense of wonder - watched everything he did - now again - thanks
I think I first saw James Burke in the _Connections_ TV series and I fell in love with his style and dry, punny humor. So much education in such a fun, easy to watch package.
You are a squirrel named James Burke though. I saw you in tje hallway. It was on piener skyscraper out there in the woods here but you ate the bird food last Sunday. Ooohhhhh laddie you bumpered me toe! 😭
I never ever forget the Private Eye episode, first seen when I was 9-10 years old (1986). Ever since the internet explosion after 2000, I've been sweeping
the web to find a trace of this program. Finally found it. Thanks for sharing.
James Burke has created some of the finest television of the 20th century. Thanks for uploading!
I totally agree Thank You
@@rayceeya8659 I was in a Tesco in Hertfordshire in about 1985 when I saw my hero, James Burke, loved his programs, so educational and inspiring.
Fantastic! James Burke is a treasure!
When I saw "The Day the Universe Changed", I really, changed. I've become very much interested in those moments in history where the world ceased to be the same after them. Mr Burke, to me is "The Great Master" who showed me these moments and I, ever sense that program, have never been the same.
This program, however, is, unfortunately, completely new to me. Therefore, I thank you very much for this upload.
We watched this series 'Connections' and 'The Day the Universe Changed' decades ago, and they still kick ass.
This series affected me deeply aged 11 and I remember so much despite only ever seeing it once; thanks for this.
"We're all descendants of people who targetted fast enough... the people who didn't, didn't have descendants."
That for me sums up James Burke's amazing ability to break down complex science and deliver it in an understandable and entertaining way.
Any fool can say something complicated.
how profound...everyone on the planet should should have their reality altered by this program..
I believe I too, owe James Burke a debt: I've recently been prompted to look for his 1978 TV series 'Connections', which I originally watched as a 17 year old. While the memory of it was a little distant, the impact it had on me helped both form and inform me; it lead me to a better appreciation of science and technology, it's impact on societal development and the often bizarre and sometimes freakishly accidental way those developments came about and the threads of each that lead to further undestanding. The programmes helped build in me a better understanding of the need for critical thinking and an appreciation of how human ideas transcend national barriers and cultural silos. When I discovered there was quite a lot of resources on the Internet pertaining to his work, I even looked on Facebook, to see if he had a page (hoping that the man was still alive). When I discovered he was, and on Facebook, I even took the time to message him and explain what I have said to you and to thank him persoanlly for the thought-provoking work he has undertaken, for it's lasting impression on me.
This series was the very best thing that ever went out on the BBC !
The really good thing about the YT content delivery network in 2023 is how it complents the actual VHS tape, that is when come back to part viewed video it's the point where it was just like a cassette.
Also this actual tape viewing you can 'see' a slight tape crinkling damage at the top of the tape. Marvelous I hope this vid stays on YT
I lived in the UK January 1972 to July 1974 ( 2 1/2 years) and regularly watched James Burke on a show "Connections" in which he would start at a historical event and then progress, and connect to modern day inventions. Connecting cloth dyes to chemical discoveries in the 20th century. connecting the stirrup at the Battle of Agincourt" (?) to later inventions of further advancements in weapons. Everything I read now about Connections- James Burke has the shows of period of 1980, and later, and nothing earlier than 1980. I know I watched them in 1972-1973, so why are none of those episodes ever mentioned. My favorite intro was with James Burke standing at a stone wall where a battle had occurred 400 plus years earlier. His premise to start the show was that a recording could play the etchings created by sound waves on the rocks and made a permanent record of the sounds/words that had occurred by that stone. I would love to see those episodes nearly 50 years later.
Fabulous ! Mr James Burke...me and my Dad would watch programmes like this together when I was a kid...the first "Connections" came out when i was 8...and I loved it...Mum was at Bingo; sister never interested in a million years. I'd actually forgotten this gem from a master story-teller.
awesome contribution, I used to watch it when I was a kid and learned so much how to think analytically and philosophically and I was a kid, just 8 years old and never forgot Jame's dynamic eloquent voice.
What a thinker and teacher! We here in the States have always greatly appreciated the videos of Mr. Burke!
Thinking, ah yes. There's the rub
I have never seen or even heard of this series. Absolutely wonderful. Thank you for making this available.
I stumbled upon this and just couldn't believe that it was sitting there in front of me. I've been trying to find a source for quite a few years now, and HERE IT IS!!! I can't thank you enough Brian.
You are wrong KARNAK
@@tomfisher9089 Who are you talking to?
I've been a James Burke fan for 40 years and I had no idea the series existed we need this show so badly in America in the 2020s
" Burke Special", Tomorrow's World, Michael Burke I will never forget as a kid his soft voice and interesting programmes. When Tv was good and interesting quality Burke information. N.I.UK
The best thing on CZcams. Halfway through and I'm already questioning my own existence
Episode List:
0:00:30 - The Privet Eye
0:30:00 - This Way Up
0:59:25 - Time Out Of Mind
1:28:35 - The Memory Lingers On
1:58:20 - The View From Within
2:27:40 - Life Sentence (Language)
First saw him demonstrating the Apollo 11 A7L "Moon Suit" during the first moon landing coverage on CBS. I was very young, but was captivated by the guy. Loved him then and now!
I too have been waiting to see this again for decades!!!! many thanks for this upload- James Burke makes being cleverer than anybody else something to aspire to!!!! Can you imagine the BBC putting something like this on at primetime these days? Where would the celebrity chefs and tap dancing celebs be then?
They put new stuff out like this all the time - even today. This series was shown on BBC 2, which in those days was BBC's "intellectual" channel. Today, BBC is more mainstream but we now have BBC 4 which more or less covers the same kind of ground that BBC 2 used to.
One of the very best things that went out on Tv , every !!!!
This man can do no wrong in my opinion. I hadn't seen this one before. Thank you for posting! I first discovered him in the early 90's when they played reruns of Connections late on Saturday nights. I've been obsessed with science, history and learning ever since.
Have you seen the 1980 edition of Carl Sagan's COSMOS?
This man can do no wrong. I pity you in that case.
@@saganandroid4175 Sagan was a pompous fool
@@tomfisher9089 Only a blind idiot could think such foolish things about carl sagan. You obviously only call people names that exactly reflect just who YOU really are.
I'm watching the video...40years after it was released... missed it then It's still impressive how insidefull it was! 40 years later James Burke rules! All the best to you Mr Burke!
Thank you SO much for putting this up! I've been looking for this series for years now, and it's a joy to see it again.
So did I, Where are you from? I am from Iran.
@@saeedashtiani1968 I'm from and still living in the U.K; part of my problem was, I couldn't remember the name of the series, just some of the scenes :)
@@Fluttermoth Can you feel he speaks old school accent? Especially with words like "Where, When, While".
Thank you so much for uploading this old jewel
Thank you for sharing this! I remember watching with my later father, and only had an audio recording of the last 3 episodes. Amazing to see this after so many years of failing to find a copy.
Yaaaay! Didn't know these were online! Somebody needs to do a contemporary version but these are STILL great.
this was a pleasant surprise. Never heard of this series. The sound, even at full blast, is, sadly, very quiet. However, I quibble. I am a big Burke fan. BTW, his book "Connections" is simply wonderful and worth reading front to back. A brilliant man from whom I have learned so much. Thanks for the upload. Sad that BBC has not edited the original and reissued it.
At 1:27:00, it's very interesting because I have aphantasia. When this was first broadcast, I don't even think it was known. It means not having the ability to create visual imagery in the mind at will. I only discovered I had it 5 years ago. Up until then, I thought everyone was like me. Then I learned that most people can create images in their heads! That still blows my mind. OTOH, around the same time, I realized I can see in perfect 3D with one eye which means I can get the full 3D effect of any video or photograph.
So, this exercise at the end of Episode 3 means nothing to me! I cannot conjure up an image of James Burke from the past and put him in front of the clock. I just see the clock.
I've really fond memories of watching Connections with my dad on PBS in the 90's. Thanks for posting this!
Never realised how lucky us Brits were! Thank you everyone.
Yeah you're real lucky. Read your own history as a country if you have the time, or if you're too busy with your SMART PHONE then just take a walk around London say at 3 am in your Armani suit and see what happens. The chickens have come home to roost and are destroying you openly now. The barbarians have passed through your wide open gates. Send your daughter out in broad daylight alone on the streets of London. You are doomed as a country.
This is luck? Hum??!!
This is one of the best introductions to the brain ever produced. It would be good to do an updated version based on our updated understanding, or if it's close enough then to repeat it.
I watched an updated version on ABC TV Australia Program called “Our Brain” on Tuesday 31 May 22. Worth watching.
Brian Ribbits you are my hero! you have no idea how hard this particular film is to find. Thank you! If you have more of Burke please upload the here!
Watched this in 70's ...Burke talks about things that the US is just now getting to talk about. This is what I was parked in front of along with Tony Brown's Journal and Nova. Good stuff!!
My intro to James was "The Day The Universe Changed". That (tying with "Cosmos") is my favourite documentary series.
I grew up watching all of James Burks shows, he's hinting at what our reality could actually be, mixed in with knowledge, thanks for the vid Brian Ribbits
Ribbit! Ribbit!
Thank you so much for this - only just recently discovered the power and glory of James Burke (feel like a genuflection is called for here or something) so I'm really grateful for you sharing treasure like this.
TV shows plenty of repeats, but why are they never programmes like this??!
Power and glory? Genuflection? You are whacked worshipping
the intelligencia? But of course that's what they want. Pass it on please.
@@tomfisher9089James Burke, Carl Sagan and those like them (who am I kidding, there's no-one else like them) have been our link to the wonders of life and the universe without scientific ego getting in the way.
@@tomfisher9089 Yes, worshipping morons is always much more satisfying.
i only just discovered this now. wish i had known about it a long time ago. reminds me of car sagan a lot.
Awesome! Delighted to find this. The BBC2 links took me right back to my youth. Thank you!
When I die, I will wake up and see James Burke Standing over me, holding some kind of advanced VR unit he had just removed from my empty little noggin, saying "Pretty cool, huh? Wanna go again?"
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Wow! I've been searching for this for ages! Thank you so much for posting!
I’m watching a livestream of the Albert Memorial on my phone while I watch this.
Thanks for posting this- I've been looking for it for ages!
Thanks so much for posting this! I haven't seen it since the early 1980s, but I remembered the "private eye" part vividly. A weird coincidence ... I was telling a friend about this series yesterday, and was surprised to see it pop up on my CZcams feed just now ... I don't think this has happened before!
This was a real treat. Thank you!
First time I heard Satie and never forgot.
I LOVE James Burke!!! Thanks for uploading this!!!
You Sir are a Star! I have been waiting for this to appear for years. I saw the last episode when I was very young but never got to see the others. Thank you so much. I always thought that the writers of the Matrix film had watched the last episode of this series.
For me, it was his Connections series from 1979 that got me hooked. This is still classic James Burke, though.
Brilliant. Well done for uploading. 10/10
Thank you so very much for uploading! I discovered him through "The Pinball Effect", what a masterful mind with a genius for yes, connecting all the dots! I shall sip and savor this champagne slowly.
Yeah he connected all the dots for you because you're too lazy to make your own effort. The dots lead in a much different direction. But sit back, relax and let someone in an professorial disguise do your thinking for you. Look around and see what has been happening to world culture since the 1960's because of these professorial types in college classrooms.
Dream on dude. As long as you can watch Netlix and your refrigerator is full you will continue to ignore the now
boiling pot of water surrounding you. You are doomed.
Thanks so much for posting this brilliant little series!
I improved the audio but when I tried to upload I got a copyright claim and the video was blocked. I suspect the low volume audio has allowed this to stay up.
I just wanted to thank you for uploading this, AND helping me find "Rockschool", a series I have been looking for for decades!
Thanks, these programs were brilliant, and evocative. I miss science :)
Your very welcome guys (and gals just in case).
Thanks for posting, I'd never seen this one. bummer the VHS tracking got so bad a times. Cheers.
Yes.
Thank you for posting,
And I am very glad to have found it.
My introduction to his work was original connections series.
Thank you Brian
Types of cigarette available by country?
Marlboro you git.
Thank you for posting this gem
Ah, old VHS/BETA eh? Auto/Manual tracking, self cleaning or whip the cover off and get in there with a 'Q'-tip... Such fond memories of cleaning the inside of those things just to impress my parents, haha!... A great series of programs that I'd not seen previously, and whilst many poignant questions were highlighted in a variety of methods that differ from today's way of approaching subjects, and whilst many have been given different and more 'modern' titles, the same questions remain unanswered, such as the 'big crunch', how does the brain 'remember', time travel etc. Many experts try to convince us to follow their reasoning or accept why they are looking for something to answer questions of the universe, billions spent on objects that take us further away and only raise more questions than they provide answers, even with all the scientific developments that have been made in three and a bit decades since this was filmed we are progressing at a snails pace. The human race has become stagnant in many aspects, politically restricted, ethically beaten down, financially broke. No longer do we have the great freedom of the pioneers who risked their everything to answer and make the true discoveries, yet still there is so much to discover...
Fabulous, many thanks for upload.
He was brilliant !
Well done Brian Ribbits, I've been looking for this for years. Let's hope the powers that be can bring this onto dvd. In case anyone wants to know, the theme tune is the haunting piano works of Erik Satie, Gnossiennes No.1
This is one of the series the BBC is known to have wiped, so chances are there will never be an official DVD.
Thank you so much for uploading this I remember it so well especially the 'albert memorial' That really got me thinking at what point is something live I tried to buy this on video years ago and it was not available
Holy shit, does anyone remember when that BBC2 logo was cutting edge? LOL I do!
James Burke is a marvel of science!
Thank you for sharing this!
Good old days of VCR, look at those flickers while the tape is turning.
The days when you watched something either on TV or video it gave you a scene of achievement.
1:32:29 A dalek reciting Hamlet. Fantastic.
Brian.
What a shame - with my volume turned up to full, I still can't hear it properly!
Would anyone else upload this, with better sound, please?
@Thomas Headley Very low for me too
Perfect volume to not disrupt REM listening
Thanks!
Thank you for this
Thank you very much for this upload. I've been after this program ever since my VHS 9long time ago) copy got destroyed in storage. I'm much obliged to you.
P.S. I'll be fixing the audio problem via WinFF, Avidemux and Audacity running on Ubuntu Linux 16.10
I'd love to watch this, but there's almost no audio.
Sadly inaudible
You could download it (I use 4k Video Downloader (free version available)) and play it in VLC. This allows you to add extra volume.
Maybe you could stand 2" from Helios...
I just turned the volume up.
Great Scot thanks for the upload s can you upload the missing episodes rgds Peter
You could build science courses around Mr. Burke's books and TV series.
Thank you! First saw this in 1980. I did tape this series and lost it! I wonder how much of this is still relevant today.
How about 0 then, 0 now?
Anything by James Burke is outstanding. Unfortunately the audio is so low as to make it impossible for me to hear this without absolute silence in the house. Alas, silence is never present here.
headphones? :)
Noise cancelling headphones.
When audio level is so low it's barely above the noise floor then whatever one does to increase level also increases background noise.
YT may one day roll out auto soundtrack level normalisation but they won't want to be blamed for the way it also butchers the sound. I expect YT will make it a feature that's turn-off-able each video. @@robertmatch6550
@@robertmatch6550 I see. Replies I put here are all censored by CZcams. This one too????. This is RIDICULOUS
Well the content I try write is censored by YT so I'm sorry I can't say it
It was about noise , audio level etc Stupid YT
Very nice upload
Awesome
I miss it.The days when you watched something either on TV or video it gave you a scene of achievement. You do have to pinch yourself after this just to be sure you actually exist.
and he still does
I appreciate that you took the effort to post this but is this the quietest video of all time or what
If I was the blindfolded man I would simply hear that I couldn't be outside because of the accoustics of the space I was in
Reality is Perception and Vice Versa
Take Care All
Love these and James is fantastic but that clip with the ball where his head looked like it was going to explode from the pressure - I knew which way THAT ball was going! :)
We need a Rifftrax of this.
What? The Albert Memorial is still there!? Why am I hearing about this only now?!?
The sound volume is so low that even with everything on full I can barely hear it.
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BRILLIANT!
Compared to what?
This series "impressed the hell out of me" for several reasons including the girl echoing another speaker, "in real time", after which I noticed that two girls and even three can all talk at once and follow what the others said, ..without any obvious drawing of breath to process content. When you notice this, you look for abilities everyone has in different degrees in other areas of expression. (Graphic art, sciences etc)
It's instructive about what is actually required to make effective AI, up to human standard, if ever. Maybe our biology can be "metalized"?
The theory of parallel universes could apply to parallel processing in this universe, (of echoes), but the QM connection processed by occurrence of quantized probability, as parallel timed effects in one field of Q-information, implies that all such components are driven by the same principles as "one electron", and so deliberate inanimate disassociaton of connectivity in mechanoids is never going to work.
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And in the Observable fact of Time sync-duration-timing, actual-active One Electron Theory replaced the snapshot picture that is Big Bang reasoning for point-line-circle continuous creation connection Radiation/modulation, that is the equivalent of 1st law Ideal Gas point-positioning Thermodynamics => Theoretical coordination sync-duration photon-phonon holographic-holistic Resonance connectivity Perspective, in QM-TIMESPACE, Polar-Cartesian In-form-ation probability-wave Actuality in/of temporal substantiation, here-now-forever.
It was seeing the original transmission of this very programme that prompted me to ask the very pertinent question - what are we?
Opening Music was theme for the terrific movie The Painted Veil.
This is as brilliant now as it was when it was first broadcast It got me fascinated with time and reality How long is the present ?? This should be part of the curriculum It would encourage fascination and a need to 'discover' and learn. Just like the open university programme 'Hotel Infinity' and Hilberts paradox
This is just a slightly different version of The Beverly Hillbillies. Ooh doggies!
Of course you WON'T understand that in the slightest. Big surprise!
Watch at 2.0x speed and cut this down to an 1 1/2 hours. Control the tyranny of time
What is the music at the start of the program?
Gnossienne No. 1 by Erik Satie.
Another sense: intuition