Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
December 22, 1936 (age 89)
Place of Birth
Derry, Northern Ireland, UK
James Burke
Biography
James Burke is a British broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer, who is known, among other things, for his documentary television series Connections, and for its more philosophically oriented companion series, The Day the Universe Changed, which is about the history of science and technology. The Washington Post called him "one of the most intriguing minds in the Western world".
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VideoKnown For
TV
Tomorrow's World
1965
TV
Doomwatch
BBC Man London
1970
TV
Connections
Self - Presenter
1978
Film
ReConnections
Self
2004
TV
Connections with James Burke
2023
Film
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Self - BBC (archive footage) (archive sound)
2019
TV
The Real Thing
Presenter
1980
TV
The Day the Universe Changed
1985
TV
After the Warming
Self - Presenter
1989
Film
The Inventing of America
Self
1975
TV
Connections 2
Presenter
1994
Film
Speed
Narrator (voice)
1984
TV
Connections 3
Presenter
1997
Film
The Neuron Suite
1982
Film
Apollo 11: A Night to Remember
Self
2006
Film
Masters of Illusion
Himself
1991
Filmography
2023TVConnections with James Burke2019FilmApollo: Missions to the Moonas Self - BBC (archive footage) (archive sound)2006FilmApollo 11: A Night to Rememberas Self2004FilmReConnectionsas Self1997TVConnections 3as Presenter1994TVConnections 2as Presenter1991FilmMasters of Illusionas Himself1989TVAfter the Warmingas Self - Presenter1985TVThe Day the Universe Changed1984FilmSpeedas Narrator (voice)1982FilmThe Neuron Suite1980TVThe Real Thingas Presenter1978TVConnectionsas Self - Presenter1975FilmThe Inventing of Americaas Self1970TVDoomwatchas BBC Man London1965TVTomorrow's World