There’s a wonderful children’s book called "Guess How Much I love You" that repeats the phrase, “I love you to the moon and back”. It's a line familiar to many British children.

Artemis: To the Moon and Back The inside story of the Artemis II mission - filmed over three and a half years at NASA. How did four astronauts travel to the moon, going deeper into space than ever before?

Just back from an out of this world adventure - following the Artemis II crew from mission control, Houston for BBC Horizon!

You can watch the film on iPlayer here bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Ad Astra!

the film's pretty out there, the director is Bruno Dumont who is not afraid to go where his heart takes him. I'm a fan. Just about to watch his version of Joan of Arc.

my mistake! It's a funny film - church spaceships are the goodies, palace space ships the baddies!

Bruno Dumont's The Empire – Official U.S. Trailer YouTube video by Kino Lorber

Have you seen this www.youtube.com/watch?v=dugf... St Denis as an alien spaceship, reminded me of your efforts!

Jeffrey Epstein 'Co-Owned' Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund with Peter Thiel, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson

📌 ICYMI — Jeffrey Epstein ‘Co-Owned’ Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government

The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund…

bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/jeffrey-epste...

somebody's finally said it!

Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory D...

Glimmers of hope here. Let’s seize the opportunity

I'm a science TV producer and YouTube is undoubtedly winning. Science TV on terrestrial is close to dead. The question is whether UK made UGC can only be piped onto our teles via YouTube or whether the government can grow a pair, regulate and innovate via the PSBs.

Had a lot of fun making "Pompeii - Life in the City" with the brilliant and lovely duo, Kate Lister and @thehistoryguy. Watch on My5 now!

my daughter is a fan of this for the trickier times table... 7 x 8 ... does not compute !

Didn't know about the nuclear issue. Feels like something UK and France should look at.

I guess this is what the end feels like. You're right, it's an unbelievable tragedy. But... Whenever I've filmed at NASA I've always wished Europe had an equivalent offering. Time for Europe and ESA to step up.

Da Vinci Resolve is free to download and if you watch a few YouTube videos you should be able to make a start

Tough times for soap writers. Anybody who is effected can get in touch with the @writersguildgb.bsky.social in confidence.

Thanks for this Hendrik

I'm fact checking a documentary script right now - often wonder if we could somehow (with blockchain technology?) digitally watermark / stamp facts from trusted sources - like the economist, FT, BBC - to show that they have been formally checked. Create a market for truth.

I'm fact checking a documentary script right now - often wonder if we could somehow (with blockchain technology?) digitally watermark / stamp facts from trusted sources - like the economist - to show that they have been formally checked. Create a market for truth.

fair point - my daughter gets infuriated by the lack of snow here. She's only ever built two snowmen at home and she's 8!

BBC Two - Digging for Britain, Series 7, Iron Age Revealed Archaeologists unearth Iron Age Britain’s most spectacular burial in Yorkshire.

A show I directed a few years ago is repeated on BBC 2 tonight. "Digging for Britain - Iron Age Revealed" features a truly amazing Yorkshire chariot burial and the brilliant
@prehistorian.bsky.social. You can watch here on iPlayer too! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The Sea of Faith - The Human Animal Don Cupitt explores how Darwin's theory of evolution seemed to make the idea of special creation by God impossible.

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... Kubrick, Lucas, Spielberg and Rylance were/are all followers of Jung. I've always wanted to make a film exploring the power of his ideas. Here Don Cupitt does a far better job than I ever could. Well done the BBC for resurfacing this.

And my evolving wave function is nothing but me ?

Rylance summoning the giants with is bin lid in Jerusalem was one of the most awesome things I have ever seen. I love Sean Bean but Rylance is pretty much unbeatable.

Exactly... Saying that, there aren't a lot of factual docs on the BBC anymore but that's another story.

A good start would be to reduce the ridiculous filming fees. It's crazy that it's prohibitively expensive to show the museum's treasures on television.

Really interesting interview - Adam Flemming's point about human nature is a good one, these platforms will always end up as mirrors to our collective nature - good and bad. That's why they need to be curated responsibly.

Your dad's photo is special. Reminds me of Callanish, a place where the power of the moon is made obvious too.

anyhow hope you're well. enjoyed the new series. Alice, Suzy and Laura should be very proud.

that must have been it !

wasn't there some issue re. the ejector seat and your height?