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| More headlines | [TV] |
| Beagle 2 news appeared on many of the news bulletins throughout the day yesterday. |
| The first picture returned from Mars Express, showing Beagle 2 moving off into the distance, was seen for a full 3 hours in front of the presenters on the BBC's breakfast news this morning.
Presenter Bill Turnbull commented that he was looking forward to Christmas Day when he will be hosting the news, hopefully informing everyone of Beagle's landing on Mars. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 20-Dec-03 13:29:15 |
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| A telescopic blur | [TV] |
| The BBC filmed Dave Rowntree and Alex James from Blur, along with Professor Pillinger, for the 10 O'Clock News. |
| They were seen walking across the inside of the Jodrell Bank Telescope which will be seeking out radio signals from Beagle 2 after it lands on the surface of Mars on Christmas Day. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 10-Nov-03 22:36:17 |
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| Alex in Wonderland | [TV] |
| Discovery Channel will screen "Alex in Wonderland" on Sunday 27th July at 8pm. This half hour documentary features Beagle 2 and is produced by Alex James of Blur, seen here with Colin and the
Beagle 2 model at the Science Museum in June. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 09-Jul-03 11:06:41 |
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| Meanwhile back on Earth | [TV] |
| Following successful tests when Beagle 2 engineers checked through a series of communications and functional tests with the lander from the European Space Agency's Mission Control in Darmstadt in
Germany, the model is again on show to the public at Tomorrow's World Live in London. Watch the TV programme to be broadcast on BBC1, Wednesday 16th July |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 09-Jul-03 09:36:24 |
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| Professor Pillinger on the BBC | [TV] |
| I'm Searching for Life on Mars |
| Colin Pillinger told the BBC. See the full story and hear the interview by clicking on the link on the right. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 14-Mar-02 18:22:34 |
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| Lander in the News | [TV] |
| As Odyssey successfully went into orbit, the BBC 1 featured Beagle 2. For the 6pm main news, science correspondent Fergus Walsh reported live from McLaren Composites showing progress on the
build of the lander structure. The piece included an interview with Colin, a clip from the new animation by Dave Rowntree (Nanomation) and an explanation of how the lander will still need to withstand a
hefty thump when released from the gas filled bags. Below: At the futuristic McLaren Composites factory. |
| BBC on line carried the TV news item, still showing on 26 October. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 24-Oct-01 16:56:23 |
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| TODAY'S THE DAY, BEAGLE 2 ON TV | [TV] |
| The story of the early part of the project is broadcast tonight, Monday, on BBC Two TV at 11.20pm. The programme has been widely publicised and is getting very good reviews. |
| The Financial Times (Monday 23 July) sums it up - "This extremely engaging and accessible documentary.. This is a prime-time programme in a late-night slot" and ".. a bright, bespectacled,
somewhat scruffy English scientist called Colin.." !! |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 23-Jul-01 15:43:32 |
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| Note for your diary | [TV] |
| A documentary following the Beagle 2 team in the early days of the project will be screened by BBC 2 on July 23rd at 11.20. Presented by Keith Allen, the film includes some of the ups and downs as
Colin Pillinger not only has to get Beagle 2 aboard Mars Express but raise the money to pay for it as well. This date is 25 years since Viking landed on Mars and started to carry out its biological experiments. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 04-Jul-01 12:22:36 |
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| Beagle 2 on show | [TV] |
| The Director General of the BBC, Greg Dyke, hearing all about Beagle 2 during a visit to Walton Hall at the Open University last Friday. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 21-May-01 11:18:33 |
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| Everyone wants a Beagle 2 story | [TV] |
| Although it was Odyssey's day, Beagle 2 got its fair share of coverage - from TV and radio on launch day, TV critics trails of "Life on Mars" produced for Channel 5 TV by Pioneer (shown on 9 April), via Dave
Rowntree's animation for the project in Q magazine, and the selection by Ian Taylor MP of Beagle 2 as one of his highlighted points in the Guardian 10 April [MPs were given 40 words to sum up 4
years], to a question on Beagle 2 on "Never mind the Buzzcocks" pop quiz (9 April) - and yes, the panel did know the answer ! |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 10-Apr-01 14:53:24 |
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| Beagle 2 - Destination Mars - BUT WHO ACTUALLY WENT ?? | [TV] |
| Our efforts to discover why the Beagle 2 contribution did not appear on Channel 4's Destination Mars have failed to reveal any explanation. Phone calls to RDF TV, who made the programme, have ascertained
that the Producer, Assistant Producer and Researcher no longer work there. Perhaps they have gone to Mars ..... or maybe they were Martians ...... ! |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 27-Mar-01 11:23:51 |
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| Destination Mars | [TV] |
| Beagle 2 will be getting a mention in the last part of the series Destination Mars showing on Channel 4, Monday 26 March at 8.00 pm. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 23-Mar-01 13:41:03 |
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| Coming Soon on Channel 4 | [TV] |
| Another Mars TV documentary - 'Destination Mars', first part next Monday at 8pm on Channel 4. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 09-Mar-01 11:25:55 |
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| Out of the Lions Den | [TV] |
| Filming at the OU with the company 'Flightcam' who recently sent a camera (known as BoulderCam) concealed into a lion's den for the recent BBC documentary "Lions, A Spy in the Den". |
| Below: after BoulderCam, here comes WireCam and HeliCam (helicopter not shown!) |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 14-Jan-01 13:31:24 |
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| Blur animated | [TV] |
| Unknown to most Blur fans, drummer Dave Rowntree has worked as a professional computer animator for several years. His company Nanomation, which specialises in all aspects of 3D animation,
as well as interactive entertainment and animation software development, joined forces with Beagle 2 to produce an exclusive section of the Beagle video. |
| The cartoons (below) show Blur in spacesuits performing the song 'Far Out' from their album 'Parklife'. Dave's work has also been aired on 'MTV' and 'The Eleven O'clock Show'. |
| Dave says of the animation "You have to produce 25 pictures for every second of animation, so a minute and half is a lot of work for two people. Luckily we're not interested in sleep". |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 11-Jan-01 17:42:39 |
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| Smile please | [TV] |
| Filming continues to record the project. The latest location was at the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company local in Denham. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 07-Dec-00 15:27:58 |
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| Methane and its meaning | [TV] |
| Not content with a dog in the name, the PI co-opted Lucy the cow to help explain methane generation and the significance of biogenic trace gases in the atmosphere of Earth and what methane
detection in the martian atmosphere would mean. |
| Below: Beagle 2 documentary film crew get a close-up look. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 06-Oct-00 11:47:30 |
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| Filming in the rain | [TV] |
| There may not be water on Mars but there was plenty falling at this photoshoot at the time of the British Association talk by Professor Pillinger. Off to film (for a BBC local TV series on space activities in
Eastern England titled From Brancaster to Mars) in a nearby golf course bunker, the comparison in size of Beagle contrasted with the golf-buggy sized Athena Rover was subtly made. |
| Below: Golf buggy expertly kept on course by Beagle 2 GAP instrument manager Ian Praine, whilst Beagle 2 sits on Professor Pillinger's lap. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 08-Sep-00 07:22:47 |
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| Yet more filming for the Beagle 2 documentary | [TV] |
| At Charles Darwin's home, Down House, Downe, Kent, courtesy of English Heritage. |
| Left - on the lawn and right - in the billiards room with BBC's David Whitehouse |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 15-May-00 17:18:36 |
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| Beagle 2 on Tomorrow's World | [TV] |
| Filming for Tomorrows World in the Science Museum for broadcast on 10 November to announce the Blur track "Beagle 2" composed as the call sign for the mission. The track is available on the Blur
single "No Distance Left To Run". Alex James and Dave Rowntree pictured right adjusting the model for the cameras. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 10-Nov-99 09:18:50 |
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| At Tomorrow's World | [TV] |
| Some of the Beagle 2 team who supported the exhibition at Tomorrow's World Live in July. Thanks to Ed Wakeford, EEV Ltd, for the photo |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 29-Jul-99 11:27:09 |
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| Beagle meets Mavis on the Blue Peter set | [TV] |
| Colin and the Beagle 2 model on the set of Blue Peter along with Mavis one of the Blue Peter dogs. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 17-May-99 15:41:31 |
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| BBC contact again | [TV] |
| Sue Nelson (BBC News) gets an update on Beagle 2 during live transmission from the European Astrofest Exhibition in London. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 19-Feb-99 12:37:39 |
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| Advertising potential | [TV] |
| The BBC 9o'clock news last night reported the advertising potential of Beagle 2, with Science Correspondent James Wilkinson suggesting the airbags which cushion the lander as it hits the surface
could carry company logos. BBC News Online titled the story "Getting the message across - on Mars" |
| Last week Anglia TV showed Colin Pillinger demonstrating the Beagle model to presenter Penny Wright; the broadcast included an interview with musicians Dave Rowntree and Alex James filmed at the
London Planetarium. Blur fans will have understood Anglia's promotion of the interview - "from Parklife to Mars life" ! |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 27-Nov-98 20:11:13 |
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| TV time again | [TV] |
| BBC Newsnight reviewed various aspects of the US Space Programme focusing on International Space Station. Two Beagle 2 team members were studio guests: Colin Pillinger talking about landing
Beagle 2 on Mars and the public interest that the mission is raising and Andrew Coates (MSSL) supporting robotic rather than manned space studies. Musician Billy Bragg enthusiastically made the case for
manned space travel. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 30-Oct-98 10:24:26 |
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| BBC filmed Beagle 2 | [TV] |
| Leo Enright interviewed Colin Pillinger on the stand at Farnborough. This item was broadcast on national BBC Breakfast television. |
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