archive-1: SETI Re: Sagan: Patrick Moore and The Sky at Night
SETI Re: Sagan: Patrick Moore and The Sky at Night
Larry Klaes ( lklaes@bbn.com )
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:36:28 -0500
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>From: Peter D Hingley <pdh@RAS.ORG.UK>
>Subject: Re: Sagan: Patrick Moore and The Sky at Night
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>I was very pleased to see such unstinting praise for Patrick Moore
>and 'The Sky at Night'. I have forwarded it to the new producer
>of the show; Pieter Morpurgo has, sadly, just retired. After
>just over 40 years it is the longest running programme IN THE WORLD
>with the same presenter.
>I also concur that programmes such as this, and a few other
>serious and factual gems, are nuggets of gold ( BBC Bristol, one
>pace forward.... !) in a sea of dross. We are constantly told
>that British TV is far better than the US equivalent; all
>I can say is that must be unimaginably bad !!
>In my personal opinon the BBC want shooting; they put on
>astrological claptrap in prime time and in the 'Radio Times',
>and relegate Patrick to 2 am when all good astronomers are
>either tucked up in their cosy 'pits' or outside at the telescope
>!!
> Peter D Hingley
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