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The Astronomers

Episode 4 of 5

Peter meets the astronomers at Jodrell Bank Observatory. Can this world-famous and pioneering tribe survive being relocated to Manchester University?

Peter Curran visits members of the many and varied disciplines of science, from astronomy to zoology, to explore their habitat, customs, rituals and beliefs.

Peter meets the astronomers at Jodrell Bank Observatory. For 50 years, astronomers at the Jodrell Bank worked with colleagues around an iconic radio telescope that famously spotted Sputnik. But now most of the Jodrell tribe are leaving their telescope in the middle of the Cheshire countryside and moving to Manchester. The telescope will survive as it is a listed building, but will the tribe?

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Thu 18 Feb 2010 15:45

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  • Sun 30 Aug 2009 14:45
  • Thu 18 Feb 2010 15:45