The Private eye (TEFC)

United Kingdom, 1980

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Episode number 1 of Series “The Real thing”.
Shot in the style of a 1940’s film, James Burke employs a detective to illustrate how the senses pick up clues from the outside world, how the brain solves the mystery and decides what is out there. Illustrates how easy it is to fool the best detective, and asks “what is reality”? Part one of a series of six programs written and presented by James Burke. Suitable for upper secondary level.

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Credits

producer

Mick Jackson

production company

British Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:30:13:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1980

Appears in

The Real thing

Group of items

The Real thing

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015994

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television series

Documentary

Documentary → Docudrama

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Reality

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Brain

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Senses and sensation

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human information processing

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Senses and sensation

Television

Television → Television series

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)

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