Learning on ScreenOil, Soap and Detergent
- Synopsis
- A series of six outside broadcasts filmed at the Royal Institution in the late 1950s and early 1960s, The Nature of Things was presented by William Lawrence Bragg with the assistance of Bill Coates. OIL, SOAP AND DETERGENT is the third programme from the series.
Coates recalled Bragg once remarking to him: ‘never talk about science, show it to them’, which is what The Nature of Things set out to do. Like the Christmas Lectures, the programmes were structured around a series of demonstrations and were filmed as a lecture in the Ri’s theatre. Although the filming took place with an audience of adults, the series was aimed at children and broadcast on children’s television.
Original recording: 4 November 1959. Transmission: 26 November 1959. (13 minutes) - Series
- The Nature of Things, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2011
- Year of production
- 1959
- Subjects
- Chemistry; Media studies
- Keywords
- archive television; detergents; laboratory experiments; soaps; oil
Online availability
- URI
- http://richannel.org/the-nature-of-things--oil-soap-and-detergent
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Contributor
- Lawrence Bragg
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
Royal Institution, The
- ri@ri.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.rigb.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7409 2992
- Address
- 21 Albemarle Street
London
W1S 4BS
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