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Summary Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Each week NOVA takes an in depth look at a particular topic or ind...

Directed By: Ben Shedd

Written By: Simon Campbell-Jones

  • TV-14
  • PBS
  • Mar 29, 1978
  • TV-14
  • PBS
  • Mar 29, 1978
NOVA
S5 • Episode 10
Icarus' Children
Air Date: Mar 29, 1978
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Summary Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Each week NOVA takes an in depth look at a particular topic or ind...

Created By: Scott Tiffany

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 4, 1978
In the Event of Catastrophe
Episode 2 • Jan 18, 1978
Blueprints in the Bloodstream
Episode 3 • Jan 25, 1978
One Small Step
Episode 4 • Feb 1, 1978
The Final Frontier
Episode 5 • Feb 15, 1978
BaMiki BaNdula: Children of the Forest
Episode 6 • Feb 22, 1978
Trial of Denton Cooley
Episode 7 • Mar 1, 1978 • 53 m
The Great Wine Revolution
Episode 8 • Mar 8, 1978 • 58 m
The Case of the Ancient Astronauts
Episode 9 • Mar 22, 1978
The Mind Machines
Episode 10 • Mar 29, 1978
Icarus' Children
Episode 11 • Apr 12, 1978
Still Waters
Episode 12 • Apr 19, 1978
Battle for the Acropolis
Episode 13 • May 3, 1978
Road to Happiness
Documentary about the life of American industrialist Henry Ford. Using Newsreels, dramatic films and documentaries to tell the story of his life from boyhood until his death in 1947.
Episode 14 • May 10, 1978
Light of the 21st Century
Episode 15 • May 24, 1978
The Insect Alternative
Episode 16 • May 31, 1978
The Desert's Edge
Episode 17 • Jun 7, 1978
The Tse Tse Trap
Episode 18 • Jun 14, 1978
Memories from Eden
Episode 19 • Jun 21, 1978
A Whisper from Space
Episode 20 • Jun 28, 1978
Alaska: The Closing Frontier
51 Seasons

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Jay O. Sanders

Self - Narrator

Craig Sechler

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self

Stacy Keach

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Eric Meyers

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Narrated By

Lance Lewman

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self

Will Lyman

Narrator, Self (narrator), Self - Narrator

Neil Ross

Narrator, Self, Self - Narrator

Liev Schreiber

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Peter Thomas

Narrator, Narrator - World War II Veteran, Self - Narrator

Talithia Williams

Self - Narrator, Self, Narrator

David Pogue

Self - Host, Self - Technology Reporter, New York Times, Self, Self - New York Times Tech Columnist

Mercer Boffey

Self, Narrator, Self - Narrator, Self - narrator

David Ogden Stiers

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Miles O'Brien

Self - Narrator, Self - Host, Reporter, Self, Self - Correspondent

Gene Galusha

Self - Narrator

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self, Narrator, Host, Self - American Museum of Natural History, Self - American Museum of Natural History, Hayden Planetarium, Self - Narrator, narrator

Don Wescott

Self (narrator), Narrator

David Attenborough

Self - Narrator, Self - Presenter, Self - Host

Sylvester James Gates Jr.

Self, Self - University of Maryland, Self - Brown University

Andre Fenton

Self, Co-Hist, Co-Host, Self - New York University

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