Talk:Connections (British TV series)

message: In the opening of the first episode Burke appears in the World Trade Centre, initially in the plaza, then on the roof.  He talks about the fragility of modern civilisation and a power cut which, amongst other things, left Flight 911 on final approach to JFK out of touch with controllers and heading straight for the towers of Manhattan.
Is this worth mentioning on this page?
PaulJohnson 21:01, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Spooky Co-incidence

message: Dodgy conspiracy theories do no belong in an encylopedia along with number mysticism and urban myths.
In any case I suspect that JB was in error about the aircraft heading for Manhattan after an airport power failures. All instrument approaches have prescibed go around route and altitudes which take the aircraft away from any immediate danger. It is standard procedure to go around if the approach ever becomes unsafe. Think the comment about using other aircraft's radar to land is also way off. Aircraft carry weather radar not area (air traffic control radar).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rpersse (talk • contribs) 18:04, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Surprise--they are already here -> 911 conspiracy theories. Not that I'm a fan or proponent of any of them, but they are in Wikipedia. - Ageekgal (talk) 04:16, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: No, please don't

message: The final episode of Connections (Yesterday, Tomorrow, and You) has a bunch of fun music.  For example, O Fortuna from Carmina Burana.  Where is the place to put this information?
*In this article - if it's too much, we can break out a new one in the future! bd2412 T 13:13, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I put in what I had verified (O Fortuna).  I must admit, it's a little silly, since there is a LOT of other music, but I just haven't verified it.  I could take some from the fan page I referenced, I guess.dfrankow 15:43, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music 

message: * Boffo
* Noodler
* Propellorhead
What other silly words and phrases does he use?
:In "The Long Chain", he says "a few tin pot coal mines".  I can guess what it means by context, but I've never heard it used elsewhere. GuildNavigator84 13:06, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello! 'Tin-pot' is British slang for something regarded as small, feeble or otherwise somewhat substandard.--McTodd (talk) 19:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odd lingo 

message: Do you think there should be more detailed episode guides here, especially for the original series?  I feel like a fully wikified, hyperlinked complete synopsis of each episode would be both an interesting read and a great resource to those who really love this series, like I do.  There are some in the external section, but they aren't complete or hyperlinked to anything else.
On the other hand, some might say that it might violate copyright or be too long or something.  I think I'll start writing some soon.  Revert them or tweak them and leave some feedback here if you all think they don't belong here.  GuildNavigator84 13:06, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  I'd like to see a synopsis of each episode.  To that end, I'm going to start working on the episodes for the first series, since that's the only one of the three that I own.  If it's a copyright violation, somebody stop me!  Lee.crabtree 20:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright, I've started an article on the first episode.  I don't have my DVDs handy at work, so I'll expand it when I make it home.  Lee.crabtree 21:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: More Detailed Episode Guides?

message: Have any of the series been released on DVD? Lisiate 00:34, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe they all are. Check eBay. I got Series 1 on VHS for $40.00. Discordian 22:00, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

text: http://www.shoppbs.org/sm-pbs-connections-connections-2-and-3-dvd-save-20--pi-1450812.html --Jerome Potts 06:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The ten episodes of Series One were put out on a Region 2 DVD box set in February 2017. Publisher is simplymedia.tv   —    "CDs for the over-50s demographic". Is a ten-hour factual series considered too much for the millennial generation?--217.155.32.221 (talk) 10:04, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: DVD Release?

message: Does anyone know what the device is that appears at the beginning of every Connections episode in the original series?
My guess is that it is some sort of tungsten arc lamp, but I'm puzzled by the complicated clockwork mechanisms shown.
--Mcrodgers2 08:47, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See Arc lamp. It's also specifically mentioned in episode 9. -- Quiddity (talk) 22:28, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Opening Sequence of Every Connection (Original Series) 

message: This is a great series, almost made for Wikipedia, only 30 years late.  I hope to post what I see while watching.  This is a BBC series so may be publicly available.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.71.5.46 (talk) 05:30, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Going to wiki the whole series

message: I was going to revert all the many, many revisions you've made in the last 24 hours because I thought it was vandalism. Please (1) sign in so you have a Talk page where we can contact you (2) type up your changes in an external editor such as Notepad and commit changes all at once. As it is right now, the article is not about the series but just about episode 1. You might put it back the way it was after its edit on 4th May and then collect your observations as you watch the (wonderful) series and only then give episode details. I'll check back in tomorrow. Thanks.  Peter4Truth (talk) 12:23, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Hello 70.71.5.46

message: Although the Connections 3 episode Feedback appears to be referring to the internet, he never uses the terms "internet" or "world wide web", which is odd since this came out in 1997 and by the end of 1996 internet access for private individuals was fairly widespread due in large part to the introduction of flat rate access plans priced at $25/mo or less. Most viewers in 1997 would have heard of the internet and would recognize the term.
This makes me wonder if this episode was "in the works" in early 1996 or even 1995.
John Elson (talk) 06:57, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Feedback  and the internet

message: I mean those like these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WV-EQsMbXo
Thanks
70.54.202.152 (talk) 22:42, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can anyone add info about the "Reconnections" video(s) ? 

message: Per WP:ENGVAR, I think that the subject of this article has a sufficiently strong tie with the UK to use British rather than American spellings (plow -> plough, vapor -> vapour, etc).  I'll make the changes myself if there are no objections. Tevildo (talk) 23:13, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  US/UK spelling 

message: James Burke's YouTube channel has been gone for a while, so I removed it from external links.  While there are a lot of YouTube videos of the show up, I could not find an official channel.
Gregrata (talk) 00:10, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube Channel 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The article says it "follows a similar format", claims who? I watched the first episode (of Connected (2020 TV series)) and I disagree.
(With regards to Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections however, I agree that it follows a similar format). Karl Svartholm (talk) 08:38, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove Latif Nasser's Connected TV series from Related works?