In The Genius of
Invention: Visual Image (BBC2 on 14 February 2013 at 9pm), Michael Mosley
and academics Prof Mark Miodownik and Dr Cassie Newland tried to tell the amazing
story of the invention of photography, moving pictures and television in one
hour.
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The result was five shows in one, with less coherence than The One Show, or indeed, any one show. Several of the mini-features, especially the
short on censorship, would have made great half-hour programmes on their own
merit. However, as part of this mash-up,
everything failed to keep our interest, or even to maintain basic chronological
order. Garish and confusing.
Watch, instead, Genius
of Britain from Channel 4. It may
even still be on 4oD.
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