Break the Science Barrier

1996 television documentary written and presented by Richard Dawkins
Movie television_film Q2924230
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Break the Science Barrier

Summary

Break the Science Barrier is a television film[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (television_film category, ranking #456 of 3,555).[2]

Key Facts

  • Break the Science Barrier's instance of is recorded as television film[3].
  • Richard Dawkins wrote the screenplay for Break the Science Barrier[4].
  • Break the Science Barrier's composer is recorded as Paddy Kingsland[5].
  • Break the Science Barrier's genre is documentary film[6].
  • Break the Science Barrier's genre is television documentary[7].
  • A cast member of Break the Science Barrier was Q42[8].
  • A cast member of Break the Science Barrier was David Attenborough[9].
  • A cast member of Break the Science Barrier was Jocelyn Bell Burnell[10].
  • The original language of Break the Science Barrier was English[11].
  • Break the Science Barrier was distributed by video on demand[12].
  • Break the Science Barrier's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[13].
  • Break the Science Barrier was published on October 30, 1996[14].
  • Break the Science Barrier's distributed by is recorded as Channel 4[15].
  • Break the Science Barrier's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[16].
  • Break the Science Barrier's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Break the Science Barrier'}[17].
  • Break the Science Barrier's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+50'}[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Broadcast[19]

  • Secondary type(s): Spokenword[20]

  • First release date: 2023-09-29[21]

  • Genre(s): spoken word[22]

  • Community tags: soundtrack, spoken word[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5d05869c-d13d-46b1-a602-e06b56ac0f59[24]

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Authorship and Creation

Richard Dawkins wrote the screenplay for Break the Science Barrier[4]. Cast members include Q42[8], David Attenborough[9], and Jocelyn Bell Burnell[10].

Publication

Break the Science Barrier was published on October 30, 1996[14]. The original language of it was English[11]. Genres include documentary film[6] and television documentary[7]. It was distributed by video on demand[12].

Why It Matters

Break the Science Barrier draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (television_film category, ranking #456 of 3,555).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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