Discover
Original Release
01/18/1983
US Release
01/18/1983
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ted O'Brien | Narrator |
| James Schlesinger | Self |
| Anita Sangiolo | Narrator |
| Paul Warnke | Self - Former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency |
| Kosta Tsipis | Self - Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Herbert Scoville | Self - Former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency |
| Eugene Rostow | Self - Co-Founder, Committee on the Present Danger |
| Michael Nacht | Self - Assoc. Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University |
| Mikhail Milshtein | Canada / Self - Dir., Military Studies Section, Institute for the Study of U.S. |
| Stephen Meyer | Self - Assoc. Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii: Crucible of Life | Tuesday, 18 January 1983 |
| 2 | The Pleasure of Finding Things Out | Tuesday, 25 January 1983 |
| 3 | Lassa Fever | Tuesday, 08 February 1983 |
| 4 | The Miracle of Life | Tuesday, 15 February 1983 |
| 5 | Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy | Tuesday, 01 March 1983 |
| 6 | City of Coral | Tuesday, 08 March 1983 |
| 7 | Fat Chance in a Thin World | Tuesday, 22 March 1983 |
| 8 | Sixty Minutes to Meltdown | Tuesday, 29 March 1983 |
| 9 | Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales | Tuesday, 11 October 1983 |
| 10 | The Artificial Heart | Tuesday, 18 October 1983 |
| 11 | Talking Turtle | Tuesday, 25 October 1983 |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial | Tuesday, 01 November 1983 |
| 13 | To Live Until You Die: The Work of Elizabeth Kübler-Ross | Tuesday, 08 November 1983 |
| 14 | A Magic Way of Going: The Story of Thoroughbreds | Tuesday, 15 November 1983 |
| 15 | A Normal Face: The Wonders of Plastic Surgery | Tuesday, 22 November 1983 |
| 16 | Captives of Care | Tuesday, 29 November 1983 |
| 17 | Twenty-Five Years in Space | Tuesday, 06 December 1983 |
| 18 | Nuclear Strategy for Beginners | Tuesday, 13 December 1983 |
| 19 | The Climate Crisis | Tuesday, 20 December 1983 |
| 20 | Eyes Over China | Tuesday, 27 December 1983 |
| 21 | Alcoholism: Life Under the Influence | Tuesday, 10 January 1984 |
Directors
Brian Kaufman, Bo Gustaf Erikson, Carol O. Lofman, Robert Zalisk, Stuart Harris
Writers
Brian Kaufman, Bebe Nixon, Robert Zalisk, Stuart Harris
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ted O'Brien | Narrator |
| James Schlesinger | Self |
| Anita Sangiolo | Narrator |
| Paul Warnke | Self - Former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency |
| Kosta Tsipis | Self - Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Herbert Scoville | Self - Former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency |
| Eugene Rostow | Self - Co-Founder, Committee on the Present Danger |
| Michael Nacht | Self - Assoc. Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University |
| Mikhail Milshtein | Canada / Self - Dir., Military Studies Section, Institute for the Study of U.S. |
| Stephen Meyer | Self - Assoc. Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Sergey Kapitsa | Self - Physicist, Moscow Institute for the Study of Physical Problems |
| H. Jack Geiger | Self - Professor of Community Medicine, CUNY |
| Bill Finnigan | Self - Former Ensign, U.S. Navy |
| Deborah White | Narrator |
| Harry S. Truman | Self |
| Caspar Weinberger | Self - Secretary of Defense |
| Philip Morrison | Self - Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Richard Feynman | Self |
| Richard Perle | Self - Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs |
| Robert McNamara | Self - Former Secretary of Defense |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| John M. Mansfield | Executive Producer |
| Zvi Dor-Ner | Executive Producer |
| Brian Kaufman | Producer |
| Colin Moor | Producer |
| Bo Gustaf Erikson | Producer |
| Bebe Nixon | Producer |
| Carol O. Lofman | Producer |
| Robert Zalisk | Producer |
| John M. Mansfield | Producer |
| Neil Goodwin | Producer |
| Stuart Harris | Producer |
