Creation of Earth in 24hrs, Anyone Remember the Program?

[becksW]

Due to a discussion this evening with my Hubby, I'm trying to remember the TV program I watched showing the creation of Earth right from the beginning to when man eventually showed up.

It was done using 24hrs as the time it occurred, so the very beginnings of Earth began at 00.01 hours and humans appeared on the planet at 23:58 hours, instead of in billions, millions and hundreds of thousands of years.

I found it really interesting but came across the program when channel hopping, so I didn't record it or note the programs name, there are a couple of facts in it that I'd love to check again so would be grateful if anyone can help me thank you, Becks

[Carpie]

becksW said:

Due to a discussion this evening with my Hubby, I'm trying to remember the TV program I watched showing the creation of Earth right from the beginning to when man eventually showed up.

It was done using 24hrs as the time it occurred, so the very beginnings of Earth began at 00.01 hours and humans appeared on the planet at 23:58 hours, instead of in billions, millions and hundreds of thousands of years.

I found it really interesting but came across the program when channel hopping, so I didn't record it or note the programs name, there are a couple of facts in it that I'd love to check again so would be grateful if anyone can help me thank you, Becks

What do you mean 'billions, millions and hundreds of thousands of years'? And man 'eventually showing up'?

Don't you know the world is 10,000 years old, if that! I expect you believe in this devilish evolution nonsense as well, I think you do need to check your facts again!

[sstein]

What facts do you want to check, I'm sure someone here will be able to help you out ?

PH seems to be a brainy lot, bar a few numbskulls. (You know who you are)

Yes, I fit into the numbskulls list

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Stuart

Edited by sstein on Monday 23 March 23:25

[thehawk]

I'll wager a guess that it is called 'Genesis'

[mcc]

Carl Sagan?

[AJS-]

I think you have got it wrong. It was in fact created in seven days by God.

[Russ35]

Are you thinking of Carl Sagan's - Cosmos (Episode 2 - One voice in the Cosmic Fugue). He did the cosmic calendar but that is based over a year not over a 24 hr period.

Beaten to it by mcc!!!!

Edited to add calendar

Edited by Russ35 on Tuesday 24th March 00:14

[EDLT]

I remember seeing that show, it mentioned that single-cell organisms were the only living things on the planet until about 8:30pm. I thought it was a good way of explaining the massive periods of time involved in creating the the world (Took God a whole day!).

[ridds]

I remember it too but not what it was called...

[ridds]

I remember it too but not what it was called...

[becksW]

Thanks for the replies, it was worth a try.

[Duncanthemad]

becksW said:

Thanks for the replies, it was worth a try.

How about this one...

"The Day the Earth was Born"

http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/748554?view=syn...

said:

Using the 24 hours of the day to represent the lifetime of Earth, the first turbulent events of the planet's existence are explained and it soon becomes clear how the scene was set for the beginning of life

[THX138]

Wasn't Jack Bauer in it?

[Eric Mc]

The notion of depicting the origin of the world (or even universe) over a 24 hour period or year has been common practtice in science writing for many years. I first came across the technique years ago in children's science books and essays by people like Arthur C Clarke and Isaac Asimov.
The first time I saw it on TV was in Carl Sagan's 1980 TV series "Cosmos" (as mentioned above).

For those who watched Cosmos on BBC2 back then, you may not be aware that the BBC lopped ten minutes out of every programme in order to make it fit into 50 minute slots. "Cosmos" was made by the PBS and was considered as a US TV "import" by the Beeb and allocated a slot in their schedules normally reserved for US TV programmes. Most US shows back in those days, although nominally an hour long, were actually 50 minutes long - to cater for commercial breaks when being shown on US TV. "Cosmos" was a PBS production and therefore had no ad slots and was a bona fide 60 minute programme. However, the BBC insisted on squeezing it into one of their 50 minute "US TV" slots and were forced to cut 10 minutes from each episode.

I saw the original broadcasts on Irish TV (RTE) and they showed "Cosmos" without any such cuts - so, it was obvious to those of us who could see both channels what the BBC were up to.

The series is now available as a DVD box set in its original US full length guise and I would highly recommend it. Being the best part of 30 years old now, there have been some changes in cosmological thinking in the intervening years but it still holds up well.

[darkmark07]

Was it the one with Tony Robinson?

Catastrophe: http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/C/catas...

[Simpo Two]

Carpie said:

Don't you know the world is 10,000 years old, if that! I expect you believe in this devilish evolution nonsense as well, I think you do need to check your facts again!

The OP is not referring to Creationism, merely the compression of four billion years in one hour to give a more comprehensible idea of relative timescales.

At school the teacher managed to do this with a drawing of a clock face in chalk on a board in about one minute. Quite easy really!

[telecat]

darkmark07 said:

Was it the one with Tony Robinson?

Catastrophe: http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/C/catas...

It will be this one.