Describe an educational television program.
You should say:
- what it was
- on which channel it was telecasted
- what you learned from it
and explain why you think it was a good educational program.
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A few years ago, I was very fond of watching television programmes but I was a bit selective in that case. I saw only the highly educative programs on television. And in this case, Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey was the best one for me. Here, I will give a brief description of the television show. By the way, these days I can hardly manage times to watch TV programmes and mostly watch BBC or CNN for global news and updates.
Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey began as a television show in 2014. This is a TV series that deals with the past, present and future of the space activities. Besides, the existing show was the follow up of another show that took place in the 1980s, which was named as Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Days have been passed and the show started a new journey with newer topics. The earlier one has been considered as the milestone for scientific documentaries on television and has started a new era in the exploration of space. Even today, the show is as popular as it was in the past days.
The first show was telecasted on the Public Broadcasting Service in the USA and now the later one is telecasted on the 10 channels of 21st Century Fox network. The channels broadcast the show in different times of the weeks and thus I could manage my convenient time to enjoy the show. To make the show, relevant people had to struggle a lot and preparation began a couple of years ago. Detailed plans were made and it also required a huge financial investment. Neil deGrasse Tyson currently hosts the show and he got inspiration to present the show from the previous one when he was a high school student in the 1980s. The show is made with different attractive stories. The impressive feature of the show is the updated use of graphics and special effects to make the events reliable than it was before.
I learnt various information about space from this television show. The narrative technique of the show is simple – it appears that the host is telling a story and showing evidence in favour of his story. Besides, the information and facts represented in the show are real and trustworthy. In fact, it does not exhibit some fictional facts to grab attention from the audience. The present show comes with the latest available information about the space and deals with the future events that may take place after many years. The extensive use of graphics and animation is a great feature of this program that has made learning easier. Due to its popularity, the series was available around the globe on numerous television channels until the end of the season.
This is surely a great educational program. Before the broadcasting of this program, there were no such educative programs before. This program has gained a huge popularity. The second part of the series underwent several struggles and challenges. Many of the television channels turned reluctant to telecast the program. They were unable to analyse the educative value of the program. But later the program has won several awards for its educative contents. In fact, the contents of the program help us thinking about the outer space and other related matters. It creates a sensitivity among the viewers. So, I think this was really an educative series I have ever seen.
