That is a <i>fantastic</i> programme, and other than the leisure suits, has aged phenomenally well.  The opening sequence of the first episode, in and above lower Manhattan, gives me the chills.<p>I&#x27;d also <i>strongly</i> recommend the subsequent programme, <i>The Day the Universe Changed</i>, which follows a similar, though temporally arbitrary, connect-the-dots motif.<p>The two sequels to <i>Connections</i> aren&#x27;t as good, though C3 is the better of the two.<p>Also:  if you&#x27;re interested in the background of technology, look up the story of Joseph Needham and his extended exploration, <i>Science and Civilisation in China</i>.  Begun in 1954, it remains in process, with 27 volumes.  Needham himself died in 1995.  Simon Winchester&#x27;s written an excellent (and much shorter) biography of Needham.