Likely because they first encountered it on PBS, some Americans are unaware Connections was a BBC production: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Connections_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Connections_(TV_series)</a><p>Even less known these days (by Americans, at least) is that Connections was but one of many extraordinary educational science series that the BBC produced in the 1970&#x27;s.<p>Original footage of one of the best of these was recently rediscovered and finally made available on the web:  Look Around You: Season 1 Pilot - Calcium<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=FBaVwwuErmU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=FBaVwwuErmU</a><p>Watching it again today, it&#x27;s hard to understate the positive impact this series had on British science education, and the obvious &quot;leg up&quot; it gave for Britain&#x27;s technological prowess.