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Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal is another one of those classic films from the 1980', 1982 to be exact.

Despite 75% of the Earth being covered in water, we know very little about the creatures and plant life in the Seas.

I have long been interested in astronomy and have eagerly followed developments such as Beagle and Hubble. Many discoveries and advances have been made, which are nicely packaged in to a short series on Space, presented by Sam Niell.

Few people or series can claim they have changed the way we look at the world.

Anyone who grew up in the eighties will remember the Mysterious Cities of Gold. This is a cartoon series, set in the 16th century, and is centred on three children, Esteban, Zia and Tao.

This is a film, more about the links between people and other animals and the environment. The film shows people and cultures from 24 countries and is completely dialogue free. Both the camera sequences and soundtrack are awesome showing what a diverse and truly wonderful world we live in.

Longitude, is the story of the solving of how to accuratley and reliably calculate Longitude. This is based through the eyes of a Navy Commander, Rupert Gould who is played by Jeremy Irons. He discovers some of Harrison's time pieces and lovingly restores them whilst he suffers a break-down. This is placed together with flashbacks to the past showing Harrison's enthusiasm and unending devotion to solving the problems he faced. Well worth a viewing.