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12/04/2011

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Last broadcast on Sun, 17 Apr 2011, 05:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

The director Chris Riley, discusses First Orbit, his film of Yuri Gagarin's space flight 50 years on. The film depicts the epic journey from Gagarin’s point of view.

NASA embraces the social media with its very own Tweetups. Gareth Mitchell talks to Stephanie Schierholz, the social media boss at NASA, about how she gets space and social networks together online, sometimes via Twitter.

Click reports on an ambitious collaboration on both sides of the Atlantic that establishes a link-up between actors putting on a performance for three separate audiences. The first audience is in Austin Texas, the other in London and a third is online. This special theatrical experience is brought to life via Skype.

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Chris Riley discusses his film of Yuri Gagarin's epic journey into space.

  2. Chapter 2

    Stephanie Schierholz describes how NASA is embracing social media with Tweetups.

  3. Chapter 3

    A report on a collaborative theatrical experience that links up actors on both sides of the Atlantic.

Broadcasts

  1. Tue 12 Apr 2011
    19:32
  2. Wed 13 Apr 2011
    04:32
  3. Wed 13 Apr 2011
    11:32
  4. Wed 13 Apr 2011
    16:32
  5. Sun 17 Apr 2011
    05:32

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