Who Moved the Tortoise?
Conversations with science and wildlife filmmakers about the films, TV shows - and other stuff - that inspired them to make films about science and nature. Presented and produced by Alex Hemingway and Kate Dooley.
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- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 41
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Mythbusters - with Mariana Kneppers
This week the Tortoises welcome location producer and friend of the pod Mariana Kneppers to talk about the science megaseries Mythbusters. Along the way we discuss the cultural minefield of being an …
00:43:25 |
Tue 26 Nov 2024
Life on Earth - with Baroness Freeman of Steventon
This week the Tortoises are talking to cross-bench peer and science communicator Alex Freeman, Baroness Freeman of Steventon. On the menu - Sir David Attenborough's seminal 1979 series Life on Earth.…
01:05:49 |
Tue 12 Nov 2024
The Man Who Eats Badgers - with Will Millard
This week the Tortoises are turning the tables, as the subject of one of our early episodes becomes a guest. Writer and presenter Will Millard joins us to talk about a quintessentially British piece …
00:58:34 |
Tue 29 Oct 2024
Jurassic Park - with Mike Davis
“They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”. No, not a review of this podcast, but a quote from one of the greatest films of the 90s - Jurassic…
01:00:18 |
Tue 15 Oct 2024
Tomorrow's World - with Emma Kolasinska
Welcome back to Who Moved The Tortoise? After a summer break at Tortoise HQ we’re kicking off series two in praise of Judith Hann with VFX Executive Producer Emma Kolasinska. On the menu, the BBC’s l…
00:44:47 |
Tue 01 Oct 2024
Series 2 Trailer
After a summer break, the Tortoises are back! The first full episode of series 2 will be coming at the beginning of October, but for now here is a little teaser.
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00:02:32 |
Tue 24 Sep 2024
From the Earth to the Moon - with Libby Jackson
In the last episode of the series we strap on our space suits and launch into orbit with the the Head of UK Space Exploration at the UK Space Agency, Libby Jackson. Watching the 1998 HBO series From …
00:49:35 |
Tue 23 Jul 2024
Cosmos - with Nat Sharman
In the penultimate episode of our first series, Team Tortoise welcomes writer, producer and director Nat Sharman to talk about possibly the biggest and most celebrated science series of all, Carl Sag…
00:47:54 |
Tue 16 Jul 2024
The Private Life of Plants - with Alice Jones
Alice Jones joins the Tortoises this time for a mid-90s nostalgia-fest. On the menu, Sir David Attenborough’s 1995 series The Private Life of Plants. Our chat takes us via Rednex and Supergrass to Ho…
00:47:04 |
Tue 09 Jul 2024
Prisoner of Consciousness - with Peter Leonard
The Tortoises are back at school this week as they visit the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. Here, head of the (Producing and Directing) Science and Natural History MA Peter Leon…
00:50:38 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
Scrapheap Challenge - with Jess Jordan
This time, the Tortoises have stretched the baked bean tins and string as far as the banks of the River Exe in Devon as development supremo Jess Jordan celebrates Scrapheap Challenge. Amidst the nost…
00:43:52 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Bruce Parry's Tribe - with Will Benson
Will Benson joins the Tortoises this time, to tell tales of adventure and derring-do. On the menu, the fourth episode of Bruce Parry’s 2005 series Tribe. Our adventure takes us from brain eating para…
00:52:18 |
Tue 18 Jun 2024
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives - with Cat Gale
Music meets physics this week as the Tortoises welcome Producer/Director Cat Gale to talk about the remarkable BBC4 film Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives featuring Eels frontman Mark “E” Everett. Alon…
00:55:35 |
Tue 11 Jun 2024
My Year With the Tribe - with Felix Black
This week Team Tortoise welcome Berlin-based editor Felix Black to break the fourth wall with a documentary about documentary making – the controversial BBC series My Year With The Tribe. We talk Zig…
00:49:56 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
Bang Goes the Theory - with Natalie Hewit
Team Tortoise welcome Nat Hewit to the studio to talk about TWO things that changed her life; podcast host Kate Dooley, and the BBC 1 popular science show Bang Goes the Theory. Before the Kate Dooley…
00:51:53 |
Tue 28 May 2024
Brian Cox: Can We Make a Star on Earth? - with Rob Hollingworth
The Tortoise Team first met Rob Hollingworth when he was topless, in a shed and dancing to Abba (that's how you get the best timelapses, apparently). Fortunately he's put his shirt back as we discuss…
00:55:06 |
Tue 21 May 2024
A Quick Update (no episode this week)
No normal episode of Who Moved the Tortoise this week because we're changing our release day from Fridays to Tuesdays. New episode coming next Tuesday (21st May)!
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00:00:41 |
Fri 17 May 2024
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau - with Ed Booth
He may have sailed the Atlantic twice, but Ed Booth's toughest maritime task is finally upon him - to talk about the his favourite TV series, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Holed up in his s…
00:49:55 |
Fri 10 May 2024
Bellamy's Backyard Safari - with Martin Williams
Four-time Emmy Winner and Talesmith founder Martin Williams talks about the 1981 series that ignited his passion for science filmmaking, Bellamy's Backyard Safari. Pull on your impossibly tight short…
00:42:20 |
Fri 03 May 2024
The Hunting of the Quark - with Tim Usborne
Series Producer and Producer/Director Tim Usborne talks about the film that ignited his passion for science, the 1974 Horizon episode The Hunting of the Quark. Includes references to Boyzone, Cliff R…
00:47:45 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
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