Men of Rock

Men of Rock
GenreNature documentary
Directed byMatt Barrett, Andrew Thompson, Jeremy Turner and Nigel Walk
Presented byIain Stewart
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes3
Production
Running time59 minutes
Production companyBBC Scotland
Original release
NetworkBBC Two Scotland
Release30 November (2010-11-30) –
14 December 2010 (2010-12-14)

Men of Rock is a 2010 TV series produced by the BBC about pioneering geologists working in Scotland. It is presented by Professor Iain Stewart.[1][2]

Episodes

Deep Time 1/3 The story of James Hutton, the founding father of geology.

Moving Mountains 2/3 An examination of how geologist Edward Bailey discovered Scotland once had super volcanoes.

The Big Freeze 3/3 The story of Louis Agassiz, who first proposed that the earth had experienced an ice age.

References

  1. ^ Daily Record (2013) TV scientist Professor Iain Stewart slams Scottish Government over plans to drop geology Higher in state schools, 25 May
  2. ^ Fotheringham, Ann (2012) I don't get recognised much, I'm not in the same league as Brian Cox, Herald , Monday 16 January


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