Natural World On the Eighth Day (Season 3, Episode 0)
TV Episode | Documentary

Natural World

On the Eighth Day (Season 3, Episode 0)

TV Episode | Documentary

The effect on the natural world of a nuclear war, reporting on research in America, Russia and Britain which suggests that for thirty years the world has had the capacity to cause a nuclear winter.

Writer

Michael Andrews (written by)

Producer

Michael Andrews

Composer

John Lewis

Editor

Andrew Naylor

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 24, 1984

Release date

Sep 24, 1984 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

5 wins & 15 nominations

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
John Hedges Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The World About Us (1967)
Sally Brown Hiroshima Survivor (voice) Hiroshima Survivor (voice) See fewer	Kids Don't Tell (1985)
Sophie Carter Hiroshima Survivor (voice) Hiroshima Survivor (voice) See fewer	Natural World (1983)
Dan Gregory Hiroshima Survivor / JFK (voice) Hiroshima Survivor / JFK (voice) See fewer	Robin Hood (1984)
Tom Ackerman Self - Climatologist, NASA Ames Research Center Self - Climatologist, NASA Ames Research Center See fewer	Natural World (1983)
Vladimir Aleksandrov Self - Director of Climate Modeling, Computing Centre of the Academy of Sciences, USSR Self - Director of Climate Modeling, Computing Centre of the Academy of Sciences, USSR See fewer	Natural World (1983)
Paul Ehrlich Self - Stanford University Self - Stanford University See fewer	Population Explosion: The Human Bomb (1968)
Mark Harwell Ecosystems Research Center, Cornell University Ecosystems Research Center, Cornell University See fewer	Natural World (1983)
Yuri Izrael Self - Chairman, U.S.S.R. Committee for Hydro-Meteorology & Environmental Control Self - Chairman, U.S.S.R. Committee for Hydro-Meteorology & Environmental Control See fewer	Natural World (1983)
Michael Kelly Self - Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia Self - Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia See fewer	Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound (2016)
David Pimentel Self - Agricultural Scientist, Cornell University Self - Agricultural Scientist, Cornell University See fewer	Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)
Carl Sagan Self - Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Cornell University Self - Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Cornell University See fewer	Contact (1997)
Georgiy Skryabin Self - General Scientific Secretary, USSR Academy of Sciences Self - General Scientific Secretary, USSR Academy of Sciences See fewer	Natural World (1983)
Starley Thompson Self - Atmospheric Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research Self - Atmospheric Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research See fewer	Natural World (1983)
Brian Toon Self - Atmospheric Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center Self - Atmospheric Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center See fewer	Nova (1974)
Richard Turco Self - R&D Associates, Marina del Rey Self - R&D Associates, Marina del Rey See fewer	Threads (1984)