HUBBLE: THIRTY YEARS OF DISCOVERY

BBC STUDIOS FOR BBC / DISCOVERY / XIGUA VIDEO

Feature-length retrospective documentary telling the remarkable story of the world-famous Hubble Space Telescope. With interviews with renowned astronauts Story Musgrave, Kathryn Thornton and Mike Massimino, the film chronicles the daring missions across three decades to repair and upgrade the telescope, as well as the stories behind some of its most iconic images, brought to life in stunning 3D visualisations. The documentary was nominated for the WCSFP Buzzie Awards and BANFF Rockie Awards and a semi-finalist in the GZDOC Golden Kapok Awards for Best Documentary Feature. A shorter 60min version of the programme was broadcast as part of BBC Horizon.

FIVE MISSIONS, ONE TELESCOPE - Clip from "Hubble: Thirty Years of Discovery" (2020)

SAYING GOODBYE TO HUBBLE - Clip from “Hubble: Thirty Years of Discovery” (2020)

Credits

Producer / Director DAVID BRIGGS

Executive Producer STEVE CRABTREE

Production Manager RAEWYN DICKSON

Director of Photography TOM HAYWARD

Editor JOHN MCAVOY

Composer JIM CORNICK

Commissioning Executives TOM COVENEY, JAMES HAYES (BBC) & WYATT CHANNELL (Discovery)

Awards

NOMINATED WCSFP Buzzies Award - Best Science Program/Content - Long Format

NOMINATED BANFF World Media Festival Rockie Award - Science & Technology

SEMI-FINALIST GZDOC Golden Kapok Award - Best Documentary Feature