The Works
The Man Who Saw the Future
S3 • E9 Jul 13, 1997
The writer and scientist Arthur C Clarke has been hailed as a visionary, a man listened to and respected by Nasa, the United Nations and the US Congress. His abilityto forecast future scientific breakthroughs was epitomised by novels such as 2001: A Space Odyssey. This film meets Clarke at his home in Sri Lanka as he approaches his 80th birthday. He assesses his own past and mankind's future and talks about his latest book, 3001: the Final Odyssey.
