James Burke is a British broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer, who is known, among other things, for his documentary television series Connections, and for its more philosophically oriented companion series, The Day the Universe Changed, which is about the history of science and technology. The Washington Post called him "one of the most intriguing minds in the Western world".

Filmography

• 2025Lucky 13: Rockets, Aliens & Spare Parts — Thanks
• Connections with James Burke — Creator
• Connections 3 — Presenter, Writer, Creator
• Connections 2 — Presenter, Writer
• The Day the Universe Changed — Writer
• 1984Speed — Narrator (voice)
• 1982The Neuron Suite — Writer
• The Real Thing — Presenter, Writer, Creator
• Connections — Self - Presenter, Creator
• 1975The Inventing of America — Self, Writer
• Doomwatch — BBC Man London
• Tomorrow's World

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2019Apollo: Missions to the Moon — Self - BBC (archive footage) (archive sound)
• 2006Apollo 11: A Night to Remember — Self
• 2004ReConnections — Self
• 1991Masters of Illusion — Himself
• After the Warming — Self - Presenter