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- 28 July 1969-21 May 1970 (Creation)
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Comprises: [expanded notes that Bronowski had written, May 1970] for programmes 1-11 with outlines for programmes 12 and 13; letters to Adrian Malone (Bronowski sending his expanded notes/treatments, and responding to Malone's first script treatments), Robert Reid (on outcomes of meeting in Paris to plan 'The Ascent of Man' series), and Dr Edwin Lennox on using an orchestra to illustrate a cell for programme 12; an annotated outline for 'The Ascent of Man' series; an annotated BBC document entitled 'The Ascent of Man: a series suggestion for thirteen colour film documentaries' (Oct 1969); an outline of the series entitled 'The Ascent of Man: an Intellectual Biography' and a sample script for programme 7 'The Majestic Clockwork' by Bronowski (Aug 1969); a copy of Adrian Malone's first treatments of the script; and an outline list of concepts for the series.
Note that pages 4-5 of the treatment for programme 6 are missing, copies can be found in Bronowski 6/4/5.
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Appendix II & III of "Things to Come" (BBC report) were moved to Bronowski 6/4/1, as they had been separated from the rest of the document.
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Some documents and letters (to Malone 18 Sep 1969 & to Reid 28 Jul 1969) are duplicated in Bronowski 6/4/1.
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This file was originally in a ring binder.