In part two, airing tomorrow at 9pm, Ó Briain looks to the future. It is dismissed as pseudoscience, but that doesn’t stop some police forces from deploying more officers when there’s a full Moon.
The Moon may even affect human behaviour. Fishermen in Cornwall work according to its influence on tides while in Kent, we meet beach critters whose movements are dictated by its orbit. Thousands of years later, the Moon still guides us. It is here that he learns of possibly the earliest example of a lunar calendar, most likely used for farming. “Like Tayto crisps or the Good Friday Agreement.” “It’s one of those that all Irish people know but British people seem never to have heard of,” Ó Briain says. Presented by erudite Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain, a keen amateur astronomer, it begins with a visit to the Neolithic monument Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland. Just as India embarks on its first mission to land a rover on the Moon, here comes this delightful two-part documentary exploring the ways in which the Moon shapes life on Earth.
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