13.8 billion years ago, the Universe began with a bang. A Big Bang. And it has been expanding at an ever increasing speed ever since.
Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed is an original feature documentary film from The Cosmic Shambles Network in association with The Royal Institution.
Watch the entire film FREE online right here. PLUS over 25 hours of bonus content will be available for Shambles Patreon subscribers and RI Members.
“This delightful documentary film gives a fascinating insight into the way speed affects us all”.
Professor Saiful Islam
SPECIAL EDITION
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About the Film
This is the story of our connection to, and fascination with, speed in all its forms. Featuring fascinating exclusive input from a wonderfully eclectic mix of scientists, engineers, sportspeople (and about thirty thousand snails) Rapid Motion Through Space focuses on the many incarnations of speed and how it affects us all on land, sea, sky, space and even in our thoughts. In our unique Shambles style we want to take you on a whirlwind, breakneck speed through speed and as many of its manifestations as possible in under two hours.
Directed and produced by the award winning Shambles co-creator and director Trent Burton and featuring contributions from astronauts, Grand Prix champions, physics professors, Olympic medallists, climate scientists and a whole lot more.
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REVIEW QUOTES
“This delightful documentary film gives a fascinating insight into the way speed affects us all” – Prof Saiful Islam (Chemist & Material Scientist, University of Oxford and 2016 RI Christmas Lecturer)
“A far reaching, fun and exciting adventure that everyone can go on whatever your own scientific speed” – Josie Long (Comedian and Author)
“A view through the world from the point of view of an important physics concept. How could it not be brilliant? And when it’s the Cosmic Shambles team doing it, you know it’ll be fun as well.” – Prof Jon Butterworth (Professor of Physics UCL, author of Smashing Physics)
” A brilliantly funny film. Watch it!” – Mike Pitts (Trustee of Catalyst Science Discovery Centre)
BONUS CONTENT
There will be loads of bonus content and exclusive extras for Shambles Patreon Subscribers and RI Members. This content will be updated regularly throughout 2023.
Currently Available Special Features
- Extended Interview with Robin Ince (Shambles Patreons) – 22 minutes
- Extended Interview with Dr Linda Cremonesi (RI Members and Patreons) – 15 minutes
- Extended Interview with Dr Suzi Gage (Shambles Patreons) – 16 minutes
- Extended Interview with Dr Matthew Pain (RI Members and Patreons) – 27 minutes
- Extended Interview with Dr Jen Gupta (Shambles Patreons) – 14 minutes
- Extended Interview with Ana Carrasco (Shambles Patreons) – 7 minutes
- Behind the Scenes at Silverstone (Shambles Patreons) – 2 minutes
CAST
Presented By
AMY REYNOLDS
Featuring
(In alphabetical order)
YAHYA ABULFARAJ | JIM AL-KHALILI | ELSA ARCAUTE | FRANCO BATTAINI | MARCUS BRONZY | DEAN BURNETT | EMEL CANKAYA | ANA CARRASCO | MATTHEW COBB | ANDREA COLEMAN | SIMON CRAFAR | LINDA CREMONESI | SHEENA CRUICKSHANK | JACK CUNNINGHAM | HELEN CZERSKI | ANJALI DAS | ANDREA DOVIZIOSO | STUART EDMONDSON | DAVID EMMETT | BEN EVANS | JASON FITZPATRICK | AMBER FLEWITT | HANNAH FRY | SUZI GAGE | REMY GARDNER | DAN GARLICK | CRAIG GLENDAY | DAVID GOWER | JEN GUPTA | DESIREÉ HENRY | ROBIN INCE | CHRIS JACKSON | CHE JALLOW | ALICE LARKIN | SAM MALLINSON | CATIE MUNNINGS | CLARA NELLIST | MAT OXLEY | MATTHEW PAIN | MATT PARKER | ELLA PODMORE | CLAIRE RAISIN | JORDAN RAND | DAVID SCHULTZ | MICHAEL SCOTT | HELEN SHARMAN | BECKY SMETHURST | DAVE WHITE | PHIL WRIGHT
with
MATRAH the CHEETAH | RICO the SLOTH | NOLA the DOODLE
and
30 000 BERMUDA LAND SNAILS
Animated Sequence Performers
JOANNA NEARY | BEN MOOR
CREW
Written, Directed and Produced by
TRENT BURTON
Associate Producer
MELINDA BURTON
Executive Producers
THE COSMIC SHAMBLES NETWORK PATREON SUBSCRIBERS
Director of Photography
ANDREW MICKELBURGH
Camera Operators
ANDREW MICKELBURGH | BEN WESTAWAY | TRENT BURTON | ALICE DEGRASSI
Camera Assistants
ALICE DEGRASSI | OWEN RUMSEY
Sound Recordists
ALEXANDER HANTON-RHYS | ANDREW MICKLEBURGH | BEN WESTAWAY | TRENT BURTON
Post Production Sound
STEVE PRETTY
Colourist
MATT MAHMOOD-OGSTON
Animation
WILLIAM MARLER
VFX Compositing
SEBASTIÁN OCHOA
Hair and Makeup
EMILY MICKELBURGH
Production Assistant
ALICE DEGRASSI
Editor
TRENT BURTON
Subtitling
FRAN WELLAND
HR
MELINDA BURTON
Accounting
SAVANNAH JOHNSTON
Publicity
PAUL SULLIVAN PR
“Time Coast”
Written and Performed by
ROBYN HITCHCOCK
Courtesy of BMG Rights Management UK
Other Music by
BJÖRN ALVA | CHRISTIAN ANDERSON | ADOBE PRODUCTION MUSIC | APPLE PRODUCTION MUSIC | EPIDEMIC SOUND | JOSEF FALKENSKÖLD | ERIC FEINBERG | THE FG’S | FINETUNE MUSIC | HEYDAY HIGHWAY | JAMENDO | DYLAN JOSEPH | K.F.A | EDWARD JOE MEYERS | MARTEN MOSES | YI NANTIRO | THE NEW FOOLS | EDI SUYRA NURROHIM | ORION RISES | SILVER MAPLE | SPECTACLES, WALLET AND WATCH | SPEX TRACKS | ROMAN SPIVAK | MAC TABOEL | TOBY TUNE
Music Licensing
REBECCA ST VINCENT | HAYLEY ROGERS
with special thanks to
RU HOLLIER
For The Royal Institution
ROBERT DAVIES
with
SARAH DICK | HASSUN EL-ZAFAR | ALANA FRANCIS | KATHRYN GREEN | DANIELA VALLA
For Two Wheels for Life
ANDREA COLEMAN | DONNA LEONARD | CHANTAL WALTHEW | ZOE HERRON COLEMAN | RANDY MAMOLA
For DornaSports
ALEX ARROYO | ADRIÀ CARRILLO | DANIELA GALAN | POL BARDOLET
For Ducati MotoX2
MARC VERDAGUER | FRANCO BATTAINI
Special Thanks
STEPHANIE HILLS and the team at CERN | BEN EVANS, VICKY ASHDOWN and the team at CHESTER ZOO | ALINA POLIANSKAYA and the team at GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS | MALIKA ANDRESS and the team at LEICESTER SPACE CENTRE | MATHILDE PONCHARAL and the TECH3 TEAM | CLARA MÖLLER | MARIA POHLMANN and the WITHU RNF YAMAHA TEAM | CARLA GRAU PI and the BOE SKX TEAM | DUCATI CORSE | FABIO QUARTARARO | HANNAH CORKISH and the team at GOODWOOD | STEPHEN SPENCER and the team at COVENTRY TRANSPORT MUSEUM | GENESYS ANDRETTI UNITED EXTEME E TEAM | DANIEL GOLDING and the team at McLAREN AUTOMOTIVE | GEORGINA YEOMANS and the team at McLAREN RACING | THE CENTRE FOR COMPUTING HISTORY | ANDREW SHEPARD at WILDFIRE | DEJI AKANDE and LAURA BURKE at GATEWAY SPORTS | SUE DAVIES | DIANA BOULTER | UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON | UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER | UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD | UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH | UNIVERSITY OF SURREY | SWANSEA UNIVERSITY | JIM PETERS STADIUM | ENABLE LEISURE & CULTURE | CITY OF WESTMINSTER | COLD FEET STUDIOS | METROPOLIS STUDIO | SAMMIE BUZZARD | JO GOSTLING | LUCIE GREEN | TIFFANY HUDSON | SCRUFF & FITZGERALD
FURTHER CREDITS
File footage supplied by
CERN | NASA | ESA | ADOBE | PEXELS | PIXABAY | POND5 | iSTOCK | McLAREN AUTOMOTIVE | TWO WHEELS FOR LIFE | RIDERS FOR HEALTH | CHESTER ZOO | WILDFIRE PR | GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED | ESKOOTR CHAMPIONSHIP
Fastest lawnmower footage is courtesy of Guinness World Record Limited
Fastest bathtub footage is courtesy of HU3RAUM
Slow Motion Cheetah Footage by Gregory Wilson
Rollercoaster Press Footage from Ferrari World Abu Dhabi
All MotoGP™ Race Footage was kindly provided by and is copyright to DornaSports
Sprint Footage by Desiree Henry
Hurricane Katrina Graphics by NOAAVisualizations
Katrina Damage footage by Oklahoma Army National Guard
Drone footage from Skyfarer
MotoE footage by Ducati Corse
Voxan Wattman animation by Venturi
Bloodhound Footage from South Africa was kindly provided by and is copyright to Bloodhound LSR
All other footage is considered to be public domain or all reasonable efforts have been made to provide attribution on our site.
Shot on Location in
UNITED KINGDOM | SWITZERLAND | GAMBIA
Shot on cameras by
ARRI | SONY | Z CAM
The Cosmic Shambles Network was created by
ROBIN INCE and TRENT BURTON
Copyright © 2023 Trunkman Productions Limited
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