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''3-2-1 Contact'' is an American science educational television show that aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988, and an adjoining children's magazine. The show, a production of the Children's Television Workshop, teaches scientific principles and their applications. Dr. Edward G. Atkins, who was responsible for much of the scientific content of the show, felt that the TV program wouldn't replace a classroom but would open the viewers to ask questions about the scientific purpose of things. ==History== ''3-2-1 Contact'' was the brainchild of Samuel Y. Gibbon Jr., who had been the executive producer of ''The Electric Company'' for CTW from 1971 to 1977. (Gibbon had left CTW before ''Contacts production officially began, though he was still credited as "Senior Consultant."). The show was based on the original concept of ''The Curiosity Show'', an Australian science-based children's educational TV show that had been running since 1972. That program was hosted by Australian scientists Rob Morrison and Deane Hutton, who were consultants to The Children's Television Workshop in the early planning stages of what became ''3-2-1 Contact''. CTW wanted to make a version using American scientists as presenters, but PBS didn't think that middle-aged scientists would engage a young audience (despite the popularity of the format in Australia) and insisted that any science show be hosted/presented by young people. CTW eventually reworked the concept into ''3-2-1 Contact''. The first season of 65 programs began airing January 14, 1980 on select PBS member stations; it featured a cast of three college students who discussed science in an on-campus room known as the Workshop. The first season came to an end on April 11, 1980 because funds for more episodes were not sufficient until 1982. When production resumed for the second season, which premiered on October 17, 1983, the show presented a more realistic appearance, as the new cast convened in a suburban basement (these segments were shot at Reeves Teletape, which also housed ''Sesame Street'' at the time). This cast continued until October 18, 1985. Ozzie Alfonso was ''Contacts new director and Al Hyslop its executive producer. When the fifth season began on September 22, 1986, a third cast was introduced. However, unlike the previous casts, they did not meet in any specific setting; instead, they appeared in various taped and filmed segments. Episodes continued to be produced through November 1988. For a time in the mid-1980s, the program was co-produced with the French television network FR3 and featured several new French cast members in addition to the American cast. From 1982 to 1983 the program was aired in Spain with dubbed-over versions of the American original broadcasts, and some local add-ons with four Spanish cast members: Sonia Martínez, Luis Bollain, Fernando Rueda and Marifé Rodríguez.〔La Vanguardia, February 12, 1982, April 4, 1983.〕 Another Spanish version of the broadcast was aired from 1990 to 1992. From September 1, 1991 until May 1, 1992, an edited version of the series titled ''3-2-1 Classroom Contact'' was produced, specifically for in-school viewing. It was reported in 1984 that ''3-2-1 Contact'' had an audience of over 7 million viewers and was broadcast in 26 countries including West Germany, France, Italy and Spain making their own dubbed-over versions.〔''3-2-1 Contact'' had a loyal audience even from South Asian nations such as Sri Lanka in the early eighties, who broadcast most of the PBS programs in the Sri Lankan channel Independent Television Network (). Broadcasters wanted children and schools to record and replay the episodes without being afraid of infringement of copyright violations.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「3-2-1 Contact」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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