>>7444545>>7444552James Burke is a late 80's mid 90's example of what today would be called a science communicator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WoDQBhJCVQ, although he fell short on mass appeal for being mostly historical, factual and sequential in the nature he explored incremental human development. Hard to think that the BBC at some point ran something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEbW23Zx6P4 anyway, archive link:
https://archive.org/details/ConnectionsByJamesBurkeYou can watch on site or download it all.
Another great documentary killed by a tiny mistake is his other side of the moon, which explores the technical difficulties and politics involved in the apollo flights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puWbQ1b-ljU 