'Seeing in the Dark,' based on Timothy Ferris' celebrated book of the same title, reports on the revolution now sweeping amateur astronomy, in which backyard stargazers linked globally by the Internet are exploring deep space and making discoveries worthy of the professionals. It explores the current state of astronomy and cosmology and how everyone, as naturalists of the night, can look up into the night sky and claim a little piece of it as their own.

'Seeing in the Dark' was written and narrated by Timothy Ferris, features special visual effects by Don Davis, music by Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher, sound by Kate Hopkins and Walter Murch, editing by Liza Day and outstanding photography by Francis Kenny ASC. It was directed by Nigel Ashcroft.

The programme was produced for Clockdrive Productions in association with The National Science Foundation and PBS.