BBC Horizon's Are We Alone in the Universe? offers a good synthesis of current findings and contains interviews with prominent SETI-related scientists. Two minor distractions were that rather than coming across as stylish, the program seems to be over-produced (a lot of camera tricks, including rapid motion, out-of-focus shots, 'creative' uses of circular lens etc.) and that it focuses a bit too much Gliese 581 c.
The star Gliese 581 received a lot of attention when it was announced that Gliese 581 c had been identified as an exoplanet that might satisfy the conditions necessary to make it habitable. It appears that particular planet may no longer be suitable to life due to a runaway greenhouse effect. (Though Gliese 581 d may now be a candidate.)
The concluding brief section on the Kepler mission is really interesting and, given the subject matter overall, how could one not watch this?
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