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For naturalists: BBC Earth Experience
Explore the seven unique continents, with David Attenborough as your guide, at The Daikin
Centre, at London’s Earl’s Court. This new showcase of footage and music from the BBC Studios
Natural History Unit television series Seven Worlds, One Planet includes extended scenes; a 360-
degree audio visual journey through epic landscapes populated with mesmerising animals large
and small. See fireflies putting on a spectacular light show in North America, snub-nosed monkeys
huddling together to stay warm in Asia, and hungry hamsters fighting to keep their food in Europe.
From £22 per child, £28.50 for adults. bbcearthexperience.com
For budding historians: The History Whisperer, Liverpool
St George’s Hall has seen it all, from Ringo Starr performances to homecomings for Liverpool and
Everton football clubs. It’s now also home to Livie, the digital guide who takes visitors on an
augmented reality tour of the building’s past — as both an opulent concert hall and site of
notorious prison cells — complete with music from Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Adult
tickets £6, children £4. stgeorgeshallliverpool.co.uk
For conspiracists: The Gunpowder Plot, London
A digitised Tom Felton (Harry Potter’s Draco Malfoy) stars as Guy Fawkes in this blend of VR, live
action and digital trickery at the Tower of London vaults, with added smell, touch and sound
effects. Pick a side and choose your fate in this 12A-rated romp through history. Children under 16
must be accompanied by an adult. Adult tickets £40, children £30. gunpowderimmersive.com
For astronomers: Jodrell Bank, Cheshire
Discover humanity’s origins and ponder the universe’s big questions at We Are Stars, an
immersive animated show at Jodrell Bank, home to the space race-era Lovell Telescope and the