MATHS RULES - PROOFS, PROOF AND NUMB3RS (Science Show: 11/03/2006)

According to a mathematician at the American Association Meeting for the
Advancement of Science, we've been living through a major revolution in
mathematics spearheaded by a small group of mathematicians that deal in
proof. But proof doesn't come easily or quickly and the process of
verification can take almost as long. On the other hand, portraying serious
mathematics on television is a challenge met weekly by Numb3rs, where
advisors must condense problems which take years into information accessible
to millions of views - in a one hour time slot. And Radio National's Alan
Saunders looked at how mathematicians are portrayed in film.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s1584829.htm