The Life Scientific
| Running time | 30 minutes |
|---|---|
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Hosted by | Jim Al-Khalili |
| No. of episodes | 79 |
| Website |
www |
| Podcast |
www |
The Life Scientific is a BBC Radio 4 science programme, presented by Professor Jim Al-Khalili, in which each episode is dedicated to the biography and work of one living scientist.[1][2][3][4]
A variety of third parties contribute anecdotes about each programme's subject.[4]
The programme is broadcast on Tuesday mornings in the United Kingdom,[4] and is available online via iPlayer, as is an archive of past issues.[5]
The programme's BBC Programme Identifier (PID; a unique identifier) is b015sqc7.[1]
Guests
Guests have included:[6]
- Alf Adams
- Alan Watson
- Frances Ashcroft
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- Mike Benton
- Valerie Beral
- Ewan Birney
- Sue Black
- Colin Blakemore
- Iain Chalmers
- Nicky Clayton
- Richard Dawkins
- Jared Diamond
- Athene Donald
- Dame Ann Dowling
- Jeremy Farrar
- Russell Foster
- Uta Frith
- Angela Gallop
- Anne Glover
- Monica Grady
- Jenny Graves
- Sanjeev Gupta (geologist)
- Sunetra Gupta
- John Gurdon
- Joanna Haigh
- Wendy Hall
- Janet Hemingway
- Peter Higgs
- Tim Hunt
- Sue Ion
- Kate Jones
- Steve Jones
- Annette Karmiloff-Smith
- Sandy Knapp
- Lord John Krebs
- John Lawton
- Chris Lintott
- Chris Llewellyn Smith
- James Lovelock
- Mark Lythgoe
- Lord Robert Mair
- Sir Michael Marmot
- Bob May
- Mark Miodownik
- Hugh Montgomery
- Robin Murray
- Paul Nurse
- David Nutt
- Linda Partridge
- Vikram Patel
- Lloyd Peck
- John Pickett
- Colin Pillinger
- Steven Pinker
- Martin Rees
- Carol Robinson
- Nancy Rothwell
- Michael Rutter
- Tony Ryan
- Barbara Sahakian
- Sophie Scott
- Andrea Sella
- Noel Sharkey
- Zoe Shipton
- Martin Siegert
- Julia Slingo
- David Spiegelhalter
- Molly Stevens
- Ian Stewart
- Elizabeth Stokoe
- Chris Stringer
- John Sulston
- Veronica van Heyningen
- Faraneh Vargha-Khadem
- Tejinder Virdee
- Mark Walport
- Amoret Whitaker
- Robert Winston
- Pat Wolseley
References
- 1 2 "The Life Scientific". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ "Lord John Krebs on The Life Scientific, Radio 4". Future of Food. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ Jones, Michael (2013-08-30). "Imperial in the news: The Life Scientific". Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 Mahoney, Elisabeth (2011-10-11). "Radio head: The Life Scientific and One to One". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ "The Life Scientific - Episode guide". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ "Podcasts - The Life Scientific". BBC. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
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