• Question: HOw many times have any of you cool sciencetist been on tv and what shows or documenteries

    Asked by sunnybartley to Alan, Caspar, Diana, Murray, Sarah on 24 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Caspar Addyman

      Caspar Addyman answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      The BBC filmed part of a series called ‘Growing Babies’ in our lab.. I appeared for about 15 seconds.

      I also was a consultant on Channel Four program about how good and bad sleep patterns affects children’s ability to concentrate.

    • Photo: Murray Collins

      Murray Collins answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      I was in an independent documentary called Short Man of the Forest http://www.banyak.co.uk/shop-forest.php, about looking for a mystery primate in the forests of Indonesia. That was great fun! I also made a cameo appeara in a National Geographic show called Ape Man, on the same subject: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/is-it-real/2512/Overview

    • Photo: Alan Winfield

      Alan Winfield answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      Hi Sunny. I’ve been on the radio and TV news a few times talking about robots. For example I was on the ITV news being interviewed about the Symbrion project in 2008. I didn’t know they were going to do this but ITN put the interview on YouTube and it’s been watched loads of times. You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkvpEfAPXn4

      My work was featured in a half-hour documentary for Spanish TV company REDES, presented by Eduard Punset called ‘Aprender de los Robots’. It’s really funny to watch myself with my voice overdubbed by a deep-voiced Spanish commentary. It’s online here:
      http://www.redesparalaciencia.com/1320/redes/2009/redes41-aprender-de-los-robots

      I had a small part in a documentary that was made for extended DVD edition of the Will Smith movie i,Robot. The documentary was called Sentient Behaviour, Intelligent Machines and I was interviewed explaining the famous robot tortoises made by W Grey Walter in about 1950. Here’s the cast list on the internet movie database showing me as me http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0458104/fullcredits#cast The best part for me was appearing alongside some scientists I very much admire like Rodney Brooks, Daniel Dennett and Steve Grand.

    • Photo: Sarah Thomas

      Sarah Thomas answered on 24 Mar 2011:

      I have never been on TV but I did once to a live show with Dr Bunhead (from Tv’s Brainiac). The show was called “Sock the Scientist” and you can buy it on DVD!

      I have also been on the radio, I was interviewed for a science program on BBC radio scotland. My voice sounded really funny because I have really soft voice! It was fun doing the radio, I would definately do it again.

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