|
Formula Five
''Formula Five'' was a British science magazine programme on BBC Radio 5 (former), BBC Radio 5 aimed at listeners in their late teens. It ran from 1990 to 1994, when the network closed. Sue Nelson presented the program for most of its time on air, with Jez Nelson co-presenting the final series. Quentin Cooper was a regular contributor. As well as science, the series featured a running serial of ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Captain Scarlet'', using soundtracks from the television series of the same name. References 1990 radio programme debuts BBC Radio 5 (former) Science radio programmes Youth science {{UK-radio-show-stub 1994 radio programme endings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 5 (former)
BBC Radio 5 was a national radio station that broadcast sports, children's and educational programmes. It ran from 1990 to 1994 and was transmitted via analogue radio on 693 and 909 kHz AM. On 28 March 1994, three years and seven months after the station started, it was replaced by Radio 5 Live, following the success of rolling news coverage of the Gulf War on Radio 4 News FM. History Launch A new fifth national radio station was first announced by the BBC on 9 October 1988. In line with the Conservative government's broadcasting policy at the time, the BBC ended its longstanding practice of simulcasting its services on both AM and FM, freeing the medium wave frequencies which Radio 2 had been using since 23 November 1978 for another use. On 15 August 1990, Radio 2 began to draw to a close its medium wave transmissions by broadcasting a daytime information service providing advice about how to listen on FM as well as advertisements for the new station. This contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Nelson
Susan Nelson (born 5 June 1961) is a science writer and broadcaster. She is a former BBC science correspondent. Early life and education Nelson studied physics at University College Cardiff. She won a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2004. Career Nelson was presenter of ''Formula Five'' on BBC Radio 5 from 1990 to 1994. In 1997 she presented ''Right Stuff, Wrong Sex : Female Astronauts''. From 1997 to 2005 she was a science and technology correspondent for BBC News 24 and the science correspondent for the BBC Television News. She was a presenter of '' The Material World'' on BBC Radio 4. Nelson has also presented a number of science series on Radio 4, including ''Britain's Modern Brunels'' and ''Citizen Scientist'' in 2006. She produced ''Women with the Right Stuff'' on the BBC World Service. She began to present the Planet Earth podcasts in 2008. In 2010 she was made editor of The Biologist. Nelson makes films for the European Space Agency. She h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jez Nelson
Jeremy Nelson MBE (born 1 April 1964) is a jazz broadcaster and television producer. Education Nelson was educated at Dulwich College (a boys' independent school in Dulwich, South London) and at King's College London, where he first began to DJ. Career After working on several pirate jazz radio stations, including KJazz, he joined the newly licensed Jazz FM in the late 80s. Having left Jazz FM in 1991, Nelson joined Kiss 100 and, along with former colleagues Sonita Alleyne and Chris Philips, founded the media production company Somethin' Else. The business has become the largest independent radio production company in the UK and is a leading cross-platform content producer. In 2009, Nelson succeeded Alleyne as CEO of Somethin' Else. He has also presented many BBC television and radio programmes, including '' It'll Never Work?'' for Children's BBC, which led to a presenter's role on the primetime ''Tomorrow's World'' show. He has also presented Formula Five and Radio 3's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quentin Cooper
Quentin Cooper (born 1961, Grimsby) is a science journalist and facilitator, who presented BBC Radio 4's '' Material World'' from 2000 to 2013. He speaks at science festivals and lectures, and works regularly with science and educational organisations such as the Royal Society and the British Council. Early life Cooper attended Wintringham school in Grimsby, studied for a BSc in psychology and artificial intelligence at the University of Edinburgh and obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism Studies at University College Cardiff. Career Broadcasting At BBC Radio Scotland, in Glasgow, Cooper worked as a producer in News and Current Affairs, and youth programmes such as ''Bite the Wax'', presented by Armando Iannucci, then ''Hit The North'' which first united Mark and Lard aka Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley for Radio 5 in Manchester. Moving to London he produced arts programmes, and presented ''Kaleidoscope'', and a range of arts, entertainment, technology and science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons
''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'', often shortened to ''Captain Scarlet'', is a British science fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company Century 21 Productions for distributor ITC Entertainment. Running to thirty-two 25-minute episodes, it was first broadcast on ITV regional franchises between 1967 and 1968 and has since been transmitted in more than 40 other countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. It is one of several Anderson series that were filmed using a form of electronic marionette puppetry dubbed " Supermarionation" combined with scale model special effects sequences. Set in 2068, ''Captain Scarlet'' follows the "war of nerves" between Earth and the Mysterons, a race of Martians who possess partial control over matter. When a misunderstanding causes human astronauts to attack their city on Mars, the Mysterons vow revenge and launch reprisals against Earth. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Radio Programme Debuts
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Radio Programmes
Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for scientific reasoning is tens of thousands of years old. The earliest written records in the history of science come from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries (400 to 1000 CE) of the Middle Ages, but was preserved in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age and later by the efforts of Byzantine Greek scholars who brought Greek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Science
Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. Youth is also defined as "the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one, who is young". Its definitions of a specific age range varies, as youth is not defined chronologically as a stage that can be tied to specific age ranges; nor can its end point be linked to specific activities, such as taking unpaid work, or having sexual relations. Youth is an experience that may shape an individual's level of dependency, which can be marked in various ways according to different cultural perspectives. Personal experience is marked by an individual's cultural norms or traditions, while a youth's level of dependency means the extent to which they still rely on their family emotionally and economically. Terminology and defini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Quentin Cooper")
