''The Life Scientific'' is a
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
science programme, presented by Professor
Jim Al-Khalili
Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili ( ar, جميل صادق الخليلي; born 20 September 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in scien ...
, in which each episode is dedicated to the biography and work of one living scientist.
The programme consists of an interview between Al-Khalili and the featured scientist. A variety of third parties contribute anecdotes about each programme's subject.
The programme is broadcast on Tuesday mornings in the United Kingdom,
and is available online and via
BBC Sounds
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, as is an archive of past episodes.
There have been over 200 broadcast episodes since the first, an interview with Sir
Paul Nurse
Sir Paul Maxime Nurse (born 25 January 1949) is an English geneticist, former President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along ...
.
In October 2021 the programme reached its 10-year anniversary with discussion between
Ottoline Leyser
Dame Henrietta Miriam Ottoline Leyser (born 7 March 1965)
is a British plant biologist and Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge, Chief Executive Officer of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Sainsbury Laboratory, ...
,
Paul Nurse
Sir Paul Maxime Nurse (born 25 January 1949) is an English geneticist, former President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along ...
,
Christopher Jackson and
Sue Black about what makes a scientist a scientist.
Guests
Guests have included:
References
External links
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BBC Radio 4 programmes
Science radio programmes
2011 radio programme debuts