John Thomson and Kate Adie are among the famous faces who will take part in this year's Christmas series of University Challenge.
Notable graduates from 14 universities and colleges will compete to become the series champions - and earn Jeremy Paxman's approval, of course.
Thomson will be fighting for the honour of Manchester Metropolitan University along with Gordon Taylor from the Professional Footballers' Association, actor Bernard Hill and Eddie Morland from the Health and Safety Laboratory.
Meanwhile, Adie is batting for Newcastle along with journalist Giles Fraser.
Other teams competing include King's College, Cambridge; Trinity Hall, Cambridge - featuring actor Dan Starkey; Royal Holloway - with a team including broadcaster Francis Wheen; and York, who will include broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis in their squad.
Warwick University have novelist Jonathan Coe in their ranks, while Leeds University, Balliol College, Oxford, Surrey University and Goldsmiths, London will also all field teams.
Meanwhile, actor Samuel West,...
Notable graduates from 14 universities and colleges will compete to become the series champions - and earn Jeremy Paxman's approval, of course.
Thomson will be fighting for the honour of Manchester Metropolitan University along with Gordon Taylor from the Professional Footballers' Association, actor Bernard Hill and Eddie Morland from the Health and Safety Laboratory.
Meanwhile, Adie is batting for Newcastle along with journalist Giles Fraser.
Other teams competing include King's College, Cambridge; Trinity Hall, Cambridge - featuring actor Dan Starkey; Royal Holloway - with a team including broadcaster Francis Wheen; and York, who will include broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis in their squad.
Warwick University have novelist Jonathan Coe in their ranks, while Leeds University, Balliol College, Oxford, Surrey University and Goldsmiths, London will also all field teams.
Meanwhile, actor Samuel West,...
- 12/5/2014
- Digital Spy
Six years ago at the age of 18, Stephen Slater followed events as they unfolded a billion miles away on another world. His documentary about the Huygens mission, Destination Titan, will be broadcast on Sunday at 10pm on BBC Four
It was a slow news day on Planet Earth. That morning, column inches in the papers had mainly been torn between such trivialities as the impending split of pop boy band Busted, and the furore over Prince Harry's decision to wear a Nazi costume to a fancy dress party.
Meanwhile, a billion miles away in space, something extraordinary was about to happen that would have a profound effect on the next six years of my life.
The date was 14 January 2005. Less than a week had passed since my 18th birthday, but I'd been a self-confessed space geek for many years, having grown up on a diet of books and films about the planets.
It was a slow news day on Planet Earth. That morning, column inches in the papers had mainly been torn between such trivialities as the impending split of pop boy band Busted, and the furore over Prince Harry's decision to wear a Nazi costume to a fancy dress party.
Meanwhile, a billion miles away in space, something extraordinary was about to happen that would have a profound effect on the next six years of my life.
The date was 14 January 2005. Less than a week had passed since my 18th birthday, but I'd been a self-confessed space geek for many years, having grown up on a diet of books and films about the planets.
- 4/10/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide, the popular 2007 BBC documentary series that reveals revolutionary discoveries about the universe’s composition, history and origin, will make its DVD debut courtesy of Acorn Media on March 29.
The Allan Telescope Array (Ata) of Northern California search for alien life in The Cosmos: A Beginner's Guide.
In the program, host Adam Hart-Davis explores how technology is shaping our understanding of the universe, while making these findings more accessible (and visual!) with high-end graphics, including 3D recreations.
Covering everything from the first microseconds of our universe’s beginning to the exciting future of first contact and homes beyond our Earth, the six-part series shows how leading scientists are using ingenious tools to achieve breakthroughs in understanding the stars, planets and our place among them.
Originally broadcast on the BBC in 2007, The Cosmos has been available for streaming online, but it’s only now being issued to U.
The Allan Telescope Array (Ata) of Northern California search for alien life in The Cosmos: A Beginner's Guide.
In the program, host Adam Hart-Davis explores how technology is shaping our understanding of the universe, while making these findings more accessible (and visual!) with high-end graphics, including 3D recreations.
Covering everything from the first microseconds of our universe’s beginning to the exciting future of first contact and homes beyond our Earth, the six-part series shows how leading scientists are using ingenious tools to achieve breakthroughs in understanding the stars, planets and our place among them.
Originally broadcast on the BBC in 2007, The Cosmos has been available for streaming online, but it’s only now being issued to U.
- 3/10/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
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