Tim Peake: I've never met an astronaut who doesn't want to go back to space
Astronaut Tim Peake told a spellbound crowd at the RTS/IET joint public lecture about his time in space
Astronaut Tim Peake told a spellbound crowd at the RTS/IET joint public lecture about his time in space
BBC Two's Channel Editor Patrick Holland expressed his vision for BBC Two, which will focus on themes of reasserting the role of authorship, engaging with and becoming more relevant to the audience, and embracing all the specialisms on the channel from science, history and arts to current affairs, history, documentaries.
The new titles include a series of new documentary titles including an exploration of families living on the poverty line, a behind the headlines look at the sequence of events that caused Brexit, and the story of the horrific murder of Jo Cox MP.
The commissions will explore scientific mysteries, reveal new discoveries and show extraordinary footage in an exciting selection of science programming.
Alok Jha is the science correspondent at ITV News, and regularly makes factual programmes for the BBC. Here he gives his top advice for creating a news package around the topic of Science.
Sir Paul Nurse delighted his large audience with a passionate defence of science as a revolutionary force that can transform our lives, when he delivered this year’s Royal Television Society and Institution of Engineering and Technology Joint Public Lecture at the British Museum.
In a wide-ranging speech, the Nobel Prize-winning geneticist discussed the approach to science in the media, government and education. And – in advance of the EU referendum – gave strong backing from the scientific community for staying in Europe.
The Nobel Prize-winning geneticist, who was delivering this year’s Royal Television Society/Institution of Engineering and Technology public lecture, argued that the mass media, including television, has to be “highly responsible” in its reporting.
“The [media] needs to avoid sensationalism, to be careful about so-called balance when certain opinions have little evidential support or are potentially highly flawed, to avoid mystification and properly explain what can be difficult topics,” he said.
The founder of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, gave a fascinating lecture to the RTS and IET at the British Museum on 4 November. Watch the full video of the event below or read our report here.