Huw Wheldon Lecture 2010: Science - a challenge to TV Orthodoxy
Professor Brian Cox uses this year's Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture to address the main challenges in bringing science to television.
Professor Brian Cox uses this year's Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture to address the main challenges in bringing science to television. He tackles the risks in simplifying science for a television audience, the perils of abandoning fact in the name of balance and the importance of making science on television intellectually and emotionally engaging.
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Q&A: Is science television getting better or worse?
Duration: 01:42
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Q&A: How should science programmes handle equations?
Duration: 00:49
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Q&A: Can TV undermine the stereotype that science is boring?
Duration: 00:24
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Flaming Tunes
Race For The Prize
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Brian Cox |
| Executive Producer | Jonty Claypole |
| Producer | Sophie Deveson |
| Director | Sophie Deveson |