Running time | 30 minutes |
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Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
Hosted by | Jim Al-Khalili |
Written by | Jim Al-Khalili |
Original release | 11 October 2011 |
No. of episodes | 281 (As of 28 March 2023[update]) |
Website | The Life Scientific at BBC Online |
The Life Scientific is a BBC Radio 4 science programme, presented by Jim Al-Khalili, in which each episode is dedicated to the biography and work of a living scientist.[1][2][3][4] The programme consists of an interview between Al-Khalili and the featured scientist, with others contributing anecdotes.[4]
It is broadcast on Tuesday mornings in the UK,[4] and is available online and via BBC Sounds, as is an archive of past episodes.[5] There have been over 200 episodes since the first, an interview with Sir Paul Nurse 13 years ago.[6] In October 2021 the programme reached its 10-year anniversary with discussion between Ottoline Leyser, Paul Nurse, Christopher Jackson and Sue Black about what makes a scientist a scientist.[7]
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