Announcing… Brian Cox

7 months ago

Cheltenham Science Festival welcomes two Guest Directors

Professor of Particle Physics, BBC science specialist and one-time top 10 rock star, Brian Cox has made time in his busy schedule to take on the role of Guest Director at The Times Cheltenham Science Festival 2010. We are thrilled to work with him, to pick his incredible brain and programme some truly diverse and must-see events for you at this year’s Festival.

Brian splits his time between the University of Manchester and CERN in Geneva, one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research, where he works on the Large Hadron Collider. He is no stranger to the scientific spotlight — having presented several episodes of BBC 2’s Horizon, as well as devising The Infinite Monkey Cage for BBC Radio 4 with comedian Robin Ince and acting as scientific adviser on Danny Boyle’s acclaimed film Sunshine — and he will soon be on our screens again as he takes a glimpse at the breathtaking sights that make up our solar system in BBC 2’s brand new series: The Seven Wonders of the Solar System. We’ll be hearing about Brian’s passion for science, including the very latest from the LHC, in his series of specially programmed events for the Festival.

For the very first time the Science Festival will have not one, but two Guest Directors. Brian Cox joins Michelin-starred super chef Heston Blumenthal as each brings their own unique look at science to Cheltenham. Both Heston and Brian will work closely with the Cheltenham team to produce their own series of mind-expanding, mouth-watering events.

Watch Brian Cox: What went wrong at the Large Hadron Collider

Brian Cox and Heston Blumenthal lead a line-up of the world’s finest thinkers. The full programme will be on sale to Members on Monday 22 March and on full general sale on Monday 29 March.

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