Science in Action (radio programme)

This article is about the weekly radio programme. For the book by Bruno Latour, see Science in Action. For the early television series, see Science in Action (TV series).

Science in Action
Genre	Current science
Running time	28 minutes
Country	UK
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC World Service
Host(s)	Jack Stewart
Recording studio	Broadcasting House
Air dates	since 7 July 1979
Website	Science in Action
Podcast	Podcasts

Science in Action is a long-running weekly radio programme produced by the BBC World Service and currently hosted by British journalist Jack Stewart.^[1] Stewart spent five years at BBC Radio 1 before taking over the presentation of Science in Action. It is broadcast on Thursdays at 18.32 GMT and repeated twice the following day, at 01.32 and 08.32.

A programme with the title Science in Action is believed to have begun life in 1964, when it replaced an earlier series, dating from the 1950s, called Science and Industry.^[2] From September 1965 a short-lived series called Science in Action ran on the Home Service; it was broadcast at 19.30 on Thursdays, later 21.30. In December 1965 it was moved to 14.30 on Fridays. The present weekly World Service series, also called Science in Action, began on Saturday 7 July 1979.

References

↑ "Jack Stewart". BBC World Service. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
↑ "BBC radio science: challenges and opportunities". Journal of Science Communication (JCOM). Retrieved 2011-04-05.

External links

Science in Action at BBC Programmes

BBC World Service

Presenters	Ros Atkins Matthew Bannister Nikki Bedi Owen Bennett-Jones James Coomarasamy Dan Damon Evan Davis Peter Day Lyse Doucet Tim Franks Harriett Gilbert Claudia Hammond Roger Hearing Paul Henley Razia Iqbal Lee James Bridget Kendall Julian Marshall Lerato Mbele Nuala McGovern James Menendez Gareth Mitchell Fergus Nicoll Andrew Peach Justin Rowlatt Stephen Sackur Valerie Sanderson Julian Worricker

Former Presenters	Audrey Carville Komla Dumor Paddy Feeny Russell Fuller Charlie Gillett Edward Greenfield Bob Holness Robin Lustig Seva Novgorodsev John Tidmarsh Dave Lee Travis

Announcers and newsreaders	Kathy Clugston Zoe Diamond Jim Lee Neil Nunes Iain Purdon Tom Sandars

Programmes	The Bottom Line Business Daily Click The Forum From Our Own Correspondent HARDtalk Newsday Newshour Outlook Outside Source Reith Lectures Science in Action Sportsworld Stumped World Briefing World Business Report World Have Your Say World Update World Book Club

Former Programmes	Caribbean Voices Culture Shock Europe Today The World Today The Strand The Word Westway A History of the World in 100 Objects

Language Services	Arabic Bangla Nepali Brasil Mundo Pashto Persian Russian Somali Ukrainian Urdu

Closed Services	Albanian Romanian Polish

Miscellaneous	Greenwich Time Signal Lillibullero List of BBC newsreaders and reporters Radio Londres Radio Belgique Radio Oranje Radio Londra BBC Media Action

Related articles	BBC News BBC Arabic Television BBC Persian Television BBC World News BBC Radio 4 BBC Monitoring BBC Learning English

Transmitter Sites	British East Mediterranean Relay Station Orfordness Woofferton

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