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Life Underwater

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe discusses life under the waves with biologists Luke Rendell and Helen Scales, poet Andrew Motion and biochemist Nick Lane. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Luke Rendell
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Scales
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Motion
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Lane
Producer:
Katy Hickman

In Our Time

Extremophiles

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss extremophiles, the organisms thriving in very harsh conditions on Earth and providing clues to life forms on other planets. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Monica Grady
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Crawford
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Lane

In Our Time

Photosynthesis

Duration: 47 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss photosynthesis, a chemical process which drives most life on Earth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Lane
Interviewed Guest:
Sandra Knapp
Interviewed Guest:
John Allen
Producer:
Thomas Morris