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2010
Guest Speaker, Brian Eno's Apollo, Birmingham Town Hall, October 9th 2010
Panel Member, Mars Symposium / 'Mission to Mars' play, Unlimited Theatre Polka Theatre, October 8th 2010.
Author, The Guardian, Sound restoried to mission control film shot during Apollo 11... July 20th 2010
Invited Speaker, British Interplanetary Society, London, The Apollo - the 400,000 June 9th 2010
Consultant Producer, 'Walking on Other Worlds' (W/T), Imax Film, Smithsonian, Jeffrey Marvin & Associates, 2010
Executive Producer, 'Dust', Stylus Films and The Attic Room, Premier Edinburgh Film Festival 2010
Guest director, HSBC Events - The Rocket Science Group, HSBC UK, January-May 2010
Invited Speaker, Cinephilia West, London, "In the Shadow of the Moon", screening, March 18th, 2010
Invited Speaker, Wallington Grammar School, London, "Apollo - the 400,000", March 17th, 2010
Judge, Debating Matters South East Regional Final, Salomons, Canterbury Christ Church University, Feb 2010
Curator's Talk: NASA Archive 1966-1972, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Main Galleries, Montreal, 18th Feb 2010
Interview in Astrobiology Magazine , The Shoulder's of Giants - January 2010
Science Advisor, W/T Outcasts, Kudos, BBC One
Executive Producer, 'Destination Titan', Stephen Slater Productions & 483media, The Open University.
Producer, The1second Film, for the Collaboration Foundation.
2009
Tutor, The Thomson Foundation, Science Documentary Workshop, China, December 2009
Tutor, The Thomson Foundation & twofour54, An introduction to documentary production, Abu Dhabi, December 2009
Curator, Intermission: Films From a Heroic Future, Canadian Centre for Architecture, November 2009
Reporter, Inside Out, BBC 1, 16th November 2009
Invited speaker, NC3R workshop, 11th November 2009.
Invited Speaker, The Institute of Ideas, Battle of Ideas, A Space Age Future?, London, Sunday 1st November, 2009
Studio Guest, Today, BBC Radio 4, Launch of NASA's new rocket - the Ares 1-X, 27th October 2009
Invited Speaker, Battle of Ideas, Science on Screen - not testing enough, Shortwave Cinema, London 26th October 2009
Invited Speaker, Milton Keynes Science Festival, Moon Day, Open University, 24th October 2009
Studio Guest, BBC Newsround, Rollout of NASA's new rocket - the Ares 1-X, 20th October 2009
Guest director, Business TV - The Rocket Science Group, HSBC CEO speaks to the bank, September 2009
Invited Speaker, The 2009 British Science Festival, Guildford, Apollo at 40, Electric Theatre, 7th September 2009
Sofa Guest, GMTV, The Perseid Meteors, ITV, 12th August 2009
Invited Speaker, The Big Chill, BFI film tent, screening of In the Shadow of the Moon, 8th August 2009
Consultant (Footagevault) - Big, Bigger, Biggest. Channel 5, Windfall Films, July-August 2009
Invited Speaker, The Science Musuem Space Lates, London, Stand up talk by the Apollo Command & Lunar Module exhibits, 29th July 2009
Sofa Guest, GMTV, Space Tourism, ITV, 28th July 2009
Invited Speaker, University of Aberdeen, Apollo - the 400,000, 28th July 2009
Sofa Guest, GMTV, Apollo at 40, ITV, 20th July 2009
Host, Moonwalk One - the director's cut, TV Network Premier, Discovery Channel UK, July 20th 2009
Invited Speaker, British National Space Centre, Apollo - the 400,000, 20th July 2009
Video Installation Artist - Apollo Raw and Uncut, The London Science Museum, July-August 2009
Host, World Premier of Moonwalk One - The Director's Cut, British Film Institute, London, 19th July 2009
Invited Speaker, Lunacy Weekend, British Film Institute, London, 18th July 2009
Invited Speaker, The Royal Aeronautical Society, The 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11, 16th July 2009
Studio Guest, The Sky At Night - The Apollo Miracle, BBC FOUR, 11th July 2009
Author Guardian G2 Apollo articles - 3rd July 2009
Guest Guardian Apollo 11 Anniversary Podcast Coverage 2nd-20th July 2009
Invited Speaker, The Scientific & Medical Network, London Group - The Spiritual Gift of Apollo, 11th June 2009
Producer, Moonwalk One - The Director's Cut - launching 15th July 2009
Author - The magic of Apollo, BBC News Online, 15th July 2009
Adjunct Curator, British Film Institute, One Giant Leap, July 2009
Invited speaker, Secret Cinema, Glastonbury Festival, Screening of Moonwalk One - The Director's Cut, 27th June 2009
Invited speaker - The Cheltenham Science Festival, 6th & 7th June 2009
Invited Speaker, The Dana Centre, Apollo - the 400,000, 3rd June 2009
Author - Apollo 11 owners manual, Haynes June 2009
Author - Rendezvous around the Moon, BBC News Online, 18th May 2009
Invited speaker - British Council Israel - communication science on TV & Radio workshop, May 2009
Consultant (Footagevault) - One Small Step - the Australian Story, Freehand Productions, May-June 2009
Consultant (Footagevault) - James May on the Moon & James May at the edge of Space, BBC May-June 2009
Co-author with John Olsson - An analysis of the recording of Armstrong's statement on stepping on the Moon in July 1969.
Consultant (Footagevault) - One Giant Leap - Wee Stories / Natioanl Theatre of Scotland, May 2009
Invited speaker - The UK Space Conference, 1-4th April 2009
Invited speaker - Royal Aeronautical Society, 25th March 2009
Invited speaker - Belvediere School, Shorpshire, Science Lecture, Apollo - the 400,000, 25th March 2009
Author - Flight of the Spider, BBC News Online, 12th March 2009
Invited speaker - St Peter's School, Birmingham, Science Week lecture, Apollo - the 400,000, 9th March 2009
Invited speaker - Downlands School, Surrey, Science Week lecture, Apollo - the 400,000, 5th March 2009
Invited speaker - British Council Bulgaria - science on TV workshop, February 2009
Invited Speaker - Imperial College, In the Shadow of the Moon, 9th February 2009
Invited speaker - UK Moon Meeting 2009, Open University 2nd February 2009
2008
Author - Happy Birthday Earthrise, BBC News Online
The tenth anniversary of the Space Station, The Today Programme, Radio 4
Curator - The Complete Apollo Film Archive Online, Footagevault
Artistic Director - The Ideas Foundation - Summer School
Invited Speaker - Cheltenham Science Festival
Author - Apollo 11 owners manual, Haynes
Executive Producer/ Director - Moon Machines, Dox Productions
Story Consultant - When we Left Earth - The NASA Missions, Dangerous Films
2007
Executive Producer/ Director - Moon Machines, Dox Productions
Story Consultant - When we Left Earth - The NASA Missions, Dangerous Films
Story Consultant - Inside the Mind of Stephen Hawking, Darlow Smithson Productions
Co-Producer / AD In the Shadow of the Moon, Dox Productions
Launch of Footagevault Ltd
Online launch of The Attic Room Ltd
Consultant Faraday Project, GovEd Communications
Director The life of J.D.Bernal, GovEd/British Association
Producer/Director Jeffery's Story, a teen mini-drama series for Bebo
2006
Co-Producer / AD - In the Shadow of the Moon, DOX
Science Advisor - A for Andromeda, BBC FOUR
Writer/Presenter - The Cosmic Hunters, BBC Radio 4
Guest Lecturer - M.Sc. Science Communication, Imperial College
Author - View from the Cosmic Shoulder, BBC Online
2005
Co-Producer / AD - In the Shadow of the Moon, DOX
Science Advisor - Quatermass, BBC FOUR
Producer/Director - Rough Science, Series 6, BBC TWO
Development Producer - UK Birth Map, BBC THREE
Invited speaker - 21st Century Trust, Taming the Wind?; Science Policy & Public Perceptions,
Science Consultant - Horizon: Titan; A Place Like Home? BBC TWO
Guest Lecturer - M.Sc. Science Communication, Imperial College
Guest Lecturer - Dept. Media Production, University of Lincoln
Guest Lecturer - UK Space School, University of Leicester
Invited Speaker - West London Astronomical Society, Guest Speaker
Invited Speaker - British Rocketry Oral History Programme Annual
Host - Dana Centre, Space Detectives, Probing Saturn's Secrets
2004
On a Bike and a Prayer, the web based story of my 1991 expedition to the High Atlas of Morocco
Producer/Series Producer - Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, BBC ONE
Producer/Director - Space Odyssey: Robot Pioneers, BBC FOUR
Author - Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, BBC Books
Presenter - Space Odyssey Interactive, BBCi
Presenter - Space Odyssey Live, BBC Education
Studio Guest - Blue Peter - An introduction to Space Odyssey, BBC ONE
Author - We Choose to go to the Planets, BBC Online
Author - Pushing the frontiers in TV Space, BBC Online
Guest Lecturer - UK Space School, University of Leicester
Guest Lecturer - M.Sc. Science Communication, Imperial College
Guest Speaker - British Interplanetary Society, Christmas Lecture
Invited Speaker - BA 2004 Science Festival
Invited Speaker - Association of Astronomy Educators
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