Alex Hemingway

Is AI going to take your TV job? This week on @tortoisepod.bsky.social we find out the surprising answer. Kate and I talk to filmmaker and Deep Fusion Films CEO Benjamin Field about what AI is, how it works, how it can help you and whether you should be worried. Listen here - pod.link/1743063174

This week on @tortoisepod.bsky.social, Kate and I chat to Lynette Slight about Bang Goes the Theory - the series that filled void left by the demise of Tomorrow's World. Listen and subscribe here - pod.link/1743063174

This week on @tortoisepod.bsky.social
, Kate and I chat with @robmliddell.bsky.social about his inspiration - the 1977 space epic Star Wars. Along the way we talk Westerns, Tomorrow's World, and why science & TV are the perfect bedfellows. Listen & subscribe here - pod.link/1743063174

What's the craziest thing that's happened to you while working in TV? That's the question we're asking in the final episode of series 2 of @tortoisepod.bsky.social. From diving in sewage to nearly killing the talent, it's a bit of a rollercoaster. Listen and subscribe here - pod.link/1743063174

Our live podcast at @ri-science.bsky.social is out now! It's a fun peek behind the curtains of the TV years of the RI Christmas Lectures, with @helenczerski.bsky.social, @hughmontgomery.bsky.social David Dugan, David Coleman and Andy Marmery. Listen & subscribe here - pod.link/1743063174

Tonight at @ri-science.bsky.social we're talking about the TV years of the Royal Institution Xmas Lectures; their impact, legacy, and what it takes to put them together. Joining me & Kate Dooley on stage - @helenczerski.bsky.social, Hugh Montgomery, David Dugan, David Coleman and Andy Marmery

Coming on Mon 14 April, an evening of conversation about how the @ri-science.bsky.social Xmas Lectures make it on to our TV screens. With previous lecturers @helenczerski.bsky.social & @hughmontgomery.bsky.social plus director David Coleman, demo technician Andy Marmery and exec producer David Dugan

After 21 episodes @tortoisepod.bsky.social is going LIVE! On Sun 9 Feb we’re recording an episode at the historic @ri-science.bsky.social with a live audience. Special guests include @helenczerski.bsky.social
and Windfall Films founder David Dugan. Tickets available here: shorturl.at/Qgp5o

It's Christmas Eve and Kate Dooley and I have had too much sherry, so instead of the usual science & wildlife chat on @tortoisepod.bsky.social we're talking to past guests about their favourite Christmas films. Plus... news of our first ever LIVE SHOW! Merry Christmas! pod.link/1743063174

Can’t believe my local garden centre is selling something so flammable #toastoflondon

This week on @tortoisepod.bsky.social, Kate & I talk to Simon Winchcombe about the show that launched his career - Jeremy Clarkson's barnstorming Great Britons episode on Brunel. We also celebrate the genius of James Burke and chat about changing careers in your 30s. Listen here: pod.link/1743063174

“… and Henry Paker’s legs are Turkish”

It’s been a while…