Boffin Media

is a partnership between Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson. This page outlines their individual biographies.



richard 300Richard Hollingham

is a science journalist, writer and broadcaster. A science presenter and reporter for BBC radio, he is author of Blood and Guts: a History of Surgery and editor of space:uk magazine.



Richard has broadcast live for most BBC radio outlets, BBC TV news and is a frequent contributor to From Our Own Correspondent. He has reported on science and the environment from more than 40 countries. These include reports from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Russia (several times), Libya, Antarctica (twice), Vietnam, and from an ice floe in the Arctic. A former Senior Producer for the BBC’s flagship news programme, Today, he was also its first science producer.



Richard is a producer/presenter for the popular Planet Earth Podcast and also anchors live TV broadcasts for the European Space Agency. Co-author (with

Sue Nelson

) of How to Clone the Perfect Blonde, he has written for New Scientist, Discover and most national UK newspapers. For TV presentation, facilitating and public speaking he can be reached via Kate Moon at Kate Moon Management.



Link to some of Richard's work




sue 300Sue Nelson

is an award-winning science journalist and broadcaster, Editor of The Biologist and a producer/presenter of the Planet Earth podcast. A former BBC science and environment correspondent, Sue continues to present science programmes for Radio 4 and BBC World Service.



During her extensive broadcasting career, Sue has interviewed scientists, authors, artists and astronauts. She has driven a moon buggy on the streets of London with Eugene Cernan - the last man to walk on the Moon – and cradled a python for a TV report on the dangers of exotic pets. Her online banking expose for Newsnight resulted in major banks and building societies reassessing their security measures.



Sue has written for New Scientist, Nature, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Guardian and The Independent and has contributed opinion columns on science for The Times. She is also a published playwright and co-author of the popular science book How to Clone the Perfect Blonde. A popular speaker, chair and events facilitator, Sue can be contacted for this type of work via Kate Moon at Kate Moon Management.



Links to some of Sue's Work.




Some of Richard’s work:



From Our Own Correspondent: reporting from Moscow on the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight.



From Our Own Correspondent: inside the abandoned town of Pripyat, contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster.



Radio 4 Frontiers: examining the uses and safety of nanoparticles.



One Planet from the Arctic: reporting from an ice floe in the Arctic on life in the ice.



Losing the past (Radio 4): investigation into the loss of cultural, public and historical records as a result of new technologies.



Crossing Continents: reporting from Iceland on a controversial project to generate ‘green’ electricity.



Controlling Science: investigation into the effects of 9/11 on science in the United States and the World.




Some of Sue's work:



Chips with Everything: BBC Radio 4 documentary on the crucial role that South Carolina plays in the silicon chip industry.



BBC Online blog on the British Science Festival.



From Our Own Correspondent: BBC Radio 4 report from the European space port at French Guiana.



Citizen Science: three part series on BBC Radio 4.



Britain’s Modern Brunels: four part series on BBC Radio 4.



Material World: Various editions, including this one from 2007.



Trek Tribbles: for BBC News.



Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: documentary on the potential US women astronauts in the 1960s.