Never going to happen
EPSRC developed this thing called NOISE to allow certain younger specialists in their field to advise print and TV media over science stories. The papers ignored us because the "science" correspondents thought we were after their jobs and every time I ended up in a meeting with TV execs they assumed I just wanted a presenting role. They just don't "get" that people might not all be vacuous fame hungry arseholes and it makes them utterly impossible to deal with.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:24, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I hope they all 'get' AIDS.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:29, Reply)

The last meeting I went to
was with the BBC in Glasgow. We were told it was for a round-table discussion of future directions in science programming, and it was a full day. We had a 45 minute meeting, then got a tour of their studios (oooh, fuck me, are we a school party now?) and then spent the whole afternoon in screen tests. I've refused every meeting since.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:33, Reply)

To be fair, no one wants to see ugly scientists on the telly
Public interest in scientific matters increases if the presenter is hot. This works for both sexes: there are a lot more housewives moist about interested in cosmology since Foxy Coxy appeared on our screens.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:37, Reply)

he's funny looking
and getting kinda irritating
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:41, Reply)

oh, absolutely
but we weren't doing this to get on telly, that's the point. We were just looking to offer insight into improving science programs generally
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:51, Reply)