30th December 2024 – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Chris about the upcoming outburst of the recurrent nova T Cor Bor, 6.25pm.
29th December 2024 – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Gordon about some of the highlights in space from 2025, and what to look forward to in 2025, 8.35am.
19th November 2024 – Live on BBC Streaming with presenter Nicky Schiller covering the sixth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship/SuperHeavy, 9.50pm to 10.20pm (here’s the live page).
25th October 2024 – Live on BBC Radio Cumbria talking about the Cumbria Dark Skies festival, how to look at the stars, and some highlights to look for over the coming month or two, 7.35am.
17th October 2024 – live on BBC 5 Live talking about the supermoon with Adrian Chiles, 12.25pm.
14th October 2024 – live on BBC 5 Live talking about the launch of Europa Clipper, 5.25pm.
13th October 2024 – pre-recorded interview with Graham Stothard for ITV News discussing the successful test flight of Starship and first catch of the Super Heavy booster, broadcast on the evening news, 7.30pm.
13th October 2024 – pre-recorded interview with Pallab Ghosh for his package for BBC TV News on the launch and successful catch of the Super Heavy booster, repeated on BBC TV News throughout the evening.
13th October 2024 – live on BBC TV News talking through the launch and booster catch of the Starship test flight 5, along with Pallab Ghosh, 1.20pm.
13th October 2024 – live on BBC TV News previewing the imminent launch of the Starship test flight 5 (the first with a booster catch!), 12.50pm.
8th October 2024 – live on BBC Radio Berkshire talking about the Draconid meteor shower and the launch of ESA’s Hera mission yesterday, 12.15pm (here’s the episode, scroll to 2h19m).
30th September 20204 – pre-record for BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat talking about the “stranded” astronauts on the International Space Station, broadcast at 12.55pm (here’s the episode).
18th September 2024 – live on BBC TV News talking about last night’s harvest supermoon partial lunar eclipse, 1.45pm.
18th September 2024 – live on BBC 5 Live talking about last night’s harvest supermoon partial lunar eclipse, 6.50am.
12th September 2024 – pre-record at Media City for Pallab Ghosh and the BBC 6/10 o clock news about the spacewalk.
12th September 2024 – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Adrian Chiles and commentating live on the first commercial spacewalk, 11.30 – 12pm (here’s the episode).
12th September 2024 – live on BBC TV News talking about the upcoming Polaris Dawn spacewalk, 9.02am.
12th September 2024 – live on BBC TV News talking about the upcoming Polaris Dawn spacewalk, 8.02am.
12th September 2024 – live on BBC TV News talking about the upcoming Polaris Dawn spacewalk, 7.04am.
10th September 2024 – live on BBC TV News talking about the Polaris Dawn mission which launched earlier, The Context 8.45pm.
7th September 2024 – live on BBC TV News talking about the landing of Boeing’s Starliner capsule this morning, 9am.
25th August 2024 – live on BBC 5 Live talking with Katie Smith about yesterday’s press conference and NASA’s decision on bringing home the Starliner crew on Dragon in Feb 2025, 8.20am.
24th August 2024 – live on BBC TV News talking about NASA’s upcoming decision on whether to bring the astronauts back on Boeing’s Starliner, or use the next Crew Dragon crew rotation, 5.15pm.
21st August 2024 – live on BBC Hereford & Worcester talking about the rocket test failure at Saxavord Spaceport, 7.50am.
13th August 2024 – talking about the aurora, the Perseid meteor shower and the reservoir on Mars, BBC H&W/Shropshire/Stoke, 5.45pm.
13th August 2024 – talking about the aurora, the Perseid meteor shower and the reservoir on Mars, BBC 3CR, 5.38pm.
13th August 2024 – talking about the aurora, the Perseid meteor shower and the reservoir on Mars, BBC Glous/Somerset, 5.15pm.
13th August 2024 – talking about the aurora, the Perseid meteor shower and the reservoir on Mars, BBC Cornwall, 5.08pm.
13th August 2024 – talking about the aurora, the Perseid meteor shower and the reservoir on Mars, BBC Berkshire, 2.15pm.
9th August 2024 – talking about the astronauts still on the ISS due to Boeing Starliner issues, BBC Somerset, 10.15am.
8th August 2024 – talking about the astronauts still on the ISS due to Boeing Starliner issues, BBC Sheffield/Leeds/York, 4.52pm.
8th August 2024 – talking about the astronauts still on the ISS due to Boeing Starliner issues, BBC Glous/Wilts, 4.45pm.
8th August 2024 – talking about the astronauts still on the ISS due to Boeing Starliner issues, BBC H&W/Shropshire/Stoke, 4.38pm.
8th August 2024– talking about the astronauts still on the ISS due to Boeing Starliner issues, BBC 3CR/Northants, 4.22pm.
8th August 2024 – talking about the astronauts still on the ISS due to Boeing Starliner issues, BBC Lancashire/Cumbria, 4.08pm.
9th July 2024 – talking about the inaugural launch of ESA’s Ariane 6 rocket live on BBC TV News.
(Took a break due to illness)
26th April 2024 – Talking with Shaun Ley on The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 about space junk, 10.30pm.
26th April 2024 – Talking with Julian Marshall on Newshour on BBC World Service about space junk, 9.30pm.
16th April 2024 – Pre-record talking with Nish on BBC Radio Lancashire & Cumbria about an interesting magnetar. Here’s one paper, and here’s another.
8th April 2024 – Live on BBC 5 Live Drive talking about the total solar eclipse later today, 6.10pm.
8th April 2024 – Live on BBC TV News talking about the total solar eclipse later today, 12.10pm.
14th March 2024 – Live on Newshour on the BBC World Service talking to Tim Franks about the SpaceX launch, 7.54pm.
14th March 2024 – Live on BBC TV News explaining the latest test flight of Starship by SpaceX, 3.20pm.
13th March 2024 – Written comments for PA Media about how to find comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in the sky.
29th February 2024 – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Adrian Chiles about leap years and why we have them, 12.55pm.
24th February 2024 – Live on BBC Cumbria talking with Hayley Kay about the Moon, Artemis and CLPS, 10.20am.
22nd February 2024 – Live on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme talking with Amol Rajan about the upcoming landing of Intuitive Machines Nova-C as part of NASA’s CLPS programme in support of Artemis, 6.55am.
20th February 2024 – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire & Cumbria talking with Nish about the most luminous black hole ever discovered, 2.35pm.
18th February 2024 – Live on Breakfast with Chris and Fliss on BBC 5 Live talking about NASA recruiting volunteers for their next simulated Mars mission, 9.55am.
5th February 2024 – Pre-record with Nish for BBC Radio Lancashire & Cumbria talking about the proposals for the new supercollider at CERN.
19th January 2024 – Pre-record for BBC 5 Live talking about the Japanese Moon landing.
19th January 2024 – Live on BBC TV News talking about the Japanese Moon landing, 8.20pm.
12th January 2024 – Live on BBC TV News talking about the discovery of the Big Ring in the sky by UCLan PhD student Alexia Lopez.
12th January 2024 – Pre-record for BBC North West Tonight talking about the discovery of the Big Ring in the sky by UCLan PhD student Alexia Lopez.
8th January 2024 – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire & Cumbria talking with Nish about the Parker Solar Probe.
3rd January 2024 – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire, talking with Glen Hunt about what to look out for in space in 2024 (10.15am).