Quentin Cooper

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name = Quentin Cooper


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birthdate = 1961
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show = The Material World
station = BBC Radio 4
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timeslot = Thursday 16:30-17:00
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country = United Kingdom
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web = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/quentin_cooper.shtml BBC Profile]

Quentin Cooper (born 1961, Grimsby) is a science journalist and current presenter of The Material World on Thursday afternoons and Connect on BBC Radio 4 less frequently on Wednesday nights. He also speaks at science festivals and lectures, and works regularly with science and educational organisations such as the Royal Society and the British Council.

He studied Psychology and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. In October 1994, he wrote a book with Paul Sullivan, an old schoolfriend from Grimsby, called "Maypoles, Martyrs, and Mayhem: 366 days of British customs, myths and eccentricities" about superstitions (ISBN 978-0747518075).

At the BBC, he started as a producer in News and Current Affairs, then moved to produce youth programmes at Radio Scotland (in Glasgow), and Radio 5 in Manchester where he created programmes such as "Hit The North".

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/quentin_cooper.shtml Radio 4 profile]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld.shtml BBC Radio 4's "Material World" (with audio archive of programmes)]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/connect "Connect"]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/connect.shtml Connect archive]
* [http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/freemag/meandmydigitalradio/quentin.asp Interview with Quentin Cooper]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2111498 IMDb]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2004/10/21/bbc_bus_grimsby_feature.shtml His father]

Video clips

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkFQj1hwjtE Presenting at the 2007 Cheltenham Festival of Science]