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Jean Bacon - Professor of Distributed Systems at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 16th September 2008 Cambridge University

Dan Brown - Lecturer in Organic Chemistry (retired); latterly Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 10th January 2008

John Coates - Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics, Cambridge University interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 25th February 2008 Wikipedia

Richard Friend - Cavendish Professor of Physics, Cambridge University; co-founder of Cambridge Display Technology and Plastic Logic interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 21st May 2008 Wikipedia

Herman Hauser - Entrepreneur; founder of the Cambridge Network interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 3rd September 2008 Wikipedia

Antony Hewish - Former Professor of Radio Astronomy, Cambridge University; 1974 Nobel Prize for Physics interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 26th March 2008 Wikipedia

Andy Hopper - Professor of Computer Technology and Head of the Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 22nd May 2008 Wikipedia

Julan Hunt - Emeritus Professor of Climate Modelling and Honorary Professor of Mathematics, University College, London University interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 1st May and 3rd June 2009 Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling

Herbert Huppert - Professor of Theoretical Geophysics and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, Cambridge University interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 25th May 2009 Cambridge Environmental Initiatives

Dan McKenzie - Professor of Geophysics, Cambridge University interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 11th May 2007 Wikipedia

Ken Moody - Reader in Distributed Information Management, Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University (Retired) interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 17th August 2008 Cambridge University

Brian Pippard - Cavendish Professor of Physics, Cambridge University (deceased) interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 31st March 2008 Wikipedia

John Polkinghorne - Previously Professor of Mathematical Physics and President of Queens' College, Cambridge interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 4th and 10th November 2008 Wikipedia

Martin Rees - Master of Trinity College, Cambridge; President of the Royal Society; Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, Cambridge University interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 22nd August 2007 Wikipedia

Keith van Rijsbergen - Professor, and leader of the Information Retrieval Group, in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 15th July 2009 Wikipedia

Edwin Salpeter - Previously the James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor of the Physical Sciences, Cornell University (deceased) interviewed by Mark Turin 12th November 2008 Wikipedia

Jeremy Sanders - Head of the School of Physical Sciences, University of Cambridge interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 22nd September 2009 Wikipedia

Ben Shneiderman - Professor for Computer Science at the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 7th August 2009 University of Maryland

John Simpson - Mathematician, teacher, researcher - this short film is about his experiences in China with the Friend Ambulance Unit during the Second World War (deceased) interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 29th April 2004

Peter Swinnerton-Dyer - Previously Master of St Catharine's College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; mathematician interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 12th May 2008 Wikipedia

John Meurig Thomas - Honorary Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge; Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory of the Royal Institution; Previously Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 29th November and 5th December 2007 Wikipedia

Neil Turok - Professor of Mathematical Physics, Cambridge University interviewed by Tina Košir and Alan Macfarlane 19th February 2008 Wikipedia