Robert Winston joined Classic FM to present four shows in December 2012 focusing on everything from drinking songs to pastoral music.
The Science of Music
Robert Winston looks at music with a scientist’s eye, testing the data behind our emotions, in a series that seeks to fully understand our relationship with the power of sound.
Robert Winston’s Musical Analysis
Series in which Robert Winston explores the relationship between the music and the medical conditions of composers who suffered mental and physical illness.
Women’s Hour – Fertility and leukaemia
A report reveals that fertility boosting drugs could more than double the risk of children developing leukaemia. Jane speaks to Robert Winston and Juliet Tizzard, HFEA.
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
This hour-long documentary, narrated by Robert Webb, examined how science on TV has evolved over the last 60 years, from science to science fiction. Influential individuals in science and broadcast media, including Robert Winston, contributed their thoughts to the programme, commenting on how science on TV has reflected, or led, to our collective image of science and the scientist.
The Life Scientific
Jim Al-Khaili talks to Professor Robert Winston about IVF, designer babies and why scientists must take ethical responsibilty for the work they do.
Jamie’s Dream School
In this 7 part series celebrity chef Jamie Oliver brought together some of the UK’s most inspirational individuals to see if they could inspire 20 young people to give education a second chance. Robert Winston featured in 3 episodes, where he brought a unique twist to teaching science in the classroom.
How Science Changed Our World
Robert Winston presented his top ten scientific breakthroughs from the last 50 years. On his journey, he explored subjects from the origins of the universe to probing the inner workings of the human mind, and even met some of his early IVF patients.
Genius of Britain: The Scientists Who Changed the World
In this 5 part series, some of the UK’s leading scientific figures explored the stories, and introduced the people, behind the British innovations that contributed to the creation of the modern world from the steam engine to the worldwide web. Robert Winston contributed to two episodes.
Play it again
In an episode of this long running series, Robert Winston went on a journey to learn how to play the saxophone, despite not having played a musical instrument since he was eleven year’s old. After months of tutoring and meeting some of the UK’s top saxophonists, Winston performed for a full house at the Royal Albert Hall.