Science in Action (radio programme)

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Science in Action
GenreCurrent science
Running time28 minutes
Country of originUK
LanguageEnglish
Home stationBBC World Service
Hosted byRoland Pease
Recording studioBroadcasting House
Original release7 July 1979 –
30 October 2025
WebsiteScience in Action
PodcastPodcasts

Science in Action was a long-running weekly radio programme produced by the BBC World Service and hosted by British journalists Roland Pease,[1] Marnie Chesterton, and scientist and broadcaster Professor Adam Hart. It was broadcast on Thursdays at 18.32 GMT and repeated twice the following day, at 01.32 and 08.32.

A programme with the title Science in Action is believed to have begun life in 1964, when it replaced an earlier series, dating from the 1950s, called Science and Industry.[2] From September 1965 a short-lived series called Science in Action ran on the Home Service; it was broadcast at 19.30 on Thursdays, later 21.30. In December 1965 it was moved to 14.30 on Fridays. The present weekly World Service series, also called Science in Action, began on Saturday 7 July 1979.

The last broadcast was on 30 October 2025,[3] as part of a cut of £6 million from the World Service and loss of 130 jobs.[4] The programme was replaced with BBC Radio 4's programme, Inside Science, which took over the former slots of Science in Action.

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References

  1. ↑ "Roland Pease". journalisted. Media Standards Trust. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Redfern, Martin (2004). "BBC radio science: challenges and opportunities". Journal of Science Communication. 03 (4): C05. doi:10.22323/2.03040305. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "BBC Audio | Science In Action | How science got here, and where next". www.bbc.com. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "BBC World Service journalists: death by a thousand cuts - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.