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Mark has been a presenter on the RTS Award nominated show Stargazing LIVE, a specialist presenter for The Alan Titchmarsh Show, the One Show and is now a regular on Radio Five Live and Good Morning Britain. Checkout details of his previous TV and Radio work here;
2016
BBC – Newsround : Interview about New Planet in Solar System (21 Jan)
BBC – Breakfast : Interview about New Planet Theory (21 Jan)
Radio 5 Live : Midnight Expert (20 Jan)
BBC Radio Cambridge – Expert Interview (12 Jan)
2015
Online : The Astronomy Show – Meet the Society (Hampshire Astronomy Group) (4 Nov)
Online : The Astronomy Show – November Star Cast (28 Oct)
Online : The Astronomy Show – October News Review (21 Oct)
Online : The Astronomy Show – Beginners Guide to Telescopes (7 Oct)
Online : The Astronomy Show – October Star Cast (30 Sep)
Radio 5 Live : Midnight Expert (28 Oct)
Radio 5 Live : Midnight Expert (28 Sep)
BBC Radio Norfolk : Interview about NASA PR (28 Sep)
Online : The Astronomy Show – September News Review (23 Sep)
Online : The Astronomy Show – Meet the Society (Norwich Astronomical Society) (16 Sep)
Online : The Astronomy Show – Photographing Star Trails (9 Sep)
Online : The Astronomy Show – September Star
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Mark Thompson (astronomer)
British astronomer and television presenter
Mark Thompson | |
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| Born | Mark Thompson 1973 (age 51–52) Norfolk, England |
| Occupation(s) | Astronomer, television presenter, and writer |
Mark Thompson (born 1973, Norfolk, England)[1] is a British astronomer, television presenter and writer best known for being one of the presenting team on the BBC show Stargazing Live and is a regular face on Good Morning Britain.[2]
Biography
[edit]Thompson has lived in Norfolk all his life and was first enthused about astronomy aged 10 when he saw the rings of Saturn through a telescope.[3] He has remained living in the county because the night skies are very dark and ideal for stargazing.[3]
Thompson had given up his ambition to present on TV and left insurers Aviva to retrain as a pilot when (in 2009) he was picked to become a presenter on the BBC's The One Show.[4] where he lived at Wortwell, near Harleston.[5]
Thompson has been one of a number of amateur astronomers to become a council member of the Royal Astronomical Society.[4] Since it was founded in 1820 as the Astronomical Society of London (receiving its Royal Charter in 1830 from King William IV) it