Wiltshire science and Mark O'Donnell
By Brian Clegg
For a number of years I was proud to count the late BBC Radio Wiltshire presenter Mark O’Donnell as a friend. He very sadly died at the end of 2019 – but I wanted to look back and remember some remarkable inserts we made for his show.
The idea was to visit science and technology locations in Wiltshire. It was a great opportunity to find out more about these places, whether historical or modern. What made the visits was Mark’s warm presence and ability to draw the listener in to the scene. Sadly the BBC has not kept the tapes of the visits, but here are a few written highlights from me.
- The startling significance of Mr Talbot’s spectacles – visiting Lacock Abbey and the scene of the first negative image
- A revelation in Wroughton – at the Science Museum controlled environment store and library (a location that so impressed me that I suggested it as a location for my little TV piece teaching quantum physics to then BBC business editor Robert Peston)
- How oxygen was first discovered in an adventure playground – visiting Bowood House and Joseph Priestley’s laboratory
- A scary time at Porton Down – inside the Health Protection Agency’s controlled laboratories
- Do you like Dyson? I don’t know, I’ve never Dysed – off to Malmesbury to see Dyson’s R&D centre (and trying not to call them hoovers)
- Forget Houston, I’ve been to Swindon – the surprise location of the UK Space Agency
- What is it? A puzzle from our visit to the WRC in Swindon
Just to finish, Mark’s producer for much of his time at the station and now presenter Karen Gardener gave this tribute to Mark on her show shortly after his death.
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