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Season 3, Episode 1
Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken return to explore the most interesting and unusual aspects of the known universe. In the first episode, the pair find out how gravity formed all the planets and stars - with a little help from Professor Brian Cox, who explains how people will float in space
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Chris van Tulleken
(Presenter)
Xand van Tulleken
(Presenter)
Brian Cox
(Contributor)
Valerie Mellon
(Director)
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Chris van Tulleken
(Presenter)
Born:
August 18, 1978
Best Known For:
Being an infectious diseases doctor and TV presenter.
Early-life:
Born Christoffer van Tulleken on August 18, 1978. He has an identical twin brother called Xand and they both grew up in London and trained in medicine at Oxford University, graduating in 2002.
Career:
Van Tulleken is best known for presenting the CBBC series Operation Ouch alongside his brother. He has also presented Medicine Men Go Wild with his brother, and Trust Me, I'm A Doctor alongside Michael Mosley. He was the expedition doctor for the series Operation Iceberg.In 2015, the Van Tulleken twins tested the effects of drinking in the Horizon episode Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?
Quote:
'I've been very lucky to make some incredible TV shows but my main priority is being a good doctor.'
Trivia:
Van Tulleken is a patron and board member of the medical aid and healthcare charity Doctors of the World UK.
Xand van Tulleken
(Presenter)
Brian Cox
(Contributor)
Born:
June 01, 1946
in
Dundee
Best Known For:
Being the original Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter.
Early-life:
Brian Denis Cox was born on June 1, 1946, in Dundee, to an Irish immigrant family. He was the youngest of five children. His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline, worked in the jute mills as a spinner, while his dad, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, was a weaver and died of cancer when Brian was nine. Brian developed a passion for movies and, inspired by the work of Marlon Brando and Spencer Tracy, decided he wanted to become an actor. At 14, he joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre, and in 1966 honed his craft with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Career:
Cox's earliest TV appearances were as an extra in cult TV series The Prisoner. He has been a mainstay in the world of TV and film ever since, popping up in Hammer House of Horror, Minder, Frasier and Deadwood. He played Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter, Michael Mann's adaptation of Red Dragon. (The name was later spelled Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs). He has appeared in a string of major Hollywood offerings, including The Long Kiss Goodnight, X-Men 2, Troy, The Bourne Supremacy, Zodiac and Red. On the stage he has appeared in Titus Andronicus, Taming of the Shrew and King Lear. He has also voiced characters in the video games Killzone and Manhunt.
Quote:
'I'm an actor who does really interesting work in independent movies. I want to keep doing that because I don't want the burden of an opening weekend sitting on my shoulders.'
Trivia:
In 2003, Cox was awarded a CBE for services to drama.
Valerie Mellon
(Director)
