Last updated: 12 october, 2011 - 15:36 GMT

Gareth Mitchell

Gareth Mitchell

  • Started as a broadcast engineer
  • Joined the BBC during the mid 1990s
  • His first presenting role was for the youth science programme The Lab
  • Became a regular voice on Science in Action and then Go Digital
  • He also lectures at Imperial College University, London.

One guy who I've met but didn't get the opportunity to interview is Vint (Vinton) Cerf, the Chief Internet Evangelist for Google and massively respected in technology. The time that I met him I was too nervous to ask for an interview and I've regretted it ever since.

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