Greg Foot
Greg Foot (born 6 September 1983) is a British science presenter most recently seen as a science expert on the new BBC Two ‘quiz without questions’ Knowitalls.
Biography
Foot was born in Bradford, lived in Suffolk until he was 8, and spent the next 10 years in the Lake District. He read Natural Sciences at King’s College at Cambridge University, gaining a first class BA Hons degree, and then an MSc in Science Media Production from Imperial College London.
During his summer holidays he was an outdoor pursuits instructor at Lakeside YMCA and a high wire rope instructor at Go Ape!
TV Career
Foot's first television appearance was in 2007 presenting the children’s science/invention series Whizz Whizz Bang Bang on BBC One making such crazy inventions as an underwater canoe, hover-board, robotic horse and a jet engine bed driven by the The Stig.
Since then he has appeared performing explosive experiments on Richard & Judy and was an on-screen expert for Channel 4’s Routes Game (supported by the Wellcome Trust) where he also gave a lecture in Cambridge to tie in with the fictional Alternate reality game.
Radio Career
Foot has appeared on the [...] Scientists and the The Big Toe Radio Show.
He currently co-presents a weekly science podcast with Martin Archer called Droppin' Science, that “give[s] you the latest from the world of science in this cool new pod packed full of quirky news and sweet features.”