Unexpected Oscars
Unexpected Elements
BBC
4.4 • 567 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
As award season reaches its climax in the US, Unexpected Elements holds its own glitzy ceremony.
Which bit of science will win Best Picture? Who will take home the Best Supporting Actor? And will Prof Elaine Chew play us out with her Best Original Music?
The nominations include a particularly noisy tiny fish, a sweating mannequin, and a composition based on a misbehaving heartbeat. All this plus your correspondence and a discussion of how far science infuses the real Academy Awards.
Presented by Marnie Chesterton with Godfred Boafo and Camilla Moto.
Featuring pianist Elaine Chew, Professor of Engineering at Kings College London.
Produced by Alex Mansfield, with Tom Bonnet, Harrison Lewis, Dan Welsh and Katie Tomsett.
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| 1:31.7 | I'm Marnie Chesterton from the BBC World Service. |
| 1:34.6 | This is Unexpected Elements. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the inaugural, unexpected Oscars. |
| 2:06.1 | Of course, I am joined on the red carpet by my glamorous and global panel of broadcasters. |
| 2:11.8 | In Akra-Gana, we have Godfred Boafo. Hello, hello. |
| 2:15.4 | Hello, Marni, and I love occasions like this when we all get to |
| 2:18.8 | come out in our Sunday best, in the full glare of the flash bulbs. I need more of these days. |
| 2:26.4 | And in New York, but representing Brazil, we have Camilla Mota. Hello. Oh, Marni, Hello. So I know this is radio, but we all got the |
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