Richard Corfield
research fellow in Geology at the University of Oxford
10 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Jane Francis
Covers topics in categories such as:
Ice ages
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ice ages, periods when the temperature of the Earth has dropped to low levels.
14 February 2013
Also featuring: Jane Francis, Carrie Lear
The Geological Formation of Britain
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the geological formation of Britain, tracing how its pieces came together on their journey north from the Antarctic Circle.
22 October 2009
Also featuring: Jane Francis, Sanjeev Gupta
Ediacara Biota
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ediacara Biota: the Precambrian beings that some consider the first complex multicellular life forms.
9 July 2009
Also featuring: Martin Brasier, Rachel Wood
Plate Tectonics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the geological theory of plate tectonics revolutionised our understanding of the planet on which we live
24 January 2008
Also featuring: Joe Cann, Lynne Frostick
The Permian-Triassic Boundary
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Permian-Triassic boundary and the greatest mass extinction the world has ever known.
28 June 2007
Also featuring: Mike Benton, Jane Francis
Mammals
Melvyn Bragg discusses the rise of the mammals which began 65 million years ago with the extinction of the dinosaurs.
13 October 2005
Also featuring: Steve Jones, Jane Francis
The Cambrian Period
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Cambrian period, a time when evolution took a leap, and life on this planet suddenly went to being large, complex, numerous and dizzyingly diverse.
17 February 2005
Also featuring: Simon Conway Morris, Jane Francis
The Origins of Life
Melvyn Bragg discusses how the world’s first organic matter originated, nearly four billion years ago. What is the single common ancestor from which all living matter on our planet derives?
23 September 2004
Also featuring: Richard Dawkins, Linda Partridge
Ageing the Earth
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Age of the Earth, and how to make sense of four and half billions years of time.
20 November 2003
Also featuring: Hazel Rymer, Henry Gee
Fossils
Melvyn Bragg discusses the significance of fossils in history and the impact of the latest techniques in understanding them.
22 March 2001
Also featuring: Dianne Edwards, Richard Fortey