Fran Scott is a science presenter best known for her work on

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's ''Absolute Genius with

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''. She is the Clothworkers' Science Content Producer at the

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Radio and television

Scott is a science presenter on

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, where she has presented ''How to Be Epic at Everything'' and the BAFTA-nominated Absolute Genius with

. She has also presented and appeared as a judge on

Newsround ''Newsround'' (stylised as ''newsround'', and originally called ''John Craven's Newsround'' before his departure in 1989) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972. It was one of the world's first tele ...

. Scott has presented two BAFTA-nominated programmes for

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, ''The Imagineers'' and You Too Can Be An Absolute Genius. She co-presented '' Factomania'' for BBC Knowledge and has featured as science presenter on

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's ''Sunday Brunch''. Scott has presented ''How Dangerous Is Your...?'' for

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. In 2018, she became a judge on Channel 4's ''

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''. In 2019, Scott appeared on Massive Engineering Mistakes for the Discovery Channel.

Stage

Scott has presented science stage productions for several years, sharing a stage with Professor Robert Winston,

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and Professor Brian Cox, among others. Her stage production company, Great Scott! Productions has been commissioned by

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and Siemens.

Awards

* RTS 2013: Best Learning or Education Programme

References

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