Brian Cox

Professor Brian Cox CBE FRS is widely recognised as the foremost communicator for science, cosmology and astronomy in the world. He is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, The Royal Society Professor for Public
Engagement in Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society. In September 2025 he was appointed as The Francis Crick Institute’s first-ever Crick Scholar. Brian has presented a number of highly acclaimed, award-winning science programmes for the BBC watched by billions around the world including ‘Adventures
in Space and Time’ (2021), ‘Universe’(2021), ‘The Planets’ (2018), ‘Forces of Nature’ (2016), ‘Human Universe’ (2014), ‘Wonders of Life’ (2012), ‘Wonders of the Universe’ (2011) and ‘Wonders of the Solar System’ (2010).
His most recent BBC landmark series, ‘Solar System’, aired in late 2024 and became one of the most watched factual BBC series for several years.
Brian continues to co-host ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’, one of the UK’s most popular podcasts, and in September 2025 launched brand new science podcast ‘A Question of Science’, which shot straight to the top of the podcast charts in the UK. As an author, he has sold over a million books worldwide including ‘Black Holes’,
‘Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos’, ‘Quantum Universe’ and ‘Why Does E=mc2?’ with co-author Professor Jeffrey Forshaw.
Brian has undertaken several sell-out live world tours, setting numerous Guinness World  Records, including for the biggest selling science tour – a record he himself broke with his most recent worldwide tour, ‘Horizons’, which took in venues in the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and across Europe and drew audiences of almost half a million people. In 2024, accompanied by Sydney
Symphonic Orchestra, Brian performed a run of sell-out shows at Sydney Opera House, followed by up a week of sell-out shows at the Royal Opera House in London where he was accompanied by the Britten Sinfonia.
Prior to his academic and television career, Brian was in the rock bands Dare and D:Ream, famously playing the keyboard on the latter’s hit track ‘Things Can Only Get Better’. Brian has worked as a consultant on a number of film projects including Danny Boyle ‘Sunshine’, whilst his content has
attracted hundreds of millions of view across social media platforms.