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Jim Al-Khalili
Also Known As: Professor Jim Al-Khalili
Birth Date
September 20, 1962
(64 years old)
Place of Birth
Baghdad, Iraq
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Biography
Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (Arabic: جميل صادق الخليلي; born September 20, 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist and science populariser. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey. He is a regular broadcaster and presenter of science programmes on BBC radio and television, and a frequent commentator about science in other British media.
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Pointless Celebrities
Self
2011 • 1 episode

Cunk on...
Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science
2018 • 4 episodes

Cunk on Life
Self
2024

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
Self - Presenter
2019 • 6 episodes

A Night with the Stars
Self
2011

Order and Disorder
Self - Presenter
2012 • 2 episodes
The Science of Doctor Who
2012

Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
Self - Presenter
2011 • 3 episodes

A Night with the Stars
Participant
2011 • 1 episode

Genius of Britain
Presenter
2010 • 5 episodes

Light and Dark
Self - Presenter
2016 • 2 episodes

Atom
Presenter
2007 • 3 episodes

The Secrets of Quantum Physics
Self - Presenter
2014 • 2 episodes

The Science of Doctor Who
Self
2013

The Secret Life of Chaos
Himself - Presenter
2010

Secrets of the Solar System
Narrator
2020 • 8 episodes

Everything and Nothing
Self - Presenter
2011 • 2 episodes

The Beginning and End of the Universe
Self
2016 • 2 episodes

Chemistry: A Volatile History
Self - Presenter
2010 • 3 episodes

Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything
Self
2021 • 2 episodes