'Curious Cases' is a BBC Radio 4 radio programme and podcast that explores themes inspired by listeners' questions. A tagline is "Hannah Fry and Dara ó Briain tackle listeners' conundrums with the power of science!" [My apologies to Mr ó Briain that the symbol for an upper case O with an accent does not seem to be accepted typography in WordPress.]
The programme was originally called 'The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry', being presented by Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry. Adam Rutherford is a geneticist who presented a range of Broadcast programmes as well as being a honorary faculty member at University College London. After 21 series Rutherford left the programme.
Hannah Fry is a mathematician who also worked at UCL and is also known for a wide range of broadcasting activities, and is now the Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Dara ó Briain is a comedian familiar to many from regular presenting roles on television. He studied physics and maths at University College Dublin, and is well known for his enthusiasm for astronomy (having presented a popular astronomy programme 'Stargazing' with Prof. Brian Cox).
Although neither Fry* nor ó Briain are professional scientists, the series features guests who are specialists in the scientific fields related to the theme of each episode.
* mathematics being essential to science and strongly linked to it, but being rather different in its nature, and rightly seen by mathematicians as having interest, priorities and practices in its own right without regard to its applications in other fields.
