Dr. Brian Cox

I'm not sure I've been so enthralled by a television series before. The former keyboardist in 90s pop band D:Ream, who once topped the UK charts with 'Things Can Only Get Better', is now a renowned Physicist and Astronomer and presents his own show, The Wonders of the Solar System. Every Friday night, my housemates and I set up the projector, crack out a beer and sink into a semi-conscious state of amazement. He has a certain scientific whimsy about the way he translates the unfathomable into almost digestible.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qyxfb