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Robert Symes' links with BBC TV's Tomorrow's World go back thirty years. He is the UK's leading expert on innovation and is President of the Institute of Patentees and Inventors a professional association which also carries out research work for industry. In addition to a vast range of broadcast work on radio and television in Europe as well as Britain, he lectures and judges at many engineering and inventing exhibitions.
Robin Bootle is an engineer and historian who has written many television programmes on innovation. His 'Eurekaaagh!' for Horizon is the most-repeated documentary on BBC television. QED's 'The House That Bob Built' drew 68,000 letters another BBC record. He produced 'Young Scientists of the Year' - which demonstrated the innovative ideas of school- children; 'I, Daedalus' a journey through the devious mind of inventor David Jones; and the award-winning 'Mysterious Mr Tesla' on the forgotten inventor of modern electrical systems.
