Jem Stansfield
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Jem Stansfield is an engineer and television presenter, currently working in the United Kingdom. He currently presents the BBC One science show Bang Goes the Theory.
Career
Stansfield has a degree in aeronautics from Bristol University and before his television career worked: in a Czech school, as a shepherd in the Australian outback, and briefly in stand-up comedy.[1] Stansfield was an on-screen ballistics expert for the television show Scrapheap Challenge and went on to become a permanent part of the engineering team for subsequent series.[2][3]
Among his inventions are a compressed-air powered motorcycle, and boots that walk on water (for which he won a New Scientist prize).[4][5]
In 2010 Stansfield used vacuum cleaners to create "Spider-Man style" climbing gloves, climbing 30 feet up a brick wall.[4][5][6] He also drove a modified 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco 210 miles from London to Manchester using coffee granules for fuel.[7][8][9]
Filmography
- Television
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Scrapheap Challenge | Staff Engineer | Briefly credit as "Ballistics Expert" | |
| 2001-2003 | Science Shack | Presenter | ||
| 2002-2003 | Home On Their Own | Inventor / Engineer[1] | ||
| 2004 | Zero to Hero | Engineer | ||
| 2006 | Men in White | |||
| 2006 | Wild Thing: I Love You | Presenter / Aeronautical Engineer | ||
| 2008 | Planet Mechanics | Presenter | 8 episodes | |
| 2009 - current | Bang Goes the Theory, | Presenter / Head of Engineering | 49 episodes | |
| 2010 | Explosions: How We Shook the World | Presenter | Documentary | |
| 2010 | Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention | Science correspondent | ||
| 2011 | Big, Bigger, Biggest | Presenter / Engineer | 4 episodes | |
| 2012 | Horizon | Presenter | April 2012 episode entitled "Stuff: A Horizon Guide to Materials" | |
| 2012 | Stargazing Challenges | Presenter | ||
| 2013 | Newsround | Judge | for "You Too Could be an Absolute Genius" segment |
- Film
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Lost in Space[1] | Special effects technician | For Magic Camera Company |
| 1998 | The Avengers[1] | Special effects | |
| 2004 | Van Helsing | Special effects |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Grimshaw, Vicki (2002-07-06). "Wacky Inventor Jem Stansfield Creates Amazing Gadgets to Make Kids' Dreams Come True in a New TV Series". Daily Mirror (HighBeam Research). Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ↑ "BIOGRAPHIES: Planet Mechanics". National Geographic Channel. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ↑ Gould, Julie (November 2013). "Speaking to... Jem Stansfield". Speaking of Science. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- 1 2 Hough, Andrew (2010-02-16). "Jem Stansfield: 'human spiderman' scales 30 ft wall using only vacuum cleaner suctions". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- 1 2 Kelly, Tom (2010-02-16). "So long suckers! Human fly scales wall using two vacuum cleaners he bought at Tesco". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ↑ Nosowitz, Dan (2009-07-25). "British Man Climbs Up Side of Building Using DIY Vacuum Gloves". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ↑ "Coffee-powered car breaks down after running out of caffeine". The Daily Mail. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ↑ "Bang goes the coffee in drive for science in Manchester". BBC News. 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ↑ "TV host's coffee car nears finish". Metro. 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2014-03-18.