Formula Five was a British

United Kingdom

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 science magazine programme on BBC Radio 5

BBC Radio 5 (former)

BBC Radio 5 was a BBC radio network that carried sport, children's and educational programmes.It was transmitted via analogue radio on 693 and 909 kHz, and lasted for three years and eight months. The success of BBC Radio 4's coverage of the Gulf War, on a service known as Scud FM,...

 aimed at listeners in their late teens. It ran from 1990 to 1994, when the network closed.

Sue Nelson

Sue Nelson

Sue Nelson is a regular reporter and occasional presenter of The Material World on BBC Radio 4. Nelson has also presented a number of science series on Radio 4, including Britain's Modern Brunels and Citizen Scientist in 2006....

 presented the program for most of its time on air, with Jez Nelson

Jez Nelson

-Education:Nelson was educated at Dulwich College , followed by the University of London, during which time he first became a DJ.-Career:...

 co-presenting the final series. Quentin Cooper

Quentin Cooper

Quentin Cooper is a science journalist and current presenter of The Material World on Thursday afternoons and Connect on BBC Radio 4 less frequently on Wednesday nights...

 was a regular contributor.

As well as science, the series featured a running serial of Captain Scarlet

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill...

, using soundtracks from the television series of the same name.