Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is taking a leading role in this year’s Cambridge Science Festival.
The actor has agreed to be the festival’s guest director, which means he has been helping to put together the programme for the two-week event, which starts on March 11.
Mr Cumberbatch said: “I’m delighted to be the guest director of the 2013 Cambridge Science Festival.
“My link to a science festival may seem a little tenuous but, as an actor who has played Stephen Hawking, Heisenberg and Frankenstein, I’ve long had a passion for all fields of science.
"To a layperson like me the intellectual and ethical complexities and technical details can though seem daunting and distancing. Hence a festival of this range and accessibility is a hugely important bridge between the public and science.
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