• Question: were you inspired by programs like CSI and NCIS

    Asked by dewossantor to Jamie, Jodie, Kat, Mark, Niamh on 21 Mar 2011 in Categories: . This question was also asked by aisha123.
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      Katherine Davies answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      Hi

      No I was not. I liked a documentaries like Forensic Detectives, and also loved Jonathan Creek (more of the mystery type of TV than the forensic type). I saw CSI for the first time after I was already involved in forensics.

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      Mark Hill answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      Hi Dewossantor,

      I am afraid that I was already very much involved in my work in science before those programs began, but certain aspects of them are interesting, despite being quite inaccurate in places.

      Mark.

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      Niamh Nic Daeid answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      hi dweossantor

      not really because a lot of what is in the programs is unrealistic, Forensic science is a lot more painstaking and precise, takes a lot longer and isn’t glamorous !

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      Jamie Pringle answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      Hello dowossantor,

      They weren’t on TV when I was young, it was mostly Open University science courses and ‘Tomorrow’s World’ that was good science programmes.

      I do agree with you, the programmes have been good at raising the forensics profile although obviously the time frames for analysis has been really compressed and we wont do everything, I just stick to searching for stuff for example!

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