Britain has lost one of her truly great scientists and eccentrics...
On the 26th April 1957, a programme called The Sky At Night was first broadcast, and he has almost continously been the presenter until his death today - the worlds longest running presenter... I expect that record to stand for a long time to come...
I went to see him some years back at a theatre in Aldershot with some friends and was thoroughly entertained by his amazing depth of knowledge on Astronomy and there is a great quote of his that he was, "The only man to have met the first man to fly, the first man in space, and the first man to walk on the moon..."
RIP Sir Patrick, you have earned your place among the stars...
