Robert Winston is one of the country’s best-known scientists. As Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College, London, and an active researcher in reproductive physiology, he has made advances in fertility medicine and is a leading voice in the debate on embryo research and genetic engineering. His television series, including Your Life in Their Hands, Making Babies, The Human Body, Child of Our Time, Human Instinct, Human Mind and The Story of God, have made him a household name across Britain. He became a life peer in 1995.