Mr. Richard Burke-Ward is a maker of television science documentaries, and also a novelist, writing psychological thrillers under the pen-name Richard Burke. His first two novels, Frozen and Redemption, are published by Orion. His TV credits include the landmark series "Space" presented by Sam Neill for the BBC, and "Raging Planet" for Discovery USA. His fresh ideas concerning alien probes are presented in his major paper in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (January 2000). He lives in Taunton, England, with his wife and son.