Mat Irvine in his workshop.
Photo © Robert Fairclough.
"I always refer to the BBC as ‘my company’,” says Mat Irvine with more than a hint of pride. “I only ever worked for the Beeb. It stays with you.”
Now a lively 67 and semi-retired, Matt lives in a picturesque village in Buckinghamshire and is still keeping busy. He spends his time “running K9 if and when required, writing, doing model reviews and devising TV ideas.” He also supplies spacecraft models to programmes like Stargazing Live and The Sky at Night, as well as co-organising the HaMeX model fairs in Hanslope Village Hall.