Right, is there time for makeup? No, could somebody bring a little powder. We're running out of time.
Are we ready? That's it, okay. Right.
Hi, I'm James Watt and I'm Matthew Boulton.
Welcome to the £50 Note Character reveal.
Great stuff today James. We're about to reveal who's going to be the scientist
to replace us on the new £50 note.
Yeah, we received thousands of
nominations.
Sounds like they really want to get rid of us.
That kind of hurts.
Let's go to our science correspondents
Florence Nightingale and 
Sir Isaac Newton to hear more.
Florence what can you tell us?
Well, Matthew there have been more than
200,000 nominations and 12 of them have
made it to the final shortlist.
Yes, James here is the shortlist.
Amongst them are Srinivasa Ramanujan
His knowledge of mathematics was largely self-taught
but he managed to solve problems people
thought were unsolvable.
There's Stephen Hawking as well.
He's best known for his groundbreaking work on 
Black Holes,
Singularities and the Big Bang Theory.
I have seen him on that show.
Sir Isaac, who's the lady on the left?
That's paleontologist Mary Anning.
She's done important work on Jurassic fossils.
I can spot the chemist Dorothy Hodgkin as well.
You're right. The first female
scientist from the UK to win a Nobel Prize.
She is known for her important
discoveries about the molecular
structure of substances like insulin.
Last question for you Sir Isaac...
Sorry to stop you there. The image is
coming through. Is that right Florence?
Yes, Matthew I'm just being told the name. Anyone who wanted Harry Maguire on the
unicorn I'm sorry, looks like you're going to be dissapointed.
We've got now the image in the studio. We confirm that the face of
the new £50 note is the father of
computer science Alan Turing
You heard it here first. Florence what can you tell us about Turing?
His work in mathematics is now seen as the conception of the modern computer.
Turing also decoded German
communications during World War two.
He is a fitting tribute to the intelligence
of our species.
That's amazing news.
Thank You Florence. Thank You Sir Isaac.
It looks like time's up for us James.
But no just yet. We'll keep the seat warm until Alan is ready.
That's right and remember think
science and celebrate Alan Turing.
Goodbye. Goodbye.
Alan Turing will be the
face of the new 50 pound note.
Go to Bank of England.co.uk to find out more about his achievements
and his great contribution to the United Kingdom.
