Over 1,500 graduates who have embarked on a range of different careers will be reunited to celebrate Bristol University's centenary alumni weekend celebrations.

A number of special guests will join revellers including Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal, who will discuss his love of food, and Professor Peter Barham, and Dr Mark Horton and Dr Alice Roberts who will talk about making BBC 2's Coast.

Past graduates from as far away as Australia, Hong Kong and Kuwait are expected to return for the special celebrations with alumni aged between 21 and 100 representing graduation years from 1930 to 2009.

Speaking ahead of the weekend, Tania Jane Rawlinson, Director of Campaigns and Alumni Relations said: "We will be celebrating both the University's achievements in its first hundred years, and those of its graduates - who are leaders and pioneers in every field imaginable."

But one extra special alumni member will be presented with an honorary MA at a centenary ceremony in the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building.

Lady Isobel Wood, known as Molly, graduated in 1930 and is celebrating her 100th birthday in this, the university's centenary year.