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The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC
The Infinite Monkey Cage

The Infinite Monkey Cage

  • Radio factual
  • BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds
  • 2009 - 2024
  • 196 episodes (31 series)

Witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes. With Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince. Also features Brian Cox.

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All The Infinite Monkey Cage episodes

Series 1

  1. 1 - Science and Comedians
  2. 2 - Extraterrestrial Life
  3. 3 - Quantum Physics
  4. 4 - Science and Religion

Series 2

  1. 1 - Popular Science
  2. 2 - Trust Me, I'm A Scientist
  3. 3 - Science Fiction, Science Fact
  4. 4 - Things Can Only Get Better?

Series 3

  1. 1 - Apocalypse
  2. 2 - Modern World
  3. 3 - Randomness
  4. 4 - Philosophy

Series 4

  1. 1 - What Don't We Know?
  2. 2 - Six Degrees
  3. 3 - So You Want To Be An Astronaut?
  4. 4 - Is Cosmology Really a Science?
  5. 5 - Is There Room for Mysticism in a Rational World?
  6. 6 - Science vs the Supernatural: Does Science Kill the Magic?

Series 5

  1. 1 - What's the North Ever Done for Us?
  2. 2 - A Balanced Programme on Balance
  3. 3 - The Origins of Life
  4. 4 - The Science of Sound
  5. 5 - I'm a Chemist Get Me Out of Here
  6. Special - The Science of Christmas

Series 6

  1. 1 - Oceans: The Last Great Unexplored Frontier?
  2. 2 - Science Mavericks
  3. 3 - Does Size Matter?
  4. 4 - The Science of Symmetry
  5. 5 - Parallel Universes
  6. 6 - Science v Art

Series 7

  1. 1 - Space Exploration
  2. 2 - Improbable Science
  3. 3 - Secret Science
  4. 4 - Brain Science
  5. 5 - Creating Life
  6. Special - The Science of Christmas Behaviour

Series 8

  1. 1 - What is Death?
  2. 2 - Glastonbury
  3. 3 - Space Tourism
  4. 4 - What Makes a Science a Science
  5. 5 - Alfred Russel Wallace
  6. 6 - Science Museum

Series 9

  1. 1 - Risk
  2. 2 - Through the Doors of Perception
  3. 3 - Science Rocks!
  4. 4 - To Infinity and Beyond
  5. 5 - Should We Pander to Pandas?
  6. 6 - Science and Spin

2014 Special

  1. Special - Brian And Robin's Infinite Inbox

Series 10

  1. 1 - Numbers Numbers Everywhere
  2. 2 - Are Humans Uniquely Unique?
  3. 3 - Does Science Need War?
  4. 4 - Can Science Save Us?
  5. 5 - Before the Big Bang
  6. 6 - Irrationality
  7. Special - Christmas Special

Series 11

  1. 1 - Deception
  2. 2 - Fierce Creatures
  3. 3 - Solar System
  4. 4 - When Quantum Goes Woo
  5. 5 - What's The Point of Plants
  6. 6 - Serendipity

Series 12

  1. 1 - The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: New York
  2. 2 - The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Los Angeles
  3. 3 - The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Chicago
  4. 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: San Francisco
  5. 5 - Speed
  6. 6 - Forensic Science
  7. Special - An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity
  8. Special - An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity
  9. Special - Christmas Special

Series 13

  1. 1 - Artificial Intelligence
  2. 2 - What is Race?
  3. 3 - Invisible Universe
  4. 4 - What is Reality?
  5. 5 - Maths of Love and Sex
  6. 6 - Climate Change

Series 14

  1. 1 - The Sound of Music
  2. 2 - The Recipe to Build a Universe
  3. 3 - Science of Sleep
  4. 4 - Battle of the Sexes
  5. 5 - 200 Years of Frankenstein
  6. 6 - The Universe: What Remains to Be Discovered?
  7. Special - Christmas Special

Series 15

  1. 1 - The Science of Everyday Life
  2. 2 - How to Beat the House and Win at Games
  3. 3 - Science's Epic Fails
  4. 4 - Oceans: What Remains to Be Discovered?
  5. 5 - The Human Story: How We Got Here and Why We Survived
  6. 6 - Making the Invisible Visible

Series 16

  1. 1 - What Particles Remain To Be Discovered?
  2. 2 - Astronaut Special
  3. 3 - Oxygen: A Matter Of Life Or Death
  4. 4 - Will Insects Inherit The Earth?
  5. 5 - Are We Living In A Simulation?
  6. 6 - The Mind V The Brain?

Christmas Special

  1. Special - Christmas Special

Series 17

  1. 1 - When Two Stars Collide
  2. 2 - The Secret Life Of Birds
  3. 3 - Antibiotics
  4. 4 - Teenage Brain
  5. 5 - How Animals Behave
  6. 6 - Volcanoes

The Infinite Monkey Cage 100

  1. Special - The Infinite Monkey Cage 100

Series 18

  1. 1 - Big Data
  2. 2 - Invasion!
  3. 3 - The Immune System
  4. 4 - The Human Voice
  5. 5 - GCHQ

Series 19

  1. 1 - Microbes: Secret Rulers Of The World?
  2. 2 - The Future of Humanity
  3. 3 - Origin of Numbers
  4. 4 - Are Humans Still Evolving?
  5. 5 - How to Build a Bionic Human
  6. 6 - How to Measure the Universe

Moon Landings Special

  1. Special - Moon Landings Special

Series 20

  1. 1 - Dinosaurs
  2. 2 - Clever Creatures
  3. 3 - Science of Dreaming
  4. 4 - Anniversary of the Periodic Table
  5. Special - Being an Astronaut

Series 21

  1. 1 - Science of Laughter
  2. 2 - Conspiracy Theories
  3. 3 - Coral Reefs
  4. 4 - Fire
  5. 5 - Quantum Worlds
  6. Special - UFO Special

Series 22 - Lockdown Podcast

  1. 1 - The End of the Universe
  2. 2 - Black Holes
  3. 3 - Space Archaeology
  4. 4 - An Astronaut's Guide To Isolation
  5. 5 - The Sun
  6. 6 - When the Monkeys met the Chimps
  7. 7 - Does Time Exist?
  8. 8 - The Human Brain
  9. 9 - What Is Life?

Series 23

  1. 1 - In Praise Of Flies
  2. 2 - Under Our Night Sky
  3. 3 - Neanderthals
  4. 4 - The Science of Cooking
  5. 5 - The Fundamentals Of Reality
  6. 6 - A History of Rock

Series 24

  1. 1 - Bats v Flies
  2. 2 - Exploring the Deep
  3. 3 - The Wood Wide Web
  4. 4 - Black Holes
  5. 5 - Astronauts
  6. 6 - Brains
  7. 7 - How To Teach Maths

Series 25

  1. 1 - What Have We Learnt From Covid?
  2. 2 - Exploring Our Solar System
  3. 3 - Hunting For Exoplanets
  4. 4 - Can We Cure Ageing?
  5. 5 - The Age of Conspiracy?
  6. 6 - The Deep Space Network
  7. Special - Why Does Wine Taste Good?

Series 26

  1. 1 - Stars From The Southern Hemisphere
  2. 2 - Australia's Scary Spiders
  3. 3 - How To Think Like A Mathematician
  4. 4 - How To Commit The Perfect Murder
  5. 5 - How Far Can The Human Body Go?
  6. 6 - Magic Materials

Series 27

  1. 1 - Are We What We Eat?
  2. 2 - Supervolcanoes
  3. 3 - Bees v Wasps
  4. 4 - The Magic Of Mushrooms
  5. 5 - The Secret Life Of Sharks
  6. 6 - Ancient DNA Secrets
  7. 7 - Cosmic Dust

Series 28

  1. 1 - Octopuses!
  2. 2 - The Science of Coincidence
  3. 3 - How I is AI?
  4. 4 - The Scale of Life (or were Dinosaurs just too big?)
  5. 5 - Hollywood in Space
  6. 6 - Jo Brand's Quantum World
  7. 7 - The Monkeys meet The Sky At Night

Series 29

  1. 1 - Egyptian Mummies
  2. 2 - Could It Be Magic?
  3. 3 - Asteroids
  4. 4 - Poison
  5. 5 - Cats v Dogs
  6. 6 - Higgs Boson

Series 30

  1. 1 - The Wonder of Trees
  2. 2 - Game On
  3. Special - Beastly Bodies - Kids Special
  4. 4 - Extreme Exploration
  5. 5 - What a Gas!
  6. 6 - An Unexpected History of Science
  7. 7 - Alien Life

Series 31

  1. 1 - The Cyber Codebreakers
  2. 2 - Hedgehogs
  3. 3 - Starless World
  4. 4 - The Science Of Baby Making
  5. 5 - Fantastic Elastic
  6. 6 - Is Extinction The End?
  7. 7 - An Unexpected History Of The Body

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