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The Infinite Monkey Cage

Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince host a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists’ eyes. Joined by a panel of scientists, experts and celebrity science enthusiasts they investigate life, the universe and everything in between on The Infinite Monkey Cage from the BBC. From the smallest building blocks of life to the furthest stars, the curious monkeys pull apart the latest science to reveal fascinating and often bizarre insights into the world around us and what lies beyond. Can trees talk to each other? Can science help you commit the perfect murder? What might aliens look like and th...

Introducing... Life Without

14 mins; March 06, 2026

The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck

42 mins; December 24, 2025

Monkey Business - Robin Dunbar, Dave Gorman and Jo Setchell

42 mins; December 17, 2025

Head in the Clouds - Owain Wyn Evans, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Amanda Maycock

42 mins; December 10, 2025

Fusion – Ria Lina, Yasmin Andrew and Howard Wilson

42 mins; December 03, 2025

What’s the deal with eels? – Lucy Porter, David Righton and Caroline Durif

42 mins; November 26, 2025

What’s the time? - Marcus Brigstocke, Leon Lobo, Louise Devoy

42 mins; November 19, 2025

Mind-reading Computers – Phil Wang, Anne Vanhoestenberghe and Luke Bashford

42 mins; November 12, 2025

New series starts soon!

1 min; November 10, 2025

Illuminating Light - Jess Wade, Russell Foster and Bridget Christie

42 mins; August 20, 2025

Moths v Butterflies - Katy Brand, Jane Hill and Chris Jiggins

42 mins; August 13, 2025

Technofossils - Sarah Gabbott, Mark Miodownik and Aurie Styla

42 mins; August 06, 2025

The Mighty Spud - Sandy Knapp, Glenn Bryan and Susan Calman

42 mins; July 30, 2025

How to Build the Perfect Athlete - Helen Glover, Hugh Dennis, Steve Haake and Emma Ross

42 mins; July 23, 2025

Should We Settle in Space? - Tim Peake, Kelly Weinersmith and Alan Davies

42 mins; July 16, 2025

201st Birthday Bonanza - Mel Giedroyc, Deborah Meaden and Nish Kumar

42 mins; July 09, 2025

Nature's Shapes - Dave Gorman, Sarah Hart and Thomas Woolley

42 mins; March 26, 2025

The Sound of Music - Brian Eno, Sam Bennett and Trevor Cox

42 mins; March 19, 2025

Saturn v Jupiter - Katherine Parkinson, Paul Abel and Michele Dougherty

42 mins; March 12, 2025

Adventures on Ice - Darren Harriott, Liz Morris, Christoph Salzmann and Felicity Aston

42 mins; March 05, 2025

How selfish are we really? - Jo Brand, Matti Wilks and Steve Jones

42 mins; February 26, 2025

Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Phil Wang, Ana Ferreira and Chris Jackson

42 mins; February 19, 2025

Brian and Robin introduce Series 32

4 mins; February 13, 2025

An Unexpected History of the Body

42 mins; December 25, 2024

Is Extinction the End?

42 mins; December 18, 2024

Fantastic Elastic

42 mins; December 11, 2024

The Science of Baby Making

42 mins; December 04, 2024

Starless World

42 mins; November 27, 2024

Hedgehogs

42 mins; November 20, 2024

The Cyber Codebreakers

42 mins; November 13, 2024

Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry Series 2

17 mins; September 09, 2024

Alien Life - Russell Kane, Lisa Kaltenegger and Chris Lintott

42 mins; August 21, 2024

An Unexpected History of Science - Rufus Hound, Matthew Cobb, Victoria Herridge and Keith Moore

42 mins; August 14, 2024

What a Gas! - Dave Gorman, Mark Miodownik and Lucy Carpenter

42 mins; August 07, 2024

Extreme Exploration - Anneka Rice, Mike Massimino, Britney Schmidt and Jess Phoenix

43 mins; July 31, 2024

'Beastly Bodies' Kids Special - Steve Backshall, Jess French and Adam Kay

42 mins; July 24, 2024

Science of Board Games - Jess Fostekew, Marcus du Sautoy and Dave Neale

43 mins; July 17, 2024

The Wonder of Trees - Dame Judi Dench, Tony Kirkham and Tristan Gooley

42 mins; July 10, 2024

New series coming soon!

1 min; July 05, 2024

The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Audience Favourites (Pt 2)

22 mins; May 29, 2024

The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Tiny Things

22 mins; May 22, 2024

The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… The Future

19 mins; May 15, 2024

The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Failure

16 mins; May 08, 2024

The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Gambling

19 mins; May 01, 2024

The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… The Gods

22 mins; April 24, 2024

The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Talking to Aliens

19 mins; April 17, 2024

The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Gardening

18 mins; April 10, 2024

The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Love

19 mins; April 03, 2024

The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Murder

20 mins; March 27, 2024

Higgs Boson

42 mins; March 20, 2024

Cats v Dogs

42 mins; March 13, 2024

Poison

42 mins; March 06, 2024

Asteroids

42 mins; February 28, 2024

Could it be magic?

42 mins; February 21, 2024

Egyptian Mummies

42 mins; February 14, 2024

The Monkeys meet The Sky at Night

57 mins; December 20, 2023

Jo Brand's Quantum World

42 mins; December 13, 2023

Hollywood in Space

42 mins; December 06, 2023

The Scale of Life (or were dinosaurs just too big?)

42 mins; November 29, 2023

How I is AI?

42 mins; November 22, 2023

The Science of Coincidence

42 mins; November 14, 2023

Octopuses!

42 mins; November 08, 2023

The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Audience Favourites

23 mins; November 08, 2023

The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Infinity

18 mins; November 01, 2023

The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Being Human

17 mins; October 25, 2023

The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Oceans

23 mins; October 18, 2023

The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Building a Universe

19 mins; October 11, 2023

The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Strawberries

23 mins; October 04, 2023

The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Movies

22 mins; September 27, 2023

The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... Space Travel

20 mins; September 20, 2023

The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... The Apocalypse

18 mins; September 13, 2023

The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Supernatural

21 mins; September 06, 2023

Welcome to The Infinite Monkey's Guide To...

2 mins; September 05, 2023

Cosmic Dust

42 mins; August 05, 2023

Ancient DNA Secrets

42 mins; July 29, 2023

The Secret Life of Sharks

42 mins; July 22, 2023

The Magic of Mushrooms

42 mins; July 15, 2023

Bees v Wasps

42 mins; July 08, 2023

Supervolcanoes

43 mins; July 01, 2023

Are we what we eat?

42 mins; June 24, 2023

Introducing - Sideways: Past Your Peak

29 mins; April 10, 2023

Magic Materials

42 mins; March 25, 2023

How Far Can the Human Body Go?

42 mins; March 18, 2023

How to Commit the Perfect Murder

42 mins; March 11, 2023

How to think like a mathematician

42 mins; March 04, 2023

Australia’s Scary Spiders

42 mins; February 25, 2023

Southern Skies

42 mins; February 18, 2023

Why does wine taste good?

42 mins; December 24, 2022

The Deep Space Network

43 mins; December 17, 2022

The Age of Conspiracy?

42 mins; December 10, 2022

Can we cure ageing?

42 mins; December 03, 2022

Hunting for Exoplanets

42 mins; November 26, 2022

Exploring our solar system

42 mins; November 19, 2022

What have we learnt from Covid?

42 mins; November 12, 2022

How to Teach Maths

42 mins; September 03, 2022

Brains

42 mins; August 27, 2022

Astronauts

42 mins; August 20, 2022

Black Holes

42 mins; August 13, 2022

The Wood Wide Web

42 mins; August 06, 2022

Exploring the Deep

42 mins; July 30, 2022

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