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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...

Bats v Flies

42 mins; July 23, 2022

The Infinite Monkey Cage is Back

1 min; June 25, 2022

Introducing Robin Ince’s Laws That Aren’t Laws

15 mins; March 10, 2021

A History of Rock

42 mins; February 15, 2021

The Fundamentals of Reality

41 mins; February 08, 2021

The Science of Cooking

43 mins; February 01, 2021

Neanderthals

38 mins; January 25, 2021

Under our Night Sky

57 mins; January 18, 2021

In Praise of Flies

38 mins; January 11, 2021

Does Time Exist?

43 mins; August 26, 2020

What is Life?

28 mins; July 20, 2020

When the Monkeys Met the Chimps

50 mins; June 29, 2020

The Sun

40 mins; June 22, 2020

An Astronaut's Guide to Isolation

45 mins; June 15, 2020

Space Archaeology

56 mins; June 08, 2020

Black Holes

34 mins; June 01, 2020

The End of the Universe

28 mins; May 25, 2020

UFO special

42 mins; February 12, 2020

Lucy Beaumont's Close Encounters

12 mins; February 12, 2020

Quantum Worlds

43 mins; February 10, 2020

Fire

37 mins; February 03, 2020

Coral Reefs

45 mins; January 27, 2020

Conspiracy Theories

33 mins; January 20, 2020

Science of Laughter

43 mins; January 13, 2020

Brits in Space

59 mins; October 14, 2019

Anniversary of the Periodic Table

37 mins; October 07, 2019

Science of Dreaming

44 mins; September 30, 2019

Clever Creatures

41 mins; September 23, 2019

Dinosaurs

46 mins; September 16, 2019

Astronaut Special (Repeat)

29 mins; July 25, 2019

The Infinite Moonkey Cage

58 mins; July 20, 2019

Introducing The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

5 mins; April 18, 2019

How We Measure the Universe

38 mins; February 11, 2019

How to Build a Bionic Human

42 mins; February 04, 2019

Are humans still evolving?

47 mins; January 28, 2019

Origin of Numbers

35 mins; January 21, 2019

The Future of Humanity

35 mins; January 14, 2019

Microbes: Secret Rulers of the World?

46 mins; January 07, 2019

GCHQ

38 mins; August 13, 2018

Special Bonus Edition

17 mins; August 09, 2018

The Human Voice

38 mins; August 06, 2018

Immune System

40 mins; July 30, 2018

Invasion

41 mins; July 23, 2018

Big Data

44 mins; July 16, 2018

The Infinite Monkey Cage 100

57 mins; July 11, 2018

Volcanoes

42 mins; February 12, 2018

How Animals Behave

43 mins; February 05, 2018

Teenage Brain

43 mins; January 29, 2018

Antibiotics

38 mins; January 22, 2018

The Secret Life of Birds

46 mins; January 15, 2018

When Two Stars Collide

40 mins; January 08, 2018

Christmas Special 2017: The Science of Magic

47 mins; December 25, 2017

Stay Tuned...

35 secs; December 20, 2017

The Mind v the Brain

50 mins; August 07, 2017

Are We Living in a Simulation?

38 mins; July 31, 2017

Will insects inherit the earth?

43 mins; July 24, 2017

Oxygen: A Matter of Life and Death

39 mins; July 17, 2017

Astronaut Special

44 mins; July 10, 2017

What Particles Remain to be Discovered?

45 mins; July 03, 2017

Making the Invisible Visible

46 mins; February 13, 2017

The Human Story: How We Got Here and Why We Survived.

40 mins; February 06, 2017

Oceans: What Remains to Be Discovered?

44 mins; January 30, 2017

Science's Epic Fails

46 mins; January 23, 2017

How to Beat the House and Win at Games

42 mins; January 16, 2017

The Science of Everyday Life

45 mins; January 10, 2017

Christmas Special 2016

41 mins; December 27, 2016

The Universe: What Remains to Be Discovered?

46 mins; August 01, 2016

200 Years of Frankenstein

51 mins; July 25, 2016

Battle of the Sexes

45 mins; July 18, 2016

Science of Sleep

38 mins; July 11, 2016

The Recipe to Build a Universe

51 mins; July 04, 2016

The Sound of Music

42 mins; June 27, 2016

Brian and Robin's Infinite Inbox

46 mins; February 25, 2016

Climate Change

49 mins; February 15, 2016

Maths of Love and Sex

46 mins; February 08, 2016

What Is Reality?

41 mins; February 01, 2016

Invisible Universe

39 mins; January 25, 2016

What is Race?

46 mins; January 18, 2016

Artificial Intelligence

43 mins; January 12, 2016

Christmas Special 2015

46 mins; December 25, 2015

Episode 2

27 mins; December 15, 2015

Episode 1

29 mins; December 08, 2015

Forensic Science

49 mins; August 10, 2015

Speed

47 mins; August 03, 2015

The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: San Francisco

47 mins; July 27, 2015

The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Chicago

45 mins; July 20, 2015

The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Los Angeles

45 mins; July 13, 2015

The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: New York

47 mins; July 06, 2015

Serendipity

43 mins; February 23, 2015

What Is the Point of Plants?

35 mins; February 16, 2015

When Quantum Goes Woo

44 mins; February 09, 2015

Solar System

54 mins; February 02, 2015

Fierce Creatures

42 mins; January 26, 2015

Deception

43 mins; January 19, 2015

Christmas Special 2014

50 mins; December 25, 2014

Irrationality

44 mins; August 11, 2014

Before the Big Bang

41 mins; August 04, 2014

Can Science Save Us?

53 mins; July 28, 2014

Does Science Need War?

39 mins; July 21, 2014

Are Humans Uniquely Unique?

46 mins; July 14, 2014

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