Christmas Special 2014
The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC
4.7 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2014
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Brian Cox and Robin Ince present a very special festive edition.
They'll be taking their own unique look at the Christmas story and the history of the bible and asking whether the christmas story and your view of humanity changes once you've looked back at earth from the heavens themselves.
With:
Actor, Brian Blessed Astronaut, Chris Hadfield Bible scholar Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou Presenter, Reverend Richard Coles
Producer: Alexandra Feachem
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Once you've wrapped up this podcast, how about trying a very British cult? |
| 0:06.0 | What happens if the person you trust with your future isn't what you think they are? |
| 0:10.0 | I did feel the whole time he was watching me Yeti. I saw a footprint and that really gave me gusmas. |
| 0:16.4 | Or people who knew me. Emme, I remember every secret, every lie. I'm the only one who knows the truth. |
| 0:23.0 | Discover more of our biggest podcast from 2003. |
| 0:27.0 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:29.0 | Hello, I'm Robin Ince. |
| 0:31.0 | And I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:32.0 | And welcome to the podcast version of the infinite monkey cage which contains extra material that wasn't considered good enough for the radio. |
| 0:39.2 | Enjoy it! |
| 0:40.4 | So an astronaut, a vicar, a Bible scholar and Voltand, king of the birdman, go into a pub. |
| 0:45.0 | And the landlord says, what are you doing here? |
| 0:46.5 | Aren't you going to be doing the recording of the infinite monkey cage Christmas special? |
| 0:49.0 | And Voltand says, dive, dive, dive! |
| 0:52.0 | The bomber says, well I know the carpet's not up too much, but I don't really think it's a dive. |
| 0:55.0 | He goes, well, I'll have a gin then! |
| 0:58.0 | I'm afraid we're out. |
| 0:59.0 | But Gordon's alive! |
| 1:01.0 | I told you we say it Brian. |
| 1:03.0 | I know, drop in his head again. |
| 1:05.0 | Really I want you to have a good |
| 1:06.0 | Gordon's alive! |
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