The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck
The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC
4.7 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In this Christmas episode of The Infinite Monkey Cage, Brian Cox and Robin Ince head to the North Pole to explore the dazzling science behind the northern lights, the extreme adaptations that help animals - and even Santa Claus - survive the Arctic cold, and how the Earth’s magnetic field might just guide him home. Joining the monkeys are comedian Russell Kane, Arctic explorer Felicity Aston and Polar biologist Lloyd Peck, as they brave the chill to uncover the wonders of one of Earth’s most remote and magical frontiers.
Series Producer: Mel Brown Researcher: Alex Rodway Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem A BBC Studios Production
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Ellis, our podcast is over 500 episodes old. |
| 0:10.0 | But what have we learnt? |
| 0:11.0 | Ellis James and John Robbins. |
| 0:13.0 | I've learnt that when you're doing live radio, if somebody texts in in block capitals, it's very really a good sign. |
| 0:18.0 | We've had a confused text and it says, I want to listen to this rubbish. |
| 0:22.0 | I learned that if you lose to lose Sanders in a board game and don't mention her on the show, |
| 0:26.3 | you are going to get an unexpected call. |
| 0:28.4 | Oh, dear, oh dear. |
| 0:31.1 | Ellis James and John Robbins, 500 not out. |
| 0:34.1 | Lovely stuff. |
| 0:35.5 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.1 | Hello, I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm Robin Inx, and this is the Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:42.3 | And it is Christmas Day! |
| 0:47.3 | Happy Christmas! |
| 0:51.5 | Here's a shiny shilling, Brian Cox. |
| 0:53.7 | Got me the finest turkey in the window. |
| 0:56.1 | Hope you got everything you wanted under the tree. |
| 0:58.4 | Brian didn't, unsurprisingly, |
| 1:00.6 | because Brian got a particle accelerator, |
| 1:04.2 | and he's got one of those already. |
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