The Science of Christmas
The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC
4.7 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2011
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The Infinite Monkeys Robin Ince and Brian Cox are in a festive mood as they discuss the science of Christmas with special guests biologist Richard Dawkins, actor and writer Mark Gatiss and science journalist Roger Highfield.
Producer: Alexandra Feachem.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a download from the BBC. |
| 0:02.1 | To find out more, visit bbc.co.uk-radio4. |
| 0:07.2 | Hello, I'm Robyn Ents and Happy Christmas. |
| 0:09.9 | Or, as we atheists say, Happy Christmas. |
| 0:16.0 | And I'm Brian Cox, and I so much on Christmas Day |
| 0:18.4 | that I have been lifted out of my home by helicopter, |
| 0:20.9 | so no change there. |
| 0:24.2 | There are a few things actually more wonderful |
| 0:26.0 | than on Christmas Day, |
| 0:27.3 | seeing Brian just run downstairs |
| 0:29.2 | in his return of the Jedi pajamas. |
| 0:31.6 | Go to the Christmas tree and go, |
| 0:33.3 | is it what I wanted? |
| 0:34.4 | Is it what I wanted? Unwrap it. |
| 0:36.1 | Ooh, it's a tantalising glimpse of a particle |
| 0:38.9 | that may produce mass. |
| 0:40.4 | LAUGHTER |
| 0:46.4 | Since you've got those trainers as well, do you, sir? |
| 0:49.2 | Today, we're going to be looking at a science of Christmas. |
| 0:51.4 | But before we start, is it Christmas? |
| 0:53.0 | We better pull a cracker. |
| 0:54.4 | Right, there we go. |
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