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The Infinite Monkey Cage
Genre	Comedy
Running time	approx. 30 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Starring	Brian Cox; Robin Ince
Produced by	Alexandra Feachem
Executive producer(s)	Deborah Cohen
Recording studio	Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, London
Original release	30 Nov 2009
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	30
Website	The Infinite Monkey Cage website
Podcast	xml feed

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The Infinite Monkey Cage is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series. Starring physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince,^[2] The Independent described it as a "witty and irreverent look at the world according to science".^[3]^[4] The show is into its sixth series.

The programme won a Gold Award in the Best Speech Programme category at the 2011 Sony Radio Awards.^[5]^[6]

Series six began on Monday, 18 June 2012 at 16:30.^[7]

Each show has some topic up for discussion (previous topics have included the apocalypse and space travel). Brian Cox and Robin Ince present the show and are always present. There are normally three guests; two of these are scientists with an interest in the topic of discussion. They offer their expert opinion and give information on the subject. The other is often a comedian, who takes a less serious view of the subject, often making scientific inaccuracies. Often Robin Ince and the guest comedian act to make the show more accessible by asking the 'stupid' and often obvious questions that the scientists have overlooked or assumed knowledge of. A feature which appeared in series 3 was the introduction of Matt Parker, the stand up mathematician. Parker gives a short set about the topic of discussion from a mathematical standpoint.

List of episodes

The following is an episode list of the BBC radio series The Infinite Monkey Cage. As of 23 July 2012, there have been 30 episodes spanning 6 series. ^[8]

Series One

Total	No.	Title	Guest(s)	Original airdate
1	1	"Series 1, Episode 1"	TBA	30 November 2009 (2009-11-30)
2	2	"Series 1, Episode 2"	Jon Ronson and Seth Shostak	7 December 2009 (2009-12-07)
3	3	"Series 1, Episode 3"	Ben Miller	14 December 2009 (2009-12-14)
4	4	"Series 1, Episode 4"	Victor Stock and Adam Rutherford	21 December 2009 (2009-12-21)

Series Two

Total	No.	Title	Guest(s)	Original airdate
5	1	"Series 2, Episode 1"	TBA	14 June 2010 (2010-06-14)
6	2	"Series 2, Episode 2"	TBA	21 June 2010 (2010-06-21)
7	3	"Series 2, Episode 3"	TBA	28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)
8	4	"Series 2, Episode 4"	TBA	5 July 2010 (2010-07-05)

Series Three

Total	No.	Title	Guest(s)	Original airdate
9	1	"Apocalypse"	TBA	15 November 2010 (2010-11-15)
10	2	"Modern World"	TBA	22 November 2010 (2010-11-22)
11	3	"Randomness, Probability and Chance"	TBA	29 November 2010 (2010-11-29)
12	4	"Is Philosophy Dead?"	TBA	6 December 2010 (2010-12-06)

Series Four

Total	No.	Title	Guest(s)	Original airdate
13	1	"What Don't We Know?"	TBA	30 May 2011 (2011-05-30)
14	2	"Six Degrees of Separation?"	TBA	6 June 2011 (2011-06-06)
15	3	"So you want to be an astronaut?"	TBA	13 June 2011 (2011-06-13)
16	4	"Is Cosmology really a science?"	TBA	20 June 2011 (2011-06-20)
17	5	"Glastonbury Special"	TBA	27 June 2011 (2011-06-27)
18	6	"Science and the supernatural"	TBA	5 July 2011 (2011-07-05)

Series Five

Total	No.	Title	Guest(s)	Original airdate
19	1	"What's the North Ever Done for Us?"	TBA	28 November 2011 (2011-11-28)
20	2	"A Balanced Programme on Balance"	Sir Paul Nurse and Katy Brand	5 December 2011 (2011-12-05)
21	3	"The Origins of Life"	Tim Minchin	12 December 2011 (2011-12-12)
22	4	"The Science of Sound"	TBA	19 December 2011 (2011-12-19)
23	5	"I'm a Chemist Get Me Out of Here"	Dara O Briain	26 December 2011 (2011-12-26)
24	6	"The Science of Christmas"	Richard Dawkins	1 January 2012 (2012-01-01)

Series Six

Total	No.	Title	Guest(s)	Original airdate
25	1	"Oceans: The Last Great Unexplored Frontier?"	TBA	18 June 2012 (2012-06-18)
26	2	"Science Mavericks"	Marcus Brigstocke	25 June 2012 (2012-06-25)
27	3	"Does Size Matter"	TBA	2 July 2012 (2012-07-02)
28	4	"The Science of Symmetry"	TBA	9 July 2012 (2012-07-09)
29	5	"Parallel Universes"	TBA	16 July 2012 (2012-07-16)
30	6	"Science v Art"	Al Murray	23 July 2012 (2012-07-23)

References

^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/series
^ Ince, Robin (27 August 2010). "A cat in a wheelie bin can help us ponder how the universe works". The Telegraph.
^ Maume, Chris (21 November 2010). "The Infinite Monkey Cage, Radio 4, Monday; Take one boffin. Mix with comedy writers, and hear them gently fizz". The Independent.
^ "Radio GaGa: Infinite Monkey Cage, Moyles & Bacon!". Tim Minchin.com. Retrieved 12 September 2011. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
^ "Frank Skinner and Jason Byrne win at Sony Awards 2011". The British Comedy Guide. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
^ "TV scientist scoops top radio award". Express & Star. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes

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[1] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/series

[Telegraph20100827-2] Ince, Robin (27 August 2010). "A cat in a wheelie bin can help us ponder how the universe works". The Telegraph.

[Maume-3] Maume, Chris (21 November 2010). "The Infinite Monkey Cage, Radio 4, Monday; Take one boffin. Mix with comedy writers, and hear them gently fizz". The Independent.

[4] "Radio GaGa: Infinite Monkey Cage, Moyles & Bacon!". Tim Minchin.com. Retrieved 12 September 2011. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)

[5] "Frank Skinner and Jason Byrne win at Sony Awards 2011". The British Comedy Guide. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

[6] "TV scientist scoops top radio award". Express & Star. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

[7] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w

[8] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes

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