{{Short description|Science and comedy radio show}} {{for|the Washinton Post blog|The Monkey Cage (blog)}} {{redirect|Monkey Cage|the 1966 TV play episode of the Australian TV series Australian Playhouse|The Monkey Cage}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use British English|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox radio show | show_name = The Infinite Monkey Cage | image = {{multiple images|total_width=300|image1= Robin Ince - EdSciFest 2014.JPG|image2= Brian Cox.jpg|border=infobox}} | imagesize = | caption = Robin Ince and Brian Cox, the hosts of the programme | format = Comedy, popular science | runtime = approx. 30 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | home_station = BBC Radio 4 | syndicates = | starring = Brian Cox<br/> Robin Ince | creator = | writer = | producer = Alexandra Feachem | executive_producer = Deborah Cohen | narrated = | record_location = Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, London<br/>RADA Studios, London | first_aired = {{Start date|2009|11|30|df=y}} | num_series = 34 | num_episodes = 214<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b00snr0w |title=BBC Sounds – The Infinite Monkey Cage|publisher=BBC|year=2023|access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref> | audio_format = | opentheme = | endtheme = | website = {{URL|bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w}} | podcast = {{URL|bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads.rss}} }} '''''The Infinite Monkey Cage''''' is a BBC Radio 4 comedy and popular science series. Hosted by physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince,<ref name=Telegraph20100827 >{{cite news |title=A cat in a wheelie bin can help us ponder how the universe works |last=Ince |first=Robin |date=27 August 2010 |newspaper=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7968327/A-cat-in-a-wheelie-bin-can-help-us-ponder-how-the-universe-works.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830052452/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7968327/A-cat-in-a-wheelie-bin-can-help-us-ponder-how-the-universe-works.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2010}}</ref> ''The Independent'' described it as a "witty and irreverent look at the world according to science".<ref name=Maume >{{cite news |last=Maume |first=Chris |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-infinite-monkey-cage-radio-4-monday-2139595.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-infinite-monkey-cage-radio-4-monday-2139595.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The Infinite Monkey Cage, Radio 4, Monday; Take one boffin. Mix with comedy writers, and hear them gently fizz |date=21 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Radio GaGa: Infinite Monkey Cage, Moyles & Bacon!|url=http://www.timminchin.com/2010/11/28/radio-gaga-infinite-monkey-cage-moyles-bacon/|publisher=Tim Minchin|access-date=12 September 2011}}</ref> Since 2013 the show has been accompanied by a podcast, published immediately after the initial radio broadcast, which features extended versions of most episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w |title=BBC Radio 4 – The Infinite Monkey Cage |publisher=BBC |date=10 March 2014 |access-date=23 June 2014}}</ref> The programme won a Gold Award in the Best Speech Programme category at the 2011 Sony Radio Awards,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/news/story/00000536/frank_skinner_jason_byrne_sonys_2011/|title=Frank Skinner and Jason Byrne win at Sony Awards 2011|publisher=The British Comedy Guide|date=9 May 2011|access-date=9 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/showbiz-news/2011/05/09/tv-scientist-scoops-top-radio-award/|title=TV scientist scoops top radio award|work=Express & Star|date=9 May 2011|access-date=9 May 2011}}</ref> and it won the best Radio Talk Show at the 2015 Rose d'Or awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rosedor.com/news/article/Article/detail/9.html|title=54th Rose D'Or Awards Honour the Best in TV and Radio Entertainment|date=9 December 2015|website=rosedor.com|language=en-UK|access-date=2017-02-26}}</ref> The name is a reference to the infinite monkey theorem.

Each show has a particular topic up for discussion, with previous topics including the apocalypse and space travel. There are normally three guests; two of these are scientists with an interest in the topic of discussion, offering an expert opinion on the subject. The other guest is usually a comedian, who takes a less serious view of the subject, and often makes the show more accessible by asking the "stupid" questions that the other guests may have overlooked.

Ince resigned from the show in December 2025, citing his views of support of the transgender community and his criticism of Donald Trump being deemed problematic by the BBC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/news/8605/robin-ince-resigns-from-the-infinite-monkey-cage/|title=Robin Ince resigns from The Infinite Monkey Cage|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|date=13 December 2025|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>

==Episodes== The following is an episode list of the BBC radio series ''The Infinite Monkey Cage''. As of July 2023, there have been 167 episodes spanning 27 series plus 8 specials; two responding to viewers' questions, Christmas Specials in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and a 100th Episode special. All episodes are available to stream via the website and as podcast downloads.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/player |title=BBC Radio 4 – The Infinite Monkey Cage – Episodes |publisher=BBC |access-date=23 June 2014}}</ref>

Since 2013, podcasts are longer than the broadcast episodes at around 45 minutes, frequently adding mild spats between Cox and Ince, and occasionally language unsuitable "for the 4:30pm school run slot".

In addition to the regular programmes, a special entitled "An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity" was broadcast in two half-hour episodes on 8 and 15 December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/player |title=BBC Radio 4 – The Infinite Monkey Cage – Episodes 2010s > 2015 > December|publisher=BBC |access-date=19 July 2016}}</ref> Their 100th Episode (according to their own manner of counting which differs from the one listed on Wikipedia), simply titled "Monkey Cage 100", was also recorded on Video and is currently watchable on the BBC iPlayer.

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===Series 1 (2009)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guest(s)|airdate=12 |episodes=

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===Series 2 (2010)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Popular Science | Aux1 = Ben Miller & Robert Winston | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|06|14|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Trust me, I'm a Scientist | Aux1 = Ben Goldacre, Claudia Hammond & Dave Gorman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|06|21|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Science Fiction, Science Fact | Aux1 = Jonathan Ross, Alan Moore & Dr Brian Greene | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|06|28|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Things Can Only Get Better? | Aux1 = Colin Blakemore, Mark Steel & Peter Cunnah | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|07|05|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

===Series 3 (2010)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Apocalypse | Aux1 = Adam Rutherford, Andy Hamilton & Dr Lucie Green with Matt Parker | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Modern World | Aux1 = Paul Foot, Aleks Krotoski & Professor Tony Ryan with Matt Parker | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Randomness | Aux1 = Tim Minchin & Alex Bellos with Matt Parker | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|29|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Philosophy | Aux1 = Alexei Sayle, Julian Baggini & Professor Raymond Tallis with Matt Parker | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

===Series 4 (2011)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = What Don't We Know? | Aux1 = Paul Foot, Marcus Chown & Professor Steve Jones | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|05|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Six Degrees | Aux1 = Stephen Fry, Simon Singh, & Aleks Krotoski with Matt Parker | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|06|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = So You Want To Be an Astronaut? | Aux1 = Chris Riley, Dr Kevin Fong, & Helen Keen | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|06|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Is Cosmology Really a Science? | Aux1 = Alan Moore, Dallas Campbell, Professor Ed Copeland & Helen Arney | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|06|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = This programme was recorded as part of the Cheltenham Science Festival. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Is There Room for Mysticism in a Rational World? | Aux1 = Billy Bragg, Graham Coxon, Shappi Khorsandi & Professor Tony Ryan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|06|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Science vs the Supernatural: Does Science Kill the Magic? | Aux1 = Andy Nyman, Richard Wiseman & Bruce Hood | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|07|05|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

===Series 5 (2011)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = What's the North Ever Done for Us? | Aux1 = Jon Culshaw, Jeff Forshaw & Matthew Cobb | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|21|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = A Balanced Programme on Balance | Aux1 = Sir Paul Nurse, Katy Brand, Simon Mayo, & Professor Steve Jones | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|28|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 21 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Origins of Life | Aux1 = Tim Minchin, Dr Nick Lane, & Adam Rutherford | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|05|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 22 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Science of Sound | Aux1 = Tom Wrigglesworth, Professor Trevor Cox & Professor Chris Plack | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 23 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = I'm a Chemist Get Me Out of Here | Aux1 = Dara Ó Briain, Professor Tony Ryan, & Andrea Sella | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 24 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The Science of Christmas | Aux1 = Professor Richard Dawkins, Mark Gatiss & Roger Highfield with Helen Arney | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|26|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

===Series 6 (2012)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 25 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Oceans: The Last Great Unexplored Frontier? | Aux1 = Dave Gorman, Lloyd Peck & Bramley Murton | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|06|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 26 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Science Mavericks | Aux1 = Marcus Brigstocke, Professor Barry Marshall, Kevin Fong, & Aoife McLysaght | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|06|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 27 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Does Size Matter? | Aux1 = Andy Hamilton, Mark Miodownik & Eleanor Stride | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|07|02|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 28 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Science of Symmetry | Aux1 = Marcus du Sautoy, Adam Rutherford & Alan Moore | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|07|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 29 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Parallel Universes | Aux1 = Professor Sir Martin Rees, Dr Lucie Green & John Lloyd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|07|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 30 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Science v Art | Aux1 = Al Murray, Sara Pascoe, Andrew Pontzen & Jon Butterworth. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|07|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

===Series 7 (2012)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 31 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Space Exploration | Aux1 = Sir Patrick Stewart, Ben Miller & Monica Grady | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|11|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 32 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Improbable Science | Aux1 = Katy Brand, Matthew Cobb & Marc Abrahams | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|11|26|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 33 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Secret Science | Aux1 = Simon Singh, Sue Black & Dave Gorman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|03|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 34 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Brain Science | Aux1 = Jo Brand, Sophie Scott, & Brian Butterworth | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|10|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 35 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Creating Life | Aux1 = Ed Byrne, Adam Rutherford, & Philip Ball | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|17|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 36 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Christmas Special: The Science of Christmas Behaviour | Aux1 = Mark Gatiss, Professor Steve Jones, Richard Wiseman, Victor Stock, and [http://jonnyandthebaptists.co.uk/ Jonny & The Baptists] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

===Series 8 (2013)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 37 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = What is Death? | Aux1 = Katy Brand, Dr Nick Lane, & Sue Black | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|06|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 38 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Glastonbury | Aux1 = Marcus Brigstocke, KT Tunstall, Fay Dowker, & Jeff Forshaw | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|07|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 39 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Space Tourism | Aux1 = Brian Blessed, Kevin Fong, and Steven Attenborough | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|07|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 40 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = What Makes a Science a Science | Aux1 = Ben Goldacre, Sophie Scott, & Evan Davis | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|07|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 41 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Alfred Russel Wallace | Aux1 = Steve Jones, Aoife McLysaght, & Tony Law | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|07|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 42 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Science Museum | Aux1 = Neil deGrasse Tyson, Josie Long, Ian Blatchford, Richard Holmes & Doc Brown | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|07|29|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

===Series 9 (2013-14)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 43 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Risk | Aux1 = Graeme Garden, David Spiegelhalter, & Sue Ion | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Producer: Rami Tzabar. }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 44 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Through the Doors of Perception | Aux1 = Claudia Hammond, Beau Lotto, & Alan Moore | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 45 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Science Rocks! | Aux1 = Hermione Cockburn, Ross Noble, & Eric Idle | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|02|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 46 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = To Infinity and Beyond | Aux1 = John Lloyd, Colva Roney-Dougal, & Simon Singh | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Producer: Rami Tzabar. }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 47 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Should We Pander to Pandas? | Aux1 = Sandy Knapp, Simon Watt, & Sara Pascoe | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 48 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Science and Spin | Aux1 = Matthew Cobb, Sheena Cruikshank, Helen Keen, & James Burke | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 49 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Brian & Robin's Infinite Inbox | Aux1 = None | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|03|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

===Series 10 (2014)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 50 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Numbers Numbers Everywhere | Aux1 = Dave Gorman, Dr Vicky Neale, & Alex Bellos | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|07|07|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 51 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Are Humans Uniquely Unique? | Aux1 = Keith Jensen, Katie Slocombe, & Ross Noble | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|07|14|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 52 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Does Science Need War? | Aux1 = Katy Brand, Philip Ball, & Kevin Fong | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|07|21|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 53 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Can Science Save Us? | Aux1 = Stephen Fry, Dr. Lucie Green, Prof. Tony Ryan & Eric Idle | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|07|28|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 54 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Before the Big Bang | Aux1 = Carlos Frenk, Fay Dowker, Ben Miller & Richard Vranch | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|08|04|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 55 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Irrationality | Aux1 = Josie Long, Paul Foot, Richard Wiseman & Stuart Ritchie | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|08|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 56 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = 2014 Christmas Special | Aux1 = Rev. Richard Coles, Chris Hadfield, Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Brian Blessed | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

===Series 11 (2015)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 57 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Deception | Aux1 = Richard Wiseman, Sophie Scott, & David Aaronovitch | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|01|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 58 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Fierce Creatures | Aux1 = Steve Backshall, Lucy Cooke, & Andy Hamilton | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|01|26|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 59 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Solar System | Aux1 = Monica Grady, Jo Brand, & Carolyn Porco | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|02|02|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 60 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = When Quantum Goes Woo | Aux1 = Ben Goldacre, Jeff Forshaw, & Sara Pascoe | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|02|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 61 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = What's The Point of Plants | Aux1 = Jane Langdale, Jim Al-Khalili, & Ed Byrne | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|02|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 62 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Serendipity | Aux1 = Lee Mack, Simon Singh, & Andrea Sella | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|02|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

===Series 12 (2015)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 63 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: New York | Aux1 = Bill Nye, Janna Levin, Tim Daly, & Lisa Lampanelli | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|07|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 64 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Los Angeles | Aux1 = Sean Carroll, Joe Rogan, David X. Cohen, & Eric Idle | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|07|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 65 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Chicago | Aux1 = Peter Sagal, Julia Sweeney, Paul Sereno, & Jerry Coyne | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|07|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 66 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: San Francisco | Aux1 = Dr Seth Shostak, Dr Carolyn Porco, Greg Proops, & Paul Provenza | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|07|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 67 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Speed | Aux1 = Alexei Sayle, Andy Green & Professor Danielle George | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|08|03|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 68 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Forensic Science | Aux1 = Professor Sue Black, Dr Mark Spencer & Rufus Hound | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|08|10|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 69 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = 2015 Christmas Special | Aux1 = Ross Noble, Paul Franklin, Simon Guerrier & Victor Stock | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|12|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

==== Year-end specials ==== To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, two special episodes were added in December 2015: {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = Special | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Episode 1: An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity | Aux1 = Ben Miller, Dara Ó Briain, Richard Vranch, & Carlos Frenk | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|12|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = Special | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Episode 2: An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity | Aux1 = Sean Carroll, Richard Vranch, Tim O'Brien, Sarah Bridle, & Carlos Frenk | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|12|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

===Series 13 (2016)=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 70 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Artificial Intelligence | Aux1 = Jo Brand, Anil Seth, & Alan Winfield | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|01|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 71 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = What is Race? | Aux1 = Shappi Khorsandi, Adam Rutherford, & Mark Thomas | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|01|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 72 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Invisible Universe | Aux1 = Jon Culshaw, Sarah Bridle, & Tim O'Brien | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|01|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 73 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = What is Reality? | Aux1 = David Eagleman, Sophie Scott, & Bridget Christie | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|02|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 74 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Maths of Love and Sex | Aux1 = Paul Foot, Hannah Fry, & David Spiegelhalter | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|02|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 75 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Climate Change | Aux1 = Dara Ó Briain, Professor Tony Ryan, and Dr Gabrielle Walker | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|02|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 76 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Brian & Robin's Infinite Inbox | Aux1 = None | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|02|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Brian Cox and Robin Ince answer The Infinite Monkey Cage listeners' questions. }} }}

=== Series 14 (2016) === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 77 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Sound of Music | Aux1 = Matt Kirshen, KT Tunstall, Nitin Sawhney, Lucy Cooke, & Trevor Cox | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|07|04|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 78 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Recipe to Build a Universe | Aux1 = Rufus Hound, Andrea Sella & Lucie Green | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|07|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 79 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Science of Sleep | Aux1 = Russell Foster, Richard Wiseman & Katy Brand | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|07|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 80 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Battle of the Sexes | Aux1 = Sophie Scott, Steve Jones & Sara Pascoe | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|07|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 81 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = 200 Years of Frankenstein | Aux1 = Noel Fielding, Nick Lane & Sir Christopher Frayling | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|08|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 82 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The Universe: What Remains to Be Discovered? | Aux1 = Ben Miller, Charlotte Church, Paul Abel & Tim O'Brien | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|08|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 83 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = 2016 Christmas Special | Aux1 = Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mark Gatiss, Deborah Hyde & Nick Baines | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }}

}}

=== Series 15 (2017) === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 84 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Science of Everyday Life | Aux1 = Russell Kane, Helen Czerski & Danielle George | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|01|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 85 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = How to Beat the House and Win at Games | Aux1 = Hannah Fry, Alex Bellos, Richard Wiseman & Helen Zaltzman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|01|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 86 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Science's Epic Fails | Aux1 = Rufus Hound, Professor Alice Roberts & Dr Adam Rutherford | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|01|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 87 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Oceans: What Remains to Be Discovered? | Aux1 = Andy Hamilton, Professor Jon Copley & Helen Scales | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 88 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Human Story: How We Got Here and Why We Survived | Aux1 = Ross Noble, Professor Danielle Schreve & Chris Stringer | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 89 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Making the Invisible Visible | Aux1 = Katy Brand, Carlos Frenk & Matthew Cobb | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

=== Series 16 (2017) === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 90 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = What Particles Remain to be Discovered? | Aux1 = Eric Idle, Jon Butterworth & Catherine Heymans | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|07|03|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 91 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Astronaut Special | Aux1 = Sandra Magnus, Terry Virts, Claude Nicollier & Charlie Duke | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|07|10|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 92 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Oxygen: A Matter of Life or Death | Aux1 = Sara Pascoe, Andrea Sella & Dr Gabrielle Walker | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|07|17|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 93 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Will Insects Inherit the Earth? | Aux1 = Dave Gorman, Tim Cockerill & Amoret Whitaker | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|07|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 94 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Are We Living in a Simulation? | Aux1 = Phill Jupitus, Nick Bostrom & Anil Seth | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|07|31|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 95 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The Mind v the Brain? | Aux1 = Katy Brand, Uta Frith & Sophie Scott | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|08|07|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 96 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = 2017 Christmas Special: The Science of Magic | Aux1 = Andy Nyman, Diane Morgan, Richard Wiseman & Francesca Stavrakopoulou | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

=== Series 17 (2018) === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 97 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = When Two Stars Collide | Aux1 = Dara Ó Briain, Sheila Brown & Nils Andersson | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|01|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 98 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Secret Life of Birds | Aux1 = Katy Brand, Steve Backshall, Professor Tim Birkhead & special guest Brann the Raven | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|01|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 99 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Antibiotics | Aux1 = Chris Addison, Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies & Martha Clokie | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|01|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 100 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Teenage Brain | Aux1 = Rory Bremner, Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore & Professor Matthew Cobb | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|01|29|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 101 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = How Animals Behave | Aux1 = Rufus Hound, Lucy Cooke & Professor Rory Wilson | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|02|05|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 102 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Volcanoes | Aux1 = Jo Brand, Tamsin Mather & Clive Oppenheimer | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|02|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

=== Series 18 (2018) === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 103 | EpisodeNumber2 = TV & Radio Special | Title = Infinite Monkey Cage 100 | Aux1 = Katy Brand, Brian Blessed, Eric Idle, Dave Gorman, Andy Hamilton, Alice Roberts, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Sue Black, Fay Dowker, David Spiegelhalter, Richard Wiseman, Professor Tony Ryan & Andrea Sella | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|07|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 104 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Big Data | Aux1 = Danny Wallace, Hannah Fry & Timandra Harkness | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|07|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 105 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Invasion! | Aux1 = Phill Jupitus, Kate Jones & Mark Spencer | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|07|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 106 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Immune System | Aux1 = Shappi Khorsandi, Professor Dan Davis & Professor Steve Jones | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|07|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 107 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Human Voice | Aux1 = Beardyman, Professor Trevor Cox & Professor Sophie Scott | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|08|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 108 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = GCHQ | Aux1 = Katy Brand | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|08|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

=== Series 19 (2019) === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 109 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Microbes: Secret Rulers of the World? | Aux1 = Jon Copley, Monica Grady & Ed Byrne | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|07|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 110 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Future of Humanity | Aux1 = Chris Addison, Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees & Baroness Cathy Ashton | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|14|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 111 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Origin of Numbers | Aux1 = Matt Parker, Dr Hannah Fry & Professor Brian Butterworth | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|21|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 112 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Are Humans Still Evolving? | Aux1 = David Baddiel, Professor Aoife McLysaght & Dr Adam Rutherford | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|28|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 113 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = How to Build a Bionic Human | Aux1 = Dr Kevin Fong, Noel Fitzpatrick & Lucy Beaumont | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|02|04|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 114 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = How to Measure the Universe | Aux1 = Jo Brand, Professor Jo Dunkley & Dr Adam Masters | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|02|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

==== Moon landing anniversary special (2019) ==== To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, a special episode was added in July 2019: {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = Special | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Infinite Moonkey Cage | Aux1 = Rusty Schweickart, Gerry Griffin, Andy Aldrin, and Jan Aldrin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|07|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

=== Series 20 (2019) === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 115 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Dinosaurs | Aux1 = Susannah Maidment, Steve Brusatte & Rufus Hound | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|09|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 116 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Clever Creatures | Aux1 = Tim Birkhead, Helen Scales & Danny Wallace | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|09|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 117 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Science of Dreaming | Aux1 = Professor Penny Lewis, Professor Richard Wiseman & Bridget Christie | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|09|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 118 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Anniversary of the Periodic Table | Aux1 = Professor Polly Arnold, Professor Andrea Sella & Katy Brand | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|07|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 119 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Brits in Space | Aux1 = Tim Peake, Helen Sharman & Mark Steel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|14|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

=== Series Twenty-one=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 120 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Science of Laughter | Aux1 = Professor Sophie Scott, Professor Richard Wiseman & Frank Skinner | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|01|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 121 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Conspiracy Theories | Aux1 = Professor Karen Douglas, Dr David Robert Grimes & Shazia Mirza | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|01|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 122 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Coral Reefs | Aux1 = Dr Heather Koldewey, Professor Callum Roberts & Marcus Brigstocke | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|01|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{ Episode List | Title = Fire | ShortSummary = | Aux1 = Niamh Nic Daéid, Adam Rutherford & Ed Byrne | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|02|03|df=y}} | EpisodeNumber2= 4 | EpisodeNumber = 123 }} {{ Episode List | Title = Quantum Worlds | ShortSummary = | Aux1 = Jim Al-Khalili, Sean Carroll & Katy Brand | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|02|10|df=y}} | EpisodeNumber2= 5 | EpisodeNumber = 124 }} {{ Episode List | Title = UFO Special | ShortSummary = | Aux1 = Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Dallas Campbell, Professor Tim O'Brien & Lucy Beaumont | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|02|17|df=y}} | EpisodeNumber2= 6 | EpisodeNumber = 125 }} }}

=== Series Twenty-two === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 126 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The End of the Universe | Aux1 = Brian Greene, Katie Mack, Eric Idle & Steve Martin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|05|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 127 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Black Holes | Aux1 = Sean Carroll, Janna Levin & Matt Lucas | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|06|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 128 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Space Archaeology | Aux1 = Alice Roberts, Sarah Parcak & Sara Pascoe | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|06|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 129 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = An Astronaut's Guide To Isolation | Aux1 = Chris Hadfield, Rusty Schweickart, Helen Sharman & Nicole Stott | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|06|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 130 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Sun | Aux1 = Lucie Green, Steve Jones & Tim Minchin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|06|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 131 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = When the Monkeys met the Chimps | Aux1 = Dr Jane Goodall, Dr Cat Hobaiter & Bill Bailey | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|06|29|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 132 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Does Time Exist? | Aux1 = Fay Dowker, Carlo Rovelli & Mark Gatiss | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|07|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 133 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = The Human Brain | Aux1 = David Eagleman, Gina Rippon & Conan O'Brien | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|07|14|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 134 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = What is Life? | Aux1 = Prof Aoife McLysaght, Sir Paul Nurse, Jo Brand & Ross Noble | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|07|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

=== Series Twenty-three === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 135 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = In Praise of Flies | Aux1 = Matthew Cobb, Erica McAlister & David Baddiel | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|01|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 136 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Under our Night Sky | Aux1 = Tim Peake, Jon Culshaw, Lisa Harvey-Smith & Stuart Clark | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|01|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 137 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Neanderthals | Aux1 = Alan Davies, Rebecca Wragg Sykes & Tori Herridge | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|01|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 138 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Science of Cooking | Aux1 = Katy Brand, Grace Dent, Harold McGee & Mark Miodownik | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|02|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 139 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Fundamentals of Reality | Aux1 = Janna Levin, Frank Wilczek, Eric Idle & Sara Pascoe | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|02|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 140 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = A History of Rock | Aux1 = Chris Jackson, Susie Maidment & Ross Noble | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|02|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

=== Series Twenty-four === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 141 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Bats v Flies | Aux1 = Kate Jones, Erica McAlister & Dave Gorman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 142 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Exploring the Deep | Aux1 = Diva Amon, Jon Copley & Tim Minchin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|07|02|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 143 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Wood Wide Web | Aux1 = Suzanne Simard, Mark Spencer & Brendan Hunt | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|07|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 144 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Black Holes | Aux1 = Netta Engelhardt, Janna Levin & Eric Idle | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|07|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 145 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Astronauts | Aux1 = Chris Hadfield, Carolyn Porco, Nicole Stott & Katy Brand | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|07|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 146 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Brains | Aux1 = Uta Frith, Sophie Scott & Alan Davies | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|07|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 147 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = How to Teach Maths | Aux1 = Hannah Fry, Matt Parker, David Spiegelhalter & Sara Pascoe | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|08|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = }} }}

=== Series Twenty-five === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 148 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = What have we learnt from Covid?<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001f4lp | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 25, What have we learnt from Covid? }}</ref> | Aux1 = Dame Sarah Gilbert, Professor Dan Davis & Dr Chris Van Tulleken | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|11|12|df=y}} }} {{Episode list/sublist| | EpisodeNumber = 149 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Exploring our solar system<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dcd5n8 | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 25, Exploring our solar system }}</ref> | Aux1 = Conan O'Brien, Dr Katie Stack Morgan & Dr Kevin Hand | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|11|19|df=y}} }} {{Episode list/sublist| | EpisodeNumber = 150 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Hunting for Exoplanets<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dcn51y | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 25, Hunting for Exoplanets }}</ref> | Aux1 = Eric Idle, Jessie Christiansen, Tiffany Kataria & Sean Carroll | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|11|26|df=y}} }} {{Episode list/sublist| | EpisodeNumber = 151 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Can we cure aging?<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dcn524 | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 25, Can we cure ageing? }}</ref> | Aux1 = Sarah Kendall, Dame Linda Partridge & Dr Andrew Steele | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|12|03|df=y}} }} {{Episode list/sublist| | EpisodeNumber = 152 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Age of Conspiracy<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dcn52l | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 25, the Age of Conspiracy? }}</ref> | Aux1 = David Baddiel, Professor Karen Douglas, Professor Matthew Cobb & Dr Timotheus Vermeulen | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|12|10|df=y}} }} {{Episode list/sublist| | EpisodeNumber = 153 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The Deep Space Network<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dcngpx | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 25, the Deep Space Network }}</ref> | Aux1 = Mark Cheung, Alan Duffy, Brian Schmidt & Alice Fraser | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|12|17|df=y}} }} {{Episode list/sublist| | EpisodeNumber = 154 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Why does wine taste good?<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dcngq7 | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 25, Why does wine taste good? }}</ref> | Aux1 = Tim Minchin, Brian Schmidt, Mango Parker and Patricia Williamson | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|12|24|df=y}} }} }}

=== Series Twenty-six === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list/sublist | EpisodeNumber = 155 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Southern Skies<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jc09 | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 26, Southern Skies }}</ref> | Aux1 = Kirsten Banks, Devika Kamath & Ross Noble | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|02|18|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 156 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Australia's Scary Spiders<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jkb3 | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 26, Australia's Scary Spiders }}</ref> | Aux1 = Dieter Hochuli, Mariella Herberstein & Claire Hooper | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|02|25|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 157 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = How to think like a mathematician<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f1wc06 | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 26, How to think like a mathematician }}</ref> | Aux1 = Jo Brand, Professor Hannah Fry, Dr Eugenia Cheng & Randall Munroe | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|03|04|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 158 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = How to commit the perfect murder<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f1wcp1 | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 26, How to commit the perfect murder }}</ref> | Aux1 = Susan Calman, Professor Sue Black & Dr Julia Shaw | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|03|11|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 159 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = How Far Can the Human Body Go?<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f1wdjy | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 26, How Far Can The Human Body Go? }}</ref> | Aux1 = Polly McGuigan, Ben Garrod, Russell Kane & Sally Gunnell | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|03|18|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 160 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Magic Materials<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f1wfhc | title=BBC Radio 4 - the Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 26, Magic Materials }}</ref> | Aux1 = Mark Miodownik, Anna Ploszajski & Ed Byrne | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|03|25|df=y}} }} }}

=== Series Twenty-seven === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 161 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Are we what we eat?<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n8b6 | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 27, Are we what we eat? }}</ref> | Aux1 = Dr Chris van Tulleken, Professor Janet Cade & Harry Hill | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|06|24|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 162 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Supervolcanoes<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ng4w | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 27, Supervolcanoes}}</ref> | Aux1 = Tamsin Mather, Chris Jackson & Rachel Parris | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|07|03|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 163 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Bees v Wasps<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001np29 | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 27, Bees v Wasps }}</ref> | Aux1 = Dave Goulson, Seirian Sumner & Catherine Bohart | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|07|08|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 164 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Magic of Mushrooms <ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fwww6q | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 27, The Magic of Mushrooms}}</ref> | Aux1 = Phil Wang, Merlin Sheldrake & Katie Field | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|07|15|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 165 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Secret Life of Sharks<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fwwx9v | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 27, The Secret Life of Sharks }}</ref> | Aux1 = Lucy Hawkes, Isla Hodgson & Steve Backshall | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|07|22|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 166 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Ancient DNA Secrets<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fwwxpv | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 27, Ancient DNA Secrets }}</ref> | Aux1 = Ben Willbond, Turi King, Tom Booth & Sir Paul Nurse | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|07|29|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 167 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Cosmic Dust<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fwwxq7 | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 27, Cosmic Dust }}</ref> | Aux1 = Matthew Genge, Penny Wozniakiewicz & Alan Davies | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|08|05|df=y}} }} }}

=== Series Twenty-eight === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 168 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Octopuses!<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001scq6 | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 28, Octopuses! }}</ref> | Aux1 = Dr Tim Lamont, Amy Courtney & Russell Kane | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|11|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 169 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Science of Coincidence<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001slfs | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 28, The Science of Coincidence}}</ref> | Aux1 = Sophie Duker, Marcus Du Sautoy & David Spiegelhalter | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|18|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 170 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = How I is AI?<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gr7lx0 | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 28, How I is AI? }}</ref> | Aux1 = Rufus Hound, Hannah Fry & Kate Devlin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|11|25|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 171 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Scale of Life (or were dinosaurs just too big?)<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gr7m49 | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 28, The Scale of Life (or were dinosaurs just too big?) }}</ref> | Aux1 = Dave Gorman, Susie Maidment & Tori Herridge | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|12|02|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 172 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Hollywood in Space<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gr7n3y | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 28, Hollywood in Space }}</ref> | Aux1 = Paul Franklin, Tim Peake, Nicole Stott & Susan Kilrain | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|12|09|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 173 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Jo Brand's Quantum World<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gr7p58 | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 28, Jo Brand's Quantum World }}</ref> | Aux1 = Jo Brand, Professor Ben Allanach & Professor Fay Dowker | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|12|16|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 174 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = The Monkeys meet The Sky at Night<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gr7pqp | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 28, The Monkeys meet The Sky at Night }}</ref> | Aux1 = Dara Ó Briain, Dr Maggie Aderin Pocock, Chris Lintott & Pete Lawrence | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|12|23|df=y}} }} }}

=== Series Twenty-nine === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 175 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Egyptian Mummies<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001wh4w | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 29, Egyptian Mummies }}</ref> | Aux1 = Russell Kane, Lucy Porter, Rosalie David & Lidija McKnight | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|02|17|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 176 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Could it be magic?<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001wq3b | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 29, Could it be magic?}}</ref> | Aux1 = Alan Davies, Richard Wiseman, Laura London and Gustav Kuhn | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|02|24|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 177 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Asteroids<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hbmlgd | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 29, Asteroids? }}</ref> | Aux1 = John Bishop, Sara Russell & Alan Fitzsimmons | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|03|02|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 178 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Poison<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hbmm0p | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 29, Poison }}</ref> | Aux1 = Hugh Dennis, Andrea Sella & Kathryn Harkup | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|03|09|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 179 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Cats v Dogs<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hbmmdm | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 29, Cats v Dogs }}</ref> | Aux1 = Deborah Meaden, David Baddiel, Ben Garrod & Jess French | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|03|16|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 180 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Higgs Boson<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hbmml3 | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 29, Higgs Boson }}</ref> | Aux1 = Katy Brand, Ben Miller, Tevong You and Clara Nellist | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|03|23|df=y}} }} }}

=== Series Thirty === {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 181 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Wonder of Trees<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0020xz2 | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 30, The Wonder of Trees - Dame Judi Dench, Tony Kirkham and Tristan Gooley }}</ref> | Aux1 = Judi Dench, Tony Kirkham & Tristan Gooley | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|07|11|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 182 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Science of Board Games<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021373 | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 30, Science of Board Games - Jess Fostekew, Marcus du Sautoy and Dave Neale}}</ref> | Aux1 = Jess Fostekew, Marcus du Sautoy & Dave Neale | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|07|18|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 183 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = 'Beastly Bodies' Kids Special<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021bcy | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 30, 'Beastly Bodies' Kids Special - Steve Backshall, Jess French and Adam Kay }}</ref> | Aux1 = Steve Backshall, Jess French & Adam Kay | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|07|25|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 184 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Extreme Exploration<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j989tf | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 30, Extreme Exploration - Anneka Rice, Mike Massimino, Britney Schmidt and Jess Phoenix }}</ref> | Aux1 = Anneka Rice, Mike Massimino, Britney Schmidt & Jess Phoenix | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|08|01|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 185 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = What a Gas!<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j98blp | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 30, What a Gas! - Dave Gorman, Mark Miodownik and Lucy Carpenter }}</ref> | Aux1 = Dave Gorman, Mark Miodownik & Lucy Carpenter | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|08|08|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 186 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = An Unexpected History of Science<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j98c02 | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 30, An Unexpected History of Science - Rufus Hound, Matthew Cobb, Victoria Herridge and Keith Moore }}</ref> | Aux1 = Rufus Hound, Matthew Cobb, Victoria Herridge & Keith Moore | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|08|15|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 187 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Alien Life<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j98dtz | title=BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 30, Alien Life - Russell Kane, Lisa Kaltenegger and Chris Lintott }}</ref> | Aux1 = Russell Kane, Lisa Kaltenegger & Chris Lintott | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|08|22|df=y}} }} }}

=== Series Thirty One=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 188 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Cyber Codebreakers | Aux1 = Alan Davies, Victoria Baines and Richard Benham | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|11|13|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 189 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Hedgehogs | Aux1 = Hugh Warwick, Sophie Lund Rasmussen & Pam Ayres | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|11|20|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 190 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Starless World | Aux1 = John Bishop, Maggie Aderin-Pocock & Roberto Trotta | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|11|27|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 191 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Science of Baby Making | Aux1 = Professor Joyce Harper, Ben Steventon & Sara Pascoe | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|04|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 192 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Fantastic Elastic | Aux1 = Bryony Page, Jessica Fostekew, Anna Ploszajski & James Busfield | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|11|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 193 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Is Extinction the End? | Aux1 = Adam Rutherford, Susannah Maidment & Ria Lina | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|18|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 194 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = An Unexpected History of the Body | Aux1 = Sir Mark Walport, Professor Helen King, Ed Byrne & Keith Moore | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|25|df=y}} }} }}

=== Series Thirty Two=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 195 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Aux1 = Phil Wang, Ana Ferreira & Chris Jackson | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|02|19|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 196 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = How selfish are we really? | Aux1 = Jo Brand, Patti Wilks & Steve Jones | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|02|26|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 197 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Adventures on Ice | Aux1 = Darren Harriott, Liz Morris, Christoph Salzmann & Felicity Aston | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|03|05|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 198 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Saturn v Jupiter | Aux1 = Katherine Parkinson, Paul Abel & Michele Dougherty | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|03|12|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 199 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Sound of Music | Aux1 = Brian Eno, Sam Bennett & Trevor Cox | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|03|19|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 200 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Nature's Shapes | Aux1 = Dave Gorman, Sarah Hart & Thomas Woolley | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}} }} }}

=== Series Thirty Three=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 201 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = 201st Birthday Bonanza | Aux1 = Mel Giedroyc, Deborah Meaden & Nish Kumar | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|07|10|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 202 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Should We Settle in Space? | Aux1 = Tim Peake, Kelly Weinersmith & Alan Davies | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|07|17|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 203 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = How to Build the Perfect Athlete | Aux1 = Helen Glover, Hugh Dennis, Steve Haake & Emma Ross | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|07|24|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 204 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Mighty Spud | Aux1 = Sandy Knapp, Glenn Bryan & Susan Calman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|07|31|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 205 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Technofossils | Aux1 = Sarah Gabbott, Mark Miodownik & Aurie Styla | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|08|07|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 206 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Moths v Butterflies | Aux1 = Katy Brand, Jane Hill and Chris Jiggins | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|08|14|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 207 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Illuminating Light | Aux1 = Jess Wade, Russell Foster & Bridget Christie | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|08|21|df=y}} }} }}

=== Series Thirty Four=== {{Episode table |background=#000|overall=1 |series=1 |title=17 |aux1=29 |aux1T=Guests|airdate=12 |episodes=

{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 208 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Mind-reading Computers | Aux1 = Phil Wang, Anne Vanhoestenberghe & Luke Bashford | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|11|13|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 209 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = What's The Time | Aux1 = Marcus Brigstocke, Leon Lobo & Louise Devoy | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|11|20|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 210 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = What’s the deal with eels? | Aux1 = Lucy Porter, David Righton & Caroline Durif | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|11|27|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 211 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Fusion | Aux1 = Ria Lina, Yasmin Andrew & Howard Wilson | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|12|04|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 212 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Head in the Clouds | Aux1 = Owain Wyn Evans, Gavin Pretor-Pinney & Amanda Maycock | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|12|11|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 213 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Monkey Business | Aux1 = Robin Dunbar, Dave Gorman & Jo Setchell | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|12|18|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 214 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = The North Pole Unwrapped (Christmas Special) | Aux1 = Russell Kane, Felicity Aston & Lloyd Peck | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|12|25|df=y}} }} }}

==Humour==

The programme features a number of running themes and gags. Robin Ince regularly pokes fun at Brian Cox's hair, good looks and former career as a rock musician. Ince often imitates and quotes Carl Sagan. Cox often ridicules chemistry, astrology and Creationists and occasionally returns to the subject of how and when a strawberry can be considered dead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/4/8118009/bbc-radio-4-brian-cox-interview-infinite-monkey-cage-us-tour|title=Infinite universes and dead strawberries: an interview with Brian Cox and Robin Ince|date=4 March 2015|work=theverge.com}}</ref>

==Theme song==

The programme's theme song was written by Eric Idle and recorded by Idle and Jeff Lynne.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bn0gp bbc.co.uk] The Infinite Monkey Cage, season 10, episode 4. Eric Idle states that Jeff Lynne played all the instruments on the recording.</ref> Idle and his band performed the song live on the show when it toured in Los Angeles in 2015 and it appears in the 2016 TV show "''The Entire Universe''".

==Live show== Ince and Cox headed an ''Uncaged Monkeys'' live tour in 2011, and toured the United States in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/8490225/Uncaged-Monkeys-New-Theatre-Oxford-and-touring-review.html|title=Uncaged Monkeys, New Theatre Oxford & touring, review|date=3 May 2011|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

==Book== In April 2018 a book titled ''Infinite Monkey Cage – How to Build a Universe'' was released. Its audiobook was read by Cox and Ince.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|The Infinite Monkey Cage}}

*{{BBC Programmes|b00snr0w|The Infinite Monkey Cage}} *[http://www.list.co.uk/article/33462-interview-prof-brian-cox-and-robin-ince/ Interview with the presenters] *[https://bsky.app/profile/robinince.bsky.social/post/3m7tcbsr7522l Robin Ince announces his resignation from the programme on Bluesky.] {{BBC Radio 4}} {{Authority control}}

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