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100th Episode TV Special, The Infinite Monkey Cage

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Brian Cox and Robin Ince present a TV special of their hit science/comedy panel show.

Brian Cox and Robin Ince celebrate the 100th episode of their hit science/comedy show, by inviting some very well known monkey cage alumni to join them. Brian Blessed, Eric Idle, Katy Brand, Dave Gorman and Andy Hamilton (to name a few) take to the stage to consider what has been learnt since Episode 1, back in November 2009. Joining them are science royalty, including Alice Roberts, American astrophysicist Neil De Grasse Tyson, Prof Sue Black and Prof Fay Dowker, to look at the big scientific discoveries that have happened in the time since Brian and Robin first hit the airwaves.

Watch: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06dmygk/player

Source: 100th Episode TV Special, The Infinite Monkey Cage – BBC Radio 4

BBC Podcast: The Voices of Annie Briggs

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An intimate portrait of the iconic but elusive English folksinger Annie Briggs.

Annie Briggs was a leading figure in the English folk revival of the early 1960’s, inspiring Bert Jansch (famously, in Blackwater Side), Sandy Denny, The Watersons and many more. But she was a restless spirit, traveling through the British Isles and Ireland, finding songs and living close to the earth. 

Listen to the 27 minute podcast, below