Hedgehogs

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC

Comedy, Science

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Brian Cox and Robin Ince emerge from the hedge row waking up their guests from hibernation to discuss the fascinating lives of Britain’s favourite mammal, the hedgehog. They are joined by hedgehog experts Hugh Warwick and Sophie Lund Rasmussen (also know as Dr Hedgehog), and by broadcaster and poet Pam Ayres. Sophie Lund Rasmussen has crowd sourced 14 freezers worth of dead hedgehogs for her research and has brought one of her more unique samples with her, the penis of the oldest known hedgehog who reached a stupendous 16 years of age! Together our panel snuffle their way through the evolution of hedgehogs, their life cycle and how to stop them getting run over by robotic lawn mowers!

Producer: Melanie Brown Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem Researcher: Olivia Jani

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0:00.0	Calling all music buffs.
0:03.6	Hey, hey, turn the volume up, yeah.
0:05.0	Make me a mixtape is back.
0:07.0	I'm Jordan Stevens.
0:08.2	I'm Clara Anfo and this is our weekly music show.
0:12.1	A celebrity guest picks the theme.
0:13.7	We select the tunes.
0:14.7	And we battle it out to create the ultimate mixtape.
0:17.7	May the best music lover win.
0:19.8	Oh, it's about to go.
0:20.8	Let's go. mixtape. May the best music lover win. Oh, it's about to go down.
0:22.1	Let's go!
0:26.9	Make me a mixtape.
0:28.9	Listen only on BBC Sounds.
0:34.4	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:37.1	You're about to listen to The Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:40.6	Episodes will be released on Wednesdays wherever you get your podcasts.
0:44.7	But if you're in the UK, the full series is available right now.
0:46.5	First on BBC Sound.
0:48.6	Hello, I'm Robin Ince.
0:49.5	And I'm Brian Cox. And this is the Infinite Monkey Hedgerow.
0:53.0	You've heard our previous fighting challenges.
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