The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Movies

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC

Comedy, Science

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

How important is it for movie producers to get the science right? Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover why some surprising movies have scientific advisers and ask if there is any science in The Simpsons? They question the existence of fictional wormholes, while comedian Ross Noble can’t believe there may actually be a space time portal shaped like a pair of trousers. Some writers are even accurate by accident, as comic book author Alan Moore discovers when he tells Brian about one of his outlandish planetary plotlines… only to hear it obeys all the laws of physics. And Sir Patrick Stewart wows the panel with a little piece of plastic, but everyone agrees this Star Trek communicator is the stuff of legend. Episodes featured: Series 12: The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Los Angeles Series 12: Christmas Special Series 22: Black Holes Series 2: Science Fiction Science Fact Series 7: Space Exploration New episodes will be released on Wednesdays, but if you’re in the UK, listen to new episodes, a week early, first on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3K3JzyF Producer: Marijke Peters Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, I'm Robin Inz.
0:05.8	And I'm Braincocks.
0:06.8	Welcome to the Infinite Monkeys Guide 2, a new series in which we go through our extensive
0:11.8	back catalogue of shows about event horizons, quantum superpositions and dead strawberries.
0:17.0	We're not there yet, but there will be that dead strawberry show.
0:19.4	Anyway, this week we're getting cinematic with the Infinite Monkeys Guide 2, the movies.
0:24.3	It's rather self-aggrandizing, isn't it?
0:26.6	Our extensive back catalogue.
0:29.2	Well, it's very much like a 1970s advert for an extensive range of bright nylon sofas.
0:37.2	I should do a lot more of this work, shouldn't I?
0:38.7	I think you should.
0:39.7	You've got creepy 1970s voiceover, man.
0:42.9	Perfect.
0:43.6	Yeah, it's a bit of a go-go.
0:45.3	Sorry, can we do that take again?
0:46.7	Your suit made out of man-made fibers keeps barking.
0:49.8	I'm sorry, but as you can see, it moves with me.
0:53.0	Now, for many of us, it was television and film that ignited our scientific fascination,
0:58.3	whether it was Doctor Who or 2001.
1:01.2	But not the film The Black Hole from 1980,
1:04.6	because it turns out apparently only you and I have heard of it, Brian.
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