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Christmas Special 2016

Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a special festive edition of the science/comedy show, with guests including astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer and actor Mark Gatiss.

Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a very special Christmas edition of the show. They are joined on stage by Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, actor and writer Mark Gatiss, cultural anthropologist Deborah Hyde and the Bishop of Leeds. They'll be discussing the joys of the Christmas ghost story, and looking at the Victorian obsession with the supernatural. They'll be asking when studying paranormal phenomenon went from a genuine scientific endeavour, to the realms of pseudoscience.

Producer: Alexandra Feachem.

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45 minutes

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Tue 27 Dec 2016 21:30

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  • Tue 27 Dec 2016 09:00
  • Tue 27 Dec 2016 21:30

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