Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
(12/27/1966–12/30/2025)BBC Four (GB)60 min
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Episodes
S1966E01
The White Rabbit
S1966E02
Only the Grin was Left
S1966E03
The Caucus Race
S1966E04
Curiouser and Curiouser
S1966E05
If Only I Were the Right Size to do It
S1966E06
It's the Oldest Rule in the Book
S1967E01
Ancient Eyes and Simple Brains
S1967E02
Learning to See Things
S1967E03
Playing with Illusions
S1967E04
How Illusions Play Games with Us
S1967E05
Human Eyes in Space
S1967E06
The Future: Machines that See?
S1968E01
The World of Captain Gulliver
S1968E02
Meat and Drink Sufficient for 1728 Lilliputians
S1968E03
A Prodigious Leap?
S1968E04
Lilliput and Brobdingnag Since the Industrial Revolution
S1968E05
Dwarf and Giant Numbers
S1968E06
Beyond the Map
S1969E01
In the beginning...
S1969E02
Clockwork harmony
S1969E03
The tick of the atom
S1969E04
Big time, little time
S1969E05
Faster, faster
S1969E06
To the ends of time
S1970E01
Man has a very short neck and no tail
S1970E02
Man comes in several different sizes and shapes
S1970E03
Fancy having to climb trees in order to eat
S1970E04
Man chooses a sensible place to live at last
S1970E05
Why choose to walk on two legs when it is much safer on four?
S1970E06
What's the idea of shooting at us?
S1971E01
Making and measuring the waves
S1971E02
From small beginnings
S1971E03
Growing and changing
S1971E04
Craftsmanship and technology
S1971E05
On the way to the ear
S1971E06
The end of the journey
S1972E01
Ripples in the Ether: How it All Began
S1972E02
Ripples in the Ether: Getting Rid of the Wires
S1972E03
The Sound of Broadcasting
S1972E04
Pictures With and Without Wires
S1972E05
But Electrons aren't Coloured!
S1972E06
Vision of the Future
S1973E01
Beware!
S1973E02
Be mine
S1973E03
Parents and Children
S1973E04
Simple Signs and Complicated Communications
S1974E01
Looking Glass House
S1974E02
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
S1974E03
Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow
S1974E04
The Jabberwock
S1974E05
The Time Has Come the Walrus Said
S1974E06
Its My Own Invention
S1975E01
Signals From the Interior: You As An Engine
S1975E02
Signals From the Interior: Pumps, Pipes and Flows
S1975E03
Signals From the Interior: Spikes and Waves
S1975E04
Signals From the Interior: Probes, Sondes and Sounds
S1975E05
Signals From the Interior: Looking Through Your Skin
S1975E06
Signals From the Interior: Signals From the Mind
S1976E01
First light
S1976E02
Light and life
S1976E03
A leaf from nature
S1976E04
Candles from the Sun
S1976E05
Making light work
S1976E06
Survival under the Sun
S1977E01
The Planets: The Earth As A Planet
S1977E02
The Planets: The Outer Solar System And Life
S1977E03
The Planets: The History Of Mars
S1977E04
The Planets: Mars Before Viking
S1977E05
The Planets: Mars After Viking
S1977E06
The Planets: Planetary Systems Beyond Our Sun
S1978E01
Mathematics into Pictures: Linking and Knotting
S1978E02
Mathematics into Pictures: Numbers and Geometry
S1978E03
Mathematics into Pictures: Infinity and Perspective
S1978E04
Mathematics into Pictures: Games and Evolution
S1978E05
Mathematics into Pictures: Waves and Music
S1978E06
Mathematics into Pictures: Catastrophe and Psychology
S1979E01
Atoms for Enquiring Minds - Getting to Know Atoms
S1979E02
Atoms for Enquiring Minds - Molecules in Motion
S1979E03
Atoms for Enquiring Minds - Electrified Atoms
S1979E04
Atoms for Enquiring Minds - Atoms that Explode
S1979E05
Atoms for Enquiring Minds - Atoms and Energy
S1979E06
Atoms for Enquiring Minds - Seeing Atoms at last
S1980E01
The Chicken, The Egg and The Molecules: What Are Chickens Made Of?
S1980E02
The Chicken, The Egg and The Molecules: Machine Tools of Life
S1980E03
The Chicken, The Egg and The Molecules: Muscle Power
S1980E04
The Chicken, The Egg and The Molecules: Eggs, Genes and Proteins
S1980E05
The Chicken, The Egg and The Molecules: Haeomoglobin - The Breathing Molecule
S1980E06
The Chicken, The Egg and The Molecules: Molecules At Work
S1981E01
From Magna Carta to Microchip: Principles, Standards and Methods
S1981E02
From Magna Carta to Microchip: The Measurement of Time
S1981E03
From Magna Carta to Microchip: More and More About Less and Less
S1981E04
From Magna Carta to Microchip: Onwards to the Stars
S1981E05
From Magna Carta to Microchip: Measurement and Navigation in War
S1981E06
From Magna Carta to Microchip: Some Impacts of Measurement on Life - And Can We Take it too Far?
S1982E01
Making sense
S1982E02
The sound of silence
S1982E03
The sixth sense - and the rest
S1982E04
Show me the way to go home
S1982E05
Vive la différence
S1982E06
Enchanted loom
S1983E01
Machines In Motion: Driving Forces
S1983E02
Machines In Motion: Gathering Momentum
S1983E03
Machines In Motion: Vibration
S1983E04
Machines In Motion: Under Control
S1983E05
Machines In Motion: Fluids and Flight
S1983E06
Machines In Motion: Living Machines
S1984E01
The Message of the Genes: We Are All Different
S1984E02
The Message of the Genes: The Spice of Life
S1984E03
The Message of the Genes: Genetic Engineering
S1984E04
The Message of the Genes: Bodies and Antibodies
S1984E05
The Message of the Genes: Normal Cells and Cancer Cells
S1984E06
The Message of the Genes: When Will Pigs have Wings?
S1985E01
Communicating: No Man is an Island
S1985E02
Communicating: Animal Talk
S1985E03
Communicating: The Bionic Bat
S1985E04
Communicating: The Pace of Technology
S1985E05
Communicating: The Integrated Body
S1985E06
Communicating: Computers
S1986E01
First take an egg...
S1986E02
The medium and the message
S1986E03
The right stuff
S1986E04
Genes and flies
S1986E05
Chain of command
S1986E06
Growing up and growing old
S1987E01
Crystals and Lasers: The Micro-world
S1987E02
Crystals and Lasers: The Architecture of Crystals
S1987E03
Crystals and Lasers: Crystal Miracles
S1987E04
Crystals and Lasers: Constructing a LASER
S1987E05
Crystals and Lasers: The Light Fantastic
S1987E06
Crystals and Lasers: Crystals, LASERs and the Human Body
S1988E01
Appliance science
S1988E02
Home, safe home
S1988E03
Electronics for pleasure
S1988E04
Home, smart home
S1988E05
Mixers, meters and molecules
S1989E01
Exploring music: What is music?
S1989E02
Exploring music: The essence of an instrument
S1989E03
Exploring music: Science, strings and symphonies
S1989E04
Exploring music: Technology, trumpets and tunes
S1989E05
Exploring music: Scales, synthesizers and samplers
S1990E01
The Grand Design
S1990E02
The Birth of the Stars
S1990E03
The Origin of Quasars
S1990E04
The Origin of Galaxies
S1990E05
The Origin of the Universe
S1991E01
Growing Up in the Universe: Waking Up in the Universe
S1991E02
Growing Up in the Universe: Designed and Designoid Objects
S1991E03
Growing Up in the Universe: Climbing Mount Improbable
S1991E04
Growing Up in the Universe: The Ultraviolet Garden
S1991E05
Growing Up in the Universe: The Genesis of Purpose
S1992E01
Our World Through the Looking Glass: Man in the Mirror
S1992E02
Our World Through the Looking Glass: Narwhals, Palindromes and Chesterfield Station
S1992E03
Our World Through the Looking Glass: The Handed Molecule
S1992E04
Our World Through the Looking Glass: Symmetry, Sensation and Sex
S1992E05
Our World Through the Looking Glass: In the Hands of the Giants
S1993E01
The Cosmic Onion: A is for Atoms
S1993E02
The Cosmic Onion: To the Centre of the Sun
S1993E03
The Cosmic Onion: Invaders from Outer Space
S1993E04
The Cosmic Onion: Antimatter Matters
S1993E05
The Cosmic Onion: An Hour to Make the Universe
S1994E01
The Electric Ape
S1994E02
Through a Glass Darkly
S1994E03
Bubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble
S1994E04
The Seven Ages of the Brain
S1994E05
The Mind's I
S1995E01
Planet Earth, On the Edge of the World
S1995E02
Planet Earth, Secrets of the Deep
S1995E03
Planet Earth, Volcanoes-Melting the Earth
S1995E04
Planet Earth, The Puzzle of the Continents
S1995E05
Planet Earth, Waterworld
S1996E01
The History in our Bones - Staring Into The Abyss
S1996E02
The History in our Bones - The Fossils Come Alive
S1996E03
The History in our Bones - The Great Dyings - Life After Death
S1996E04
The History in our Bones - Innovations And Novelty
S1996E05
The History in our Bones - Feet On The Ground, Head In The Stars - The History Of Man
S1997E01
The Magical Maze: Sunflowers and Snowflakes
S1997E02
The Magical Maze: The Pattern of Tiny Feet
S1997E03
The Magical Maze: Outrageous Fortune
S1997E04
The Magical Maze: Chaos and Cauliflowers
S1997E05
The Magical Maze: Fearful Symmetry
S1998E01
Staying Alive: The Body in Balance: Sense and Sensitivity
S1998E02
Staying Alive: The Body in Balance: Fats and Figures
S1998E03
Staying Alive: The Body in Balance: Chilling Out
S1998E04
Staying Alive: The Body in Balance: Times of our lives
S1998E05
Staying Alive: The Body in Balance: Pushing the Limits
S1999E01
Arrow of Time: Back to the Future
S1999E02
Arrow of Time: Catching the Waves
S1999E03
Arrow of Time: Quantum Leap
S1999E04
Arrow of Time: The Edge of Chaos
S1999E05
Arrow of Time: Shaping the Future
S2000E01
Rise of the Robots: Anatomy of an Android
S2000E02
Rise of the Robots: Things that Think
S2000E03
Rise of the Robots: Remote Robots
S2000E04
Rise of the Robots: Bionic Bodies
S2000E05
Rise of the Robots: I, Robot
S2001E01
The Secrets of Life: What Is Life?
S2001E02
The Secrets of Life: How Do I Grow?
S2001E03
The Secrets of Life: Who Am I?
S2001E04
The Secrets of Life: Can We Fix It?
S2001E05
The Secrets of Life: The Future of Life?
S2002E01
Smart Stuff: The Spider That Spun a Suspension Bridge
S2002E02
Smart Stuff: The Trainer That Ran Over the World
S2002E03
Smart Stuff: The Phone That Shrank the Planet
S2002E04
Smart Stuff: The Plaster That Streches Life
S2002E05
Smart Stuff: The Ice Cream That Will Freeze Granny
S2003E01
Voyage in Space and Time: Blast Off
S2003E02
Voyage in Space and Time: Mission to Mars
S2003E03
Voyage in Space and Time: Planet Patrol
S2003E04
Voyage in Space and Time: Collision Course
S2003E05
Voyage in Space and Time: Anybody Out There?
S2004E01
Antarctica: Ice People
S2004E02
Antarctica: Ice Life
S2004E03
Antarctica: Ice World
S2005E01
The Truth About Food: The Ape That Cooks
S2005E02
The Truth About Food: Yuck or Yummy?
S2005E03
The Truth About Food: You Are What You Eat
S2005E04
The Truth About Food: When Food Goes Wrong
S2005E05
The Truth About Food: Food for the Future
S2006E01
The Num8er My5teries: The Curious Incident of the Never-Ending Numbers
S2006E02
The Num8er My5teries: The story of the Elusive Shapes
S2006E03
The Num8er My5teries: The Secret of the Winning Streak
S2006E04
The Num8er My5teries: The Case of the Uncrackable Code
S2006E05
The Num8er My5teries: The Quest to Predict the Future
S2007E01
Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival: Peak Performance
S2007E02
Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival: Completely Stuffed
S2007E03
Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival: Grilled and Chilled
S2007E04
Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival: Fight, Flight and Fright
S2007E05
Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival: Luck, Genes and Stupidity
S2008E01
Hi-tech Trek - The Quest for the Ultimate Computer: Breaking The Speed Limit
S2008E02
Hi-tech Trek - The Quest for the Ultimate Computer: Chips With Everything
S2008E03
Hi-tech Trek - The Quest for the Ultimate Computer: Ghost In The Machine
S2008E04
Hi-tech Trek - The Quest for the Ultimate Computer: Untangling The Web
S2008E05
Hi-tech Trek - The Quest for the Ultimate Computer: Digital Intelligence
S2009E01
The 300-Million-Year War: Plant Wars
S2009E02
The 300-Million-Year War: The Animals Strike Back
S2009E03
The 300-Million-Year War: Talking Trees
S2009E04
The 300-Million-Year War: Dangerous to Delicious
S2009E05
The 300-Million-Year War: Weapons of the Future
S2010E01
Why Elephants Can't Dance
S2010E02
Why Chocolate Melts and Jet Engines Don't
S2010E03
Why Mountains Are So Small
S2011E01
Meet Your Brain: What's in Your Head?
S2011E02
Meet Your Brain: Who's in Charge Here?
S2011E03
Meet Your Brain: Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?
S2012E01
Air: The Elixir of Life
S2012E02
Water: The Fountain of Youth
S2012E03
Earth: The Philosopher's Stone
S2013E01
Where Do I Come From?
S2013E02
Am I a Mutant?
S2013E03
Could I Live Forever?
S2014E01
The Light Bulb Moment
S2014E02
Making Contact
S2014E03
A New Revolution
S2015E01
Lift Off!
S2015E02
Life in Orbit
S2015E03
The Next Frontier
S2016E01
Let There Be Light!
S2016E02
People Power
S2016E03
Fully Charged
S2017E01
The Language of Life: Say It With Sound
S2017E02
Silent Messages
S2017E03
The Word
S2018E01
Where Do I Come From?
S2018E02
What Makes Me Human?
S2018E03
What Makes Me, Me?
S2019E01
How to Get Lucky
S2019E02
How to Bend the Rules
S2019E03
How Can We All Win?
S2020E01
Engine Earth
S2020E02
Water World
S2020E03
Up in the Air
S2021E01
The Invisible Enemy
S2021E02
The Perfect Storm
S2021E03
Winning the War
S2022E01
Dead Body
S2022E02
Missing Body
S2022E03
Living Body
S2023E01
How to Build an Intelligent Machine
S2023E02
My AI Life
S2023E03
The Future of AI: Dream or a Nightmare?
S2024E01
From Taste Buds to Toilet
S2024E02
How Food Makes Us
S2024E03
The Big Food Hack
S2025E01
Destination Moon
S2025E02
Searching the Solar System
S2025E03
To the Stars and Beyond