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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825. The lectures present scientific subjects to a general audience, including young people, in an informative and entertaining manner. Michael Faraday initiated the first Christmas Lecture series in 1825. This came at a time when organised education for young people was scarce. Faraday presented a total of nineteen series in all.
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(59 Seasons 122 Episodes)
1966
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1967
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1968
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1969
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1970
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1971
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1972
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1973: The Languages of Animals
Sir David Attenborough on animal communication. Episode 4 is lost.
1974
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1975
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1976
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1977
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1978: Mathematics into Pictures
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1979
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1980
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1981
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1982
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1983
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1984
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1985: Communicating
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1986
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1987: Crystals and Lasers
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1988
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1989
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1990
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1991: Growing Up in the Universe
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1992
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1993: The Cosmic Onion
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1994
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1995: Planet Earth, An Explorer's Guide
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1996: The History in our Bones
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1997: The Magical Maze
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1998: Staying Alive: The Body in Balance
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1999: Arrow of Time
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2000: Rise of the Robots
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2001: The Secrets of Life
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2002: Smart Stuff
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2003: Voyage in Space and Time
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2004: To the Ends of the Earth: Surviving Antarctic Extremes
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2005: The Truth About Food
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2006
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2007: Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival
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2008: Hi-tech Trek - The Quest for the Ultimate Computer
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2009: The 300-Million-Year War
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2010: Size Matters
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2011: Meet Your Brain
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2012: The Modern Alchemist
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2013: Life Fantastic
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2014: Sparks Will Fly - How to Hack your Home
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2015: How to Survive in Space
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2016: Supercharged - Fuelling the Future
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2017: The Language of Life
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2018: Who Am I?
Professor Alice Roberts and Professor Aoife McLysaght take viewers on an immersive voyage through our evolutionary past and ask challenging questions about what our future holds.
2019: Secret & Lies - The Hidden Power of Maths
Dr Hannah Fry reveals the hidden rules and patterns that govern every aspect of our world.
2020: Planet Earth: A user’s guide
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2021: Going viral: How Covid changed science forever
England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Jonathan Van-Tam will be joined by a host of top UK scientists to take a deep dive into the science of viruses.
2022: Secrets of forensic science
Professor Dame Sue Black reveals the secrets of the real-life scientific detective process she uses to identify both the dead and the living.
2023: The Truth about AI
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2024: The Truth About Food
In this year’s Christmas Lectures, Dr Chris van Tulleken delves deep into our guts – to reveal the revolutionary latest science around what happens inside our bodies when we eat. He investigates how food has fundamentally shaped human evolution, uncovers the importance of our microbiome – as the extra ‘organ’ we didn’t know we had – and asks how we can all eat better in future, for the sake of our own health and the health of the planet. Chris will reveal how what we eat can have a massive effect on both our bodies and our brains. He’ll bring the science to life through a series of fact fuelled demos, special guest appearances, festive food hacks, and a healthy dose of self-experimentation. From tastebuds to toilet, we’ll find out what happens in the body when we eat. How we eat with our eyes (green eggs and ham anyone?) and how smell and even sound can affect the taste of our food.