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Space scientist, educator and BBC Sky at Night presenter Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock will explore the extraordinary breakthroughs that have revolutionised our understanding of the universe in the 2025 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution, to be broadcast on the BBC and iPlayer in late December.
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History of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES
Initiated by Michael Faraday when organised education for children was scarce, the CHRISTMAS LECTURES established an exciting new way of presenting science to young people. World-famous scientists have given the Lectures, including Nobel Prize winners William and Lawrence Bragg, Sir David Attenborough, Carl Sagan and Dame Nancy Rothwell.
First broadcast in 1936, the CHRISTMAS LECTURES is the oldest science television series. They have been broadcast every year since 1966 on the BBC and in later years on Channel Five, Channel Four and more4. In 2010, the Lectures returned to BBC Four, and this year were shown on the 26th, 27th and 28th of December.