jodieohdoh wrote:Ahh you jammy so and so! They've been banging on about that for weeks on Twitter. I've got some podcasts of the live shows built up on my computer. Will need to get round to listening to them. What kind of show was it? Were they all just sat round having a debate like the Infinite Monkey Cage podcast?
Started off with Robin Ince doing a science stand-up, very funny. He then introduced Helen Keen, who did a very funny (again!) history of space rockets. Then we had Ben Goldacre, who prowled the stage like a demented mad prof caricature and managed to fit the gist of 'Bad Science' into a hilarious twenty minutes. Cue Prof Cox, who had been mercilessly baited by Ince for his style of presenting being like a Sagan-inspired George Formby. Cox's set was the hardest of the evening; if you didn't have some idea about quantum theory and sub-atomic particles you might have missed a fair bit- it was amusing though, and very entertaining (the OH, who knows nowt and cares less, for physics, enjoyed the whole show). Interval followed by QA by twitter for Cox and Goldacre, compered by Ince. Next was Helen Arney, who did some extremely good science songs on the ukelele (honest, we laughed!). Simon Singh closed the show with some excellent stuff on the big bang. 3 hours of fun with physics- hurrah!