Talk:The Infinite Monkey Cage

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- there's not much to the article yet but it's a BBC4 Radio Programme that's very popular. I can't find much hard information about it (credits etc) but I would like others to contribute to it to build it up.

Since it's a mainstream Radio Programme from the BBC I don't think the article should be deleted. We should allow it the time to be expanded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frankiethefrank (talk • contribs)

With the Sony award I think the subject is now noteworthy (so I've removed the "notability" tag).--A bit iffy (talk) 17:21, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Readers of this article want to know...

...whence the title? Chrisrus (talk) 06:41, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, why is it called that? It seems like it's probably a reference to something. Is the reason not citably known? Chrisrus (talk) 18:12, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if it was ever citably and/or officially explained, but an infinite monkey cage would be the ideal place to contain your infinite number of Shakespeare-writing monkeys, although it does raise the question of whether an infinite cage can be correctly described as a cage. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 21:55, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting! Thank you. Please anyone who reads these words, if you can find in their archives or anywhere a citable answer to this question, please be WP:BOLD and do add the answer to this article, as doing so would definately improve the article. I liked your speculation very much and would enjoy hearing about those of others. Chrisrus (talk) 05:15, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

@Chrisrus: I'm sure Flowerpotman is on the right lines. I also expect H. L. Mencken's quip "Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage"[1] comes into it somewhere too. Thincat (talk) 22:22, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Funnily enough I watched the video for Eric Idle-penned theme to the programme today, which makes a reference to the Infinite Monkey theorem. Not sure if a muppet counts as a source ;), but the video is on the BBC website here FlowerpotmaN·(t) 01:00, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Should this really be described as a "comedy programme"?

Should this article really introduce this programme as a comedy programme? I always thought of it is as a science programme. OK, I know it is always a light-hearted look at science and has its fair share of humour, but it still does explore issues in various fields of science. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 16:47, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

An Infinite Monkey's Guide To General Relativity

Two episode special, broadcast on December 8 & 15 2015. Should probably get a mention. Mr Larrington (talk) 15:39, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I have added these. I am not certain what the numbering system is intended to represent, nor how it is to be used, so I have not given them numbers since this would have involved re-numbering all the following episodes. --Gronk Oz (talk) 08:16, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]