CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Started by Michael Faraday in 1825, and now broadcast on national television every year, the CHRISTMAS LECTURES are the UK's flagship science series.

Jonathan Van-Tam, 2021 Christmas Lecturer
Credit: Paul Wilkinson
Our 2020 Christmas Lecturers
Credit: Paul Wilkinson and John Allen
Hannah Fry, the 2019 Christmas Lecturer
Credit: Paul Wilkinson
Alice Roberts, the 2018 Christmas Lecturer
Credit: Paul Wilkinson
Saiful Islam, the 2016 Christmas Lecturer.
Credit: Paul Wilkinson
Kevin Fong, the 2015 Christmas Lecturer
Credit: Paul Wilkinson

About the 2021 Lectures

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About the CHRISTMAS LECTURES

2020 christmas lecturer Chris Jackson setting a small thing on fire

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2020 christmas lecturer Helen Czerski pointing at a lit up glob e of the Earth's oceans

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