The Infinite Monkey Cage

Physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince attempt to reel in a creature that has baffled scientists since Aristotle - the eel. Wriggling in to help them uncover the mysteries of one of nature's slimiest subjects are marine scientists David Righton and Caroline Durif, and comedian Lucy Porter. How do eels navigate such vast distances so deep under water? Why has no one ever seen them reproduce? And why on earth would anyone eat them jellied with pie and mash? The panel discovers that Spanish eels are always late and that eels from all different countries are thought to meet up somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean for a huge annual orgy.