At this festive time of year, BBC Archive brings you the ghost of Christmas Lectures past. Go science! This year's lectures end today. | BBC Archive

The 2022 Christmas Lectures with forensic anthropologist Sue Black start TONIGHT. We cannot contain our excitement! 🙌 In lecture one we'll look at what clues are hidden in our bodies, and how investigators can uncover a host of information about someone from the smallest fragment of their remains. Tune in to BBC Four and iPlayer at 8pm! | Royal Institution of Great Britain

The countdown begins 🚀 Set your reminders for the 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI: 28, 29 and 30 December at 7.00pm on BBC Four and iPlayer. Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock will take us on a whistle-stop tour of the Universe, searching for evidence of extra-terrestrial life. Learn more about the series: rigb.org/christmas-lectures Thanks to all our Christmas Lectures supporters: CGI as title partner, Aberdeen Group plc as supporting partner and UK Research and Innovation and Vias

Be in it to win it: the 2023 Christmas Lectures ticket ballot is now open to Ri Members! 🎟️ Not a member yet? Join us today for your chance to secure one of the hottest tickets in town at Christmas time: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/join-us-christmas-lectures-live-filming | Royal Institution of Great Britain