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The Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI Global, start TONIGHT! Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 will guide us through the surprising science of food, revealing... 👅 How we taste food 👀 What makes food appetising 💩 How digestion works and more! Tune into BBC Four or iPlayer at 9pm to watch!

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Anne Carlill1 year ago

@CGI_Global @DoctorChrisVT Absolutely loved this first Christmas Lecture. Congratulations for making food digestion so interesting!

Feast of Stephen1 year ago

@CGI_Global @DoctorChrisVT When Chris will literally be getting to the bottom of digestion...

Royal Institution1 year ago

@CGI_Global @DoctorChrisVT More *literally* than one might even think!

RedDeer.Games IR2 years ago

🔥 Think you can handle the heat? 🔥 "COOKING" will put your skills to the test! 🧑‍🍳 Run the best restaurant in the middle of the city, complete orders, learn new recipes, and improve your cooking skills. 🍳👩‍🍳 #NintendoSwitch Cook it now - here:

marie roche1 year ago

@CGI_Global @DoctorChrisVT Hi there: Tonight 9pm GMT BBC4🤗🎈

Earonn1 year ago

@CGI_Global @DoctorChrisVT Fantastic work, so many interesting news and....insights... SCNR 😁 Thanks a lot to the whole production team, I'm looking forward to the next episode (yes, it might be on iPlayer, but sometimes waiting adds to the fun).

Michelle1 year ago

@CGI_Global @DoctorChrisVT This is brilliant. Just got to Dylan Thomas 😆

Royal Institution1 year ago

@CGI_Global @DoctorChrisVT They were not friends before the show, but we bet they are now!

Jackycritter1 year ago

@CGI_Global @DoctorChrisVT Had to switch it off the second time I gagged. I can do without seeing the inside of someone's mouth whilst they are eating, or cake made to look like a turd and fed to babies 🤢

Phil Thompson1 year ago

@CGI_Global @DoctorChrisVT We were watching BBC 1 at 21:00 and the continuity announcer said this was on the iPlayer. While trying to find the phone I noticed it was live on #BBC4 - seems that even the BBC don't watch linear TV any more.

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