Rob Newman's Total Eclipse Of Descartes
Rob Newman returns to Radio 4 with a show about philosophy
- Genre
- Stand-Up
- Broadcast
- 2018
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 4 (1 series)
- Star
- Rob Newman
- Writer
- Rob Newman
- Producer
- Jon Harvey
Comedian Rob Newman pieces together a unique philosophy for our times by unpicking 3000 years of thought - from Socrates, to Sartre, to super-intelligent chimps.
- Production company
- Also known as
- Robert Newman's Total Eclipse of Descartes
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 12th September 2018 on BBC Radio 4 at 6:30pm
- Last new broadcast
- Wednesday 3rd October 2018 on BBC Radio 4 at 6:30pm
- Last repeat
- Sunday 14th April 2019 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra

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