[Neil Jones]

"...production for the BBC and the The Royal Institution"?

The the?

I think its just meant to be "The RI" ("The Royal institution/Science Lives Here" seems to be part of the charities tag-line)

Re: the copyright, I think its done that way so they can host the lectures themselves on their website, remember it was farmed out to other broadcasters before it came back to BBC Four so I think its just treated as an import to a large extent and Auntie gets first airing rights.

They have been doing these lectures for nearly 200 years so long before the BBC came along, but they've only been televised since the mid 1960s.