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1. The Professor of Curiosity

Never Broadcast

This as-of-yet unbroadcast pilot to the series was made in 2007. It may well be released as a digital recording when the first series is released on CD. The pilot featured Alastair Fothergill, Victoria Finlay and Simon Munnery.

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Series 1 (2008)

1. Meeting One - Rooms 16-18: The Giant Hornet of Chang Jiang, The Yeti, The Modern Scarf Knot

First Broadcast: Wed 20th February 2008

With Richard Fortey, Sean Lock and Brian Blessed.

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2. Meeting Two - Rooms 57-59: Pineapple, Anderson Shelter, Privacy

First Broadcast: Wed 27th February 2008

With Fran Beauman, Gary Sheffield and Ben Elton.

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3. Meeting Three - Rooms 9-11: Nothingness, Arthur Craven, Father Christmas

First Broadcast: Wed 5th March 2008

With Arthur Smith, Frank Close and Ronald Hutton.

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4. Meeting Four - Rooms 30-32: The Battle of Waterloo, Pliny the Elder, The Hairy Angler Fish

First Broadcast: Wed 12th March 2008

With Victoria Finlay, Kevin Day and Alastair Fothergill.

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5. Meeting Five - Rooms 4-6: Phlogiston, The Nottingham Alabasters, The Monster

First Broadcast: Wed 19th March 2008

With Jonathan Miller, Philip Ball and Marcus du Sautoy.

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6. Meeting Six - Rooms 22-24: The Big Bang, Epping Forest, Silence

First Broadcast: Wed 26th March 2008

With John Gribbin, Alan Davies and Martha Reeves.

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Series 2 (2009)

1. Meeting Seven - Rooms 44-46: Railway Bridge Plates, Grímsvötn, The Urge to Press Bed Buttons You Know You Shouldn't Press

First Broadcast: Mon 4th May 2009

The second gallery in the museum now opens with new curator Sean Lock working alongside John Lloyd, Professor of Ignorance at the University of Buckingham.

This week's steering committee are musician Brian Eno, co-founder of Viz Chris Donald and host of Genius Dave Gorman. Donations include "the urge to press red buttons that you know you shouldn't press".

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2. Meeting Eight - Rooms 61-63: Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds, Horn Antenna, Don Quixote

First Broadcast: Mon 11th May 2009

Comedian Tim Fitzhigham, physicist Simon Singh, and Gavin Pretor-Pinney, author of The Cloudspotter's Guide and co-founder of The Idler donate Don Quixote, a pigeon-spattered telescope and an extremely rare cloud to the museum.

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3. Meeting Nine - Helen of Troy, Alan Shepard's Six Iron, A Sheep Rolling Over a Cattle Grid

First Broadcast: Mon 18th May 2009

With biologist Rupert Sheldrake, historian Bettany Hughes and stand-up comedian and star of The Thick of It Chris Addison.

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4. Meeting Ten - Chimpanzee Rain Dance, Complete World Knowledge, Matt Ridley's Nameplate from his Northern Rock Office Door

First Broadcast: Mon 25th May 2009

With American comedian John Hodgman, naturalist Charlotte Uhlenbroek and psychologist Oliver James.

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5. Meeting Eleven - The Holy Grail, Hannah Hauxwell, The Perfect English Spot Rabbit

First Broadcast: Mon 1st June 2009

With comedian and BBC 6 Music DJ Jon Richardson, war reporter Kate Adie and the co-creator of Spitting Image Roger Law.

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6. Meeting Twelve - P-51 Mustang, Tempting Fate, Inventions Being Used for Things They Weren't Designed For

First Broadcast: Mon 8th June 2009

With writer and critic Clive James, fantasy author Philip Pullman and musical comedian Tim Minchin.

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Series 3 (2010)

1. Meeting Thirteen - Next Episode

NEW EPISODE: Scheduled: Mon 10th May 2010 @ 18.30 on Radio 4

With Discworld creator Terry Pratchett, science writer Marcus Chown, and Iranian-born stand-up comedienne Shappi Khorsandi.

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