Gallery 3 - Meeting Fourteen

With Jon Richardson stranded in Australia because of the Icelandic volcano, Dave Gorman stands in as curator. This week's guests are Madness lead singer Suggs, the poet Ruth Padel and star of Bo' Selecta! Leigh Francis.

In-Depth Episode Synopsis

Suggs, the lead singer of Madness, provides the museum with The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Continents, including the Crystal Palace, which attracted over 6 million people. Exhibits included an alarm clock with a gun.

The poet Ruth Padel provides the museum with a large tiger reserve by donating 10,000 tigers to John and David in order to protect them from poachers and keep them alive. The problem is that there are only about 3,000 in the wild.

Leigh Francis, the man behind Bo' Selecta!, gives the museum one of the world's greatest superheroes in the form of Spider-man. One interesting fact is that Spider-man creator Stan Lee was Romanian, just like Francis's most famous creation, Avid Merrion.

Episode Notes

The full episode title is "Meeting Fourteen: The Great Exhibition, 10,000 Tigers & Spider-man".

First Broadcast Details

Date:

Mon 17th May 2010

Time:

6:30pm

Channel:

BBC Radio 4

Length:

30 minutes

Main Repeats

• Sun 23rd May 2010 (12:00pm, Radio 4)
• Thu 12th Apr 2012 (9:30am, BBC R4E)
• Fri 13th Apr 2012 (2:30am, BBC R4E)

Episode Cast & Crew

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