Gallery 5 - Meeting Twenty-Six

Donations to the museum come from astronomer Stuart Clark, horticulturist and former hostage Tom Hart Dyke and comedian Jo Brand.

In-Depth Episode Synopsis

Dr. Stuart Clark, an astronomer and heavy metal guitarist in Dr. Stu and the Neutron Stars, donates Kepler's drink dispenser, a model for the solar system which doubled as a drink dispenser in order to please his patron. However when it did not work he discovered that the orbits where elliptical.

Jo Brand, stand-up comedian and for 10 years a psychiatric nurse, donates the concept of childhood, as represented by a poorly knitted jumper, because she thinks it is slowly going away.

Tom Hart Dyke, first cousin of Miranda Hart, great British plant hunter and former hostage, donates Puya raimondii, one of the world's rearest flowers that flowers lives 150 years.

First Broadcast Details

Date:

Mon 8th October 2012

Time:

6:30pm

Channel:

BBC Radio 4

Length:

30 minutes

Main Repeats

• Sun 14th Oct 2012 (12:00pm, Radio 4)
• Mon 15th Oct 2012 (7:30am, BBC R4E)
• Mon 15th Oct 2012 (10:00pm, BBC R4E)

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