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The Museum Of Curiosity

The Museum Of Curiosity

  • Radio panel show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2007 - 2023
  • 106 episodes (17 series)

Radio panel show in which John Lloyd and his curators try to fill up their museum with curious objects. Also features Bill Bailey, Sean Lock, Jon Richardson, Dave Gorman, Jimmy Carr and more.

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Gallery 12, Episode 6 - Meeting Seventy-Three

John and Sally are joined by comedian Jack Carroll, hostage negotiator Suzanne Williams and adventurer Robert Twigger.

Further details

Robert Twigger, an adventurer, author, an expert a cooking omelettes, has been searching for the world's biggest snake in India and travelling Canada in a canoe he made himself, donates his own "invention", the attentionometer, a device to measure people's attention. Studies show that negative attention is better than no attention at all.

Suzanne Williams, a hostage negotiator for the Scotland Yard, the FBI and the Canadian Mounted Police, and during her 28 years have never come across a letter made out of cut-out newspaper, offers up the seat on the bus that Rosa Parks refused to give up. It shows how one simple action refuses to give up.

Jack Carroll, a former Britain's Got Talent] runner-up with cerebral palsy (and for the benefits people, he still has it), comedian, actor, star of sitcom Trollied, gives the video game [i]Football Manager. The game is so addictive that it has been sited in 35 divorce cases.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 12th February 2018
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 18th February 2018 12:00pm Radio 4
Monday 19th February 2018 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Monday 19th February 2018 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 19th February 2018 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 20th February 2018 5:30am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 31st May 2022 4:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 1st June 2022 4:00am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
John Lloyd Host / Presenter
Sally Phillips Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Jack Carroll Guest
Suzanne Williams Guest
Robert Twigger Guest
Production team
Richard Turner Producer
Anne Miller Producer
Mike Turner Researcher

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