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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 13, Episode 5 - Meeting Seventy-Eight

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Lee Mack welcome comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti, writer of the hit TV period drama series Victoria Daisy Goodwin and the former Cabinet Secretary Lord Butler of Brockwell.

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Daisy Goodwin, novelist, TV producer, the creator of the ITV drama Victoria, and the compiler of 101 Poems to Save Your Life, donates Prince Albert, probably the most intelligence royal we have ever had in Britain, and the man who got Cambridge University to start teaching science. She also made Victoria a bullet-proof parasol.

Robin Butler, now the crossbencher Lord Butler of Brockwell, former head of the civil service between Thatcher and Blair, a man who could confirm that Yes Minister really is true, and whose daughter invented Come Dine With Me, offers up a MiG Fighter Aircraft, that was found buried in Iraq (one had its sticking above the sand). It was one of the few things that were found in Iraq after the war, while there were no WMDs.

Nina Conti, comedian, ventriloquist, documentary maker, a student of philosophy, winner of the Barry Award in 2008, and who now performs stand-up as her puppet Monkey, provides a set of false teeth. Ken Campbell ordered a pair of false teeth for her, which allowed her to be more relaxed on stage.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 29th October 2018
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 4th November 2018 12:00pm Radio 4
Monday 5th November 2018 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Monday 5th November 2018 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 5th November 2018 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 6th November 2018 5:30am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 16th August 2022 4:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 17th August 2022 4:00am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
John Lloyd Host / Presenter
Lee Mack Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Nina Conti Guest
Daisy Goodwin Guest
Robin Butler Guest
Production team
Richard Turner Producer
Anne Miller Producer
Mike Turner Researcher
Emily Jupitus Researcher

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