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.
Episode menu
Gallery 15, Episode 2 - Meeting Eighty-Nine
Further details
Suzi Ruffell, comedian, dyslexic, and podcaster with the LGBT show Out, donates a Dutch upright bicycle. The bike allows her to cycle without hurting her back, and she describes it as the Jeep of bicycles. To this day, no-one knows for certain how bikes stay upright.
Ainsley Harriott, celebrity chef, TV host and a man who blacked out a hotel using six ovens, offers up the welwitschia mirabilis, a plant in the Namibia desert that has been around since the dinosaurs and was voted the 4th ugliest plant in the world.
Helen Fielding, the novelist behind the Bridget Jones books, as well as Mills and Boon novels, provides the Victoria Falls. The water that falls creates a "smoke that thunders", as well as "moonbows".
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 14th September 2020
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Sunday 20th September 2020 | 12:00pm | Radio 4 |
Monday 21st September 2020 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 21st September 2020 | 5:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 21st September 2020 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Tuesday 22nd September 2020 | 5:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 20th January 2023 | 9:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 20th January 2023 | 2:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Saturday 21st January 2023 | 5:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Cast & crew
John Lloyd | Host / Presenter |
Alice Levine | Host / Presenter |
Suzi Ruffell | Guest |
Ainsley Harriott | Guest |
Helen Fielding | Guest |
Anne Miller | Producer |
Victoria Lloyd | Executive Producer |
David Thomas | Editor |
Mike Turner | Researcher |
Emily Jupitus | Researcher |
Mike Shephard (as Mike Shepherd) | Researcher |
Lydia Mizon | Researcher |