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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 15, Episode 4 - Meeting Ninety-One

Alice Levine and John Lloyd are joined by comedian Josh Widdicombe, mathematician Dr Eugenia Cheng and satirist Ian Hislop - in the Museum's lift.

Further details

Josh Widdicombe, stand-up, podcaster with the 1990s football show Quickly Kevin, star of the sitcom Josh and co-host of The Last Leg, offers the museum Bowerman's Nose, a tor on Dartmoor. The legend of the feature concerns a man who was turned into stone by witches after he knocked over a cauldron.

Dr Eugenia Cheng, a woman who teaches maths to arts students by being scientist-in-residence at the School of Art Institute of Chicago, as well as a pianist, donates an equals sign, or rather the concept behind it. One of the key things is that sign indicates things are both the same but are displayed differently.

Ian Hislop, satirist, editor of Private Eye, documentary-maker, and the only person to have appeared on every episode on Have I Got News For You, provides is print - all of it, including books, magazines, pamphlets and newspapers. He argues that print is alive and that it should be kept going.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 28th September 2020
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 4th October 2020 12:00pm Radio 4
Monday 5th October 2020 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Monday 5th October 2020 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 5th October 2020 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 6th October 2020 5:30am Radio 4 Extra
Friday 3rd February 2023 9:00am Radio 4 Extra
Friday 3rd February 2023 2:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Friday 3rd February 2023 7:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 4th February 2023 5:00am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
John Lloyd Host / Presenter
Alice Levine Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Josh Widdicombe Guest
Eugenia Cheng Guest
Ian Hislop Guest
Production team
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

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