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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 5, Episode 6 - Meeting Thirty

John Lloyd and Jimmy Carr prepare for the final meeting of Gallery 5, with donations from inventor of the Ig Nobel Prize Marc Abrahams, comedian Sara Pascoe, and Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon.

Further details

Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, offers the museum the Aldrin Mars Cycler, a form of spacecraft that could take us to the fourth planet and help build a settlement on Mars.

The stand-up comedian Sara Pascoe, who got into stand-up for "revenge" purposes because he ex-boyfriend did it, gives us something that we can paradoxically help us: friendly poisons, used in things such as cosmetics.

Marc Abrahams, the inventor of the Ig Nobel Prize for scientists who do rather odd forms of serious research, gives to the museum the odd concept of the annoyance of Professor John Trinkaus. His research includes a study of how people wear baseball caps.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 5th November 2012
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 11th November 2012 12:00pm Radio 4
Monday 12th November 2012 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Monday 12th November 2012 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Friday 20th May 2016 9:00am Radio 4 Extra
Friday 20th May 2016 4:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 21st May 2016 4:00am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 12th February 2019 4:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 13th February 2019 4:00am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
John Lloyd Host / Presenter
Jimmy Carr Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Marc Abrahams Guest
Sara Pascoe Guest
Buzz Aldrin Guest
Production team
Richard Turner Producer
Dan Schreiber Producer
James Harkin Researcher
Molly Oldfield Researcher
Stevyn Colgan Researcher

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