
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 6, Episode 6 - Meeting Thirty-Six
Further details
Paul Sinha, the 28th best quizzer in the world, stand-up comedian, GP and "The Sinner-Man" from The Chase donates to the Museum the mantelpiece belonging to the cricketer, footballer, former world long jump record holder and diplomat C.B. Fry, which he was able to jump onto backwards.
Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, a British space scientist, a research fellow at University College London, and a woman who is currently designing the replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope provides The Museum of Curiosity with the Prospero satellite, the only British satellite sent up in as part of a British rocket programme which Maggie now wants to return to Earth.
Sir David Frost, one of the world's most successful broadcasters, ranging from satire like That Was The Week That Was and interviews with eight British Prime Ministers offers the Museum with his famous Nixon interviews which featured much historical information. Before each interview Nixon wanted five minutes of small talk, even though he could not do small talk.
Notes
The programme is dedicated to the memory of Sir David Frost. It was the last recording he ever made.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 4th November 2013
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
John Lloyd | Host / Presenter |
Humphrey Ker | Host / Presenter |
Paul Sinha | Guest |
Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Guest |
David Frost | Guest |
Richard Turner | Producer |
Dan Schreiber | Producer |
James Harkin | Researcher |
Molly Oldfield | Researcher |
Stevyn Colgan | Researcher |
Press
That was the lunch that was: remembering David Frost
In his last ever recording on The Museum of Curiosity, he was on top form - funny, fascinating, full of insight - it's impossible to believe that someone so full of life is gone.
John Lloyd, BBC Blogs, 4th November 2013