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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 6, Episode 6 - Meeting Thirty-Six

For the final meeting of Gallery Six, John and Humphrey are joined by the comedian and professional quizzer Paul Sinha, space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock, and the recently departed broadcaster Sir David Frost.

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

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 10th November 2013 12:00pm Radio 4
Monday 11th November 2013 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Monday 11th November 2013 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Friday 6th January 2017 9:00am Radio 4 Extra
Friday 6th January 2017 4:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 7th January 2017 4:00am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 21st May 2019 4:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 22nd May 2019 4:00am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
John Lloyd Host / Presenter
Humphrey Ker Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Paul Sinha Guest
Maggie Aderin-Pocock Guest
David Frost Guest
Production team
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

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