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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 9, Episode 5 - Meeting Fifty-Four

John Lloyd and Noel Fielding are joined by the romantic and sci-fi author Jenny Colgan, historian Dr. Janina Ramirez and history writer Peter Frankopan.

Further details

Dr. Janina Ramirez, art historian, and author of The Private Lives of the Saints which exams the lives of the early Anglo-Saxon saints, offers Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century nun and polymath with an in-depth knowledge of just about every subject at the time.

Dr. Peter Frankopan, an expert on the Byzantine Empire, has represented Croatia in cricket, and who has written about the benefits of the Black Death, donates a retro 1970s spice rack, partly because of the importances of spices in British history, even if we don't know exactly use them.

Jenny Colgan, journalist and author, writing romance stories, children's books and sci-fi stories including Doctor Who, gives the Museum Narnia red, a particular shade of red which Jenny accidentally made up.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 26th August 2016
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 29th August 2016 11:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 30th August 2016 9:00am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 14th July 2020 2:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 15th July 2020 2:00am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
John Lloyd Host / Presenter
Noel Fielding Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Jenny Colgan Guest
Janina Ramirez Guest
Peter Frankopan Guest
Production team
Richard Turner Producer
James Harkin Producer
Anne Miller Researcher
Mike Turner Researcher

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