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.
- Museum Of New Year's Curisoity, New Year Special repeated Wednesday 1st January at 2pm on Radio 4 Extra
Episode menu
Gallery 1, Episode 3 - Meeting Three
Further details
Comedian Arthur Smith talks about the life of Arthur Cravan, a hero of the Dada and Surrealist movements who, in many ways, should be respected by comedians today.
Particle physicist Frank Close tries to donate something to the museum which is impossible to donate - a complete and utter void. aka: absolutely nothing.
Historian and pagan expert Ronald Hutton talks about a figure whom he claims is dead: Father Christmas. He argues that he was murdered by Santa Claus.
Notes
The full episode title is "Meeting Three - Rooms 9-11: Nothingness, Arthur Craven, Father Christmas".
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 5th March 2008
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| John Lloyd | Host / Presenter |
| Bill Bailey | Host / Presenter |
| Arthur Smith | Guest |
| Ronald Hutton | Guest |
| Frank Close | Guest |
| Richard Turner | Producer |
| Dan Schreiber | Producer |
| James Harkin | Researcher |
| Xander Cansell | Researcher |
Press
An English malady
Even better I've at last found myself laughing at a Radio 4 comedy programme, transforming that 6.30 graveyard slot, which in recent years has become synonymous with smutty jokes and banal innuendo, into something a little different. The Museum of Curiosity is a bit like Paul Merton's Room 101, but without the ego.
Kate Chisholm, The Spectator, 5th March 2008