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 5 - Meeting Five
Further details
Star of Beyond the Fringe, Jonathan Miller talks about the Nottingham Alabasters and their history in British architecture. Miller claims the best are those showing the Resurrection, which is odd coming from athiest.
Science writer Philip Ball brings up the issue of phlogiston, which was thought in the 17th-18th century to be an element which caused fire. Ball uses this as an example of how odd ideas are replaced with the new.
Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy talks about 'The Monster', something that can only exist in a universe containing 26 dimensions. This leads to a visit 24 dimensional grocer.
Notes
The full episode title is "Meeting Five - Rooms 4-6: Phlogiston, The Nottingham Alabasters, The Monster".
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 19th March 2008
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| John Lloyd | Host / Presenter |
| Bill Bailey | Host / Presenter |
| Jonathan Miller | Guest |
| Philip Ball | Guest |
| Marcus du Sautoy | Guest |
| Richard Turner | Producer |
| Dan Schreiber | Producer |
| James Harkin | Researcher |
| Xander Cansell | Researcher |