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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 17, Episode 1 - Meeting One Hundred And One

John Lloyd is joined by the Museum's 17th curator - QI Elf and No Such Thing As A Fish star Anna Ptaszynski - as they welcome donations from entrepreneur Bill Liao, actress Miriam Margolyes OBE and comedian Chris McCausland.

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Chris McCausland, stand-up comedian, panel show regular, and who once applied to work for MI5 despite going blind, donates to the museum a vinyl record. Despite loving modern technology, he likes proper records and having to listen to music in a particular way.

Bill Liao, a Chinese-Australian environmentalist, author, social media pioneer and businessman who once stopped flying until he and his company planted 100 million trees, offers Drosophila melanogaster, aka the common fruit fly, which has been used in experiments to help in cancer research.

Miriam Margolyes, an actress, documentary maker, and author who admits to hating comedy, provides Charles Dickens and his works. Dickens liked to act in front of the mirror in between writing his books.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 20th February 2023
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

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Cast & crew

Cast
John Lloyd Host / Presenter
Anna Ptaszynski Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Bill Liao Guest
Miriam Margolyes Guest
Chris McCausland Guest
Writing team
Jade Gebbie Writer
Cameron Loxdale Writer
Production team
Sam Holmes Producer
Leying Lee Producer
James Robinson Executive Producer
Mike Turner Researcher
Lydia Mizon Researcher
Mandy Fenton Researcher
David Thomas Sound Designer

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