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 17, Episode 2 - Meeting One Hundred And Two
Further details
Rosie Holt a classically-trained actor who became a stand-up and famous for her satirical online work which has often fooled intelligent people into thinking she is an actual politician, donates the unwritten second half of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan. She donates it because of the story behind it, with Coleridge being unable to finish it after a visitor from Porlock stopped his flow.
Professor Carlo Rovelli, an Italian theoretical physicist known for his work in quantum gravity, author of multiple books, and philosopher, provides a white hole. This idea behind them is that they are the opposite of a black hole: nothing can ever enter a white hole.
Olivia Potts, a former criminal barrister, who now works a pastry chef, and has written several books including one all about butter, offers a jar of marmalade because it is possibly the most absurd spread around, being made of a bitter fruit.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 27th February 2023
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Catch-up
Cast & crew
John Lloyd | Host / Presenter |
Anna Ptaszynski | Host / Presenter |
Rosie Holt | Guest |
Carlo Rovelli | Guest |
Olivia Potts | Guest |
Jade Gebbie | Writer |
Cameron Loxdale | Writer |
Sam Holmes | Producer |
Leying Lee | Producer |
James Robinson | Executive Producer |
Mike Turner | Researcher |
Lydia Mizon | Researcher |
Mandy Fenton | Researcher |
David Thomas | Sound Designer |