Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his new curator Jo Brand welcome:

* Science communicator, musician and comedian Helen Arney
* Thomas Thwaites, who lived as a goat in the Alps for six days and built a toaster from the ground up
* Captain of a 14-storey £350 million pound cruise ship, The Queen Elizabeth, Captain Aseem Hashmi

The Museum's Guest Committee catch up on the latest 4 elements to be added to the periodic chart, flip through a history book from the future, which is all about now; and the thing that keeps a sea captain grounded, figuratively as well as literally, his 12-ton anchor.

Researched by Anne Miller of QI & Mike Turner.

Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin.

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2017. Show less