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Panel show in which guests donate fascinating exhibits to a vast imaginary museum

Panel show in which three distinguished guests donate fascinating exhibits to a vast imaginary museum

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John Lloyd

Humphrey Ker

Joann Fletcher

John Blashford-Snell

Mark Watson

The Museum of Curiosity: Series 6: Watson, Fletcher, Blashford-Snell

Watson, Fletcher, Blashford-Snell

Series 6

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John Lloyd and Humphrey Ker welcome objects from Mark Watson and Joann Fletcher.

John Lloyd and curator Humphrey Ker welcome objects from Mark Watson, Joann Fletcher and John Blashford-Snell. From September 2013.

The Museum of Curiosity is the natural meeting place for entertaining experts and expert entertainers. 

This week, it's flinging open its doors, inaugurating a brand new wing of empty plinths is ready to receive 3 new exhibits. 

Our host is (as ever) the Professor of Ignorance, John Lloyd, and for this series he is joined by a new curator, the comedian Humphrey Ker. This week's generous donors are Egyptologist Prof. Joann Fletcher, who is presenting us with a hugely significant Roman coin; explorer Col. John Blashford-Snell, who brings a compass that led its owner the greatest one-liner in History; and the comedian Mark Watson, who is offering us something rather small and personal.

Produced by Richard Turner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.

The Museum of Curiosity: Series 6

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Panel show in which guests donate fascinating exhibits to an imaginary museum

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his new curator Jimmy Carr invite guests to donate items to their imaginary museum

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