The Museum of Curiosity 

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The Museum of Curiosity

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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

Sarah Millican

Felicity Ward

Henry Blofeld

Helen Sharman

Richard Turner

Dan Schreiber

The Museum of Curiosity: Series 8: Ward, Sharman, Blofeld

Ward, Sharman, Blofeld

Series 8

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John Lloyd and Sarah Millican welcome Felicity Ward,Dr Helen Sharman and Henry Blofeld.

John Lloyd and Sarah Millican with comedian Felicity Ward, astronaut Helen Sharman and commentator Henry Blofeld. From 2016.

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Sarah Millican welcome:

*   An award-winning Australian comedian who is so much more than a mere joker, Felicity Ward
*   The cricket commentator whose association with James Bond villainy is more than a mere coincidence, Henry Blofeld
*   A former chemist from Mars who is more than a Mir astronaut, Dr Helen Sharman OBE

The Museum's guests discuss the cultural significance of Australians using watermelons as hats; how you can increase your stature in more ways than one by going into space; how it took an author as inventive as PG Wodehouse to coin the word 'gruntled' decades after the word 'disgruntled'; the vital importance of toilets; and the coolest possible way of telling mountain trekkers where you were when you first saw the Himalayas.

Researchers: Anne Miller and Molly Oldfield of QI.

Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin.

A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2016.

The Museum of Curiosity: Series 8

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Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and curator Phill Jupitus discuss some new curiosities.

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