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

Romesh Ranganathan

Rainer Hersch

Beth Healey

Kaffe Fassett

Richard Turner

James Harkin

The Museum of Curiosity: Series 11: Episode 3

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Series 11

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John Lloyd and Romesh Ranganathan with Rainer Hersch, Beth Healey and Kaffe Fassett.

John Lloyd and Romesh Ranganathan welcome conductor Rainer Hersch, doctor Beth Healey and artist Kaffe Fassett. From 2017.

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Romesh Ranganathan welcome:

*    Internationally acclaimed conductor, actor, writer, comedian and broadcaster, Rainer Hersch
*    Doctor, Antarctic explorer, and prospective Martian astronaut, Beth Healey
*    Painter, author and textile, ceramics and costume designer, Kaffe Fassett.

The Museum's Guest Committee offer as exhibits a vast home-made architectural folly, a wind instrument that takes you back to school and a station the size of a football pitch that weighs absolutely nothing and moves at 18,000 mph.

Researched by Anne Miller of QI & Mike Turner.

Producers: Richard Turner & James Harkin.

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2017.

The Museum of Curiosity: Series 11

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Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and curator Romesh Ranganathan discuss new curiosities.

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