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

Rufus Hound

Tim Smit

Doris Vickers

Kees Moeliker

Richard Turner

James Harkin

The Museum of Curiosity: Series 8: Hound, Vickers, Smit

Hound, Vickers, Smit

Series 8

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John Lloyd and Sarah Millican welcome Rufus Hound, Sir Tim Smit and Doris Vickers.

John Lloyd and Sarah Millican with comic Rufus Hound, Eden Project founder Sir Tim Smit and scientist, Doris Vickers. From 2016.

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

*    Rufus Hound, the comedian, actor, politician and Strictly Come Dancing winner
*    Sir Tim Smit, who gave up being a music producer and took up gardening when he found the Lost Gardens of Heligan and founded the Eden Project
*    Doris Vickers, from Vienna who studied astronomy but once woke up with an overwhelming desire to learn Latin, now combining the two as an archaeoastronomer. 

The Museum's guests discuss how people could tell the time at night before the invention of clocks; how politics could be transformed with the obligatory wearing of lie-detecting suits; and why going ape in the mirror could help us see what makes us human.

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 February 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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