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Radio 4,29 Jul 2016,30 mins

SeriesSeries 9

Kumar, Armstrong, Goodall

The Museum of Curiosity

Available for 196 days

The Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his new curator Noel Fielding welcome: * BBC Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack presenter and half of the double act Gentlemen of Leisure, the writer and comedian Nish Kumar * Professor of Experimental Architecture and TED fellow Rachel Armstrong * Award-winning composer of choral music, stage musicals, film and TV scores, Howard Goodall. The Museum's Guest Committee speculate on the appeal of a 50 year-old piece of vinyl; a magic spell in a bottle; and an extinct piano with no keys. Researchers: Mike Turner and Anne Miller of QI. Producers: Richard Turner & James Harkin. A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2016.

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