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Radio 4,12 Aug 2016,30 mins

SeriesSeries 9

Noble, Shanahan, Dent

The Museum of Curiosity

Available for 195 days

The Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his new curator Noel Fielding welcome: * Freewheeling superstar Geordie comedian Ross Noble * Science journalist and rainforest ecologist Dr Mike Shanahan * Famous, renowned, celebrated, prominent and popular lexicographer from Countdown, Susie Dent. The Museum's Guest Committee appreciate the significance of figs; the joys of long-distance football; and thoughts of an 18th-century spy. Researchers: Mike Turner and Anne Miller of QI Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2016.

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