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Radio 4,30 Jan 2017,30 mins

SeriesSeries 10

Episode 4

The Museum of Curiosity

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Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Jo Brand welcome: * Danish comedian Sofie Hagen * Mollusc and cephalopod expert, Jon Ablett * "Watching the English" anthropologist, Kate Fox. The Museum's Steering Committee ruminate on the rules of Dogma films, a snail that survived four years glued to a board in the British Museum and the paleolithic origins of the selfie. Researched by Anne Miller of QI and Mike Turner. Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin. A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2017.

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