Episode 5

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Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Jo Brand welcome: * Comedian, screenwriter and Guilty Feminist podcaster, Deborah Frances-White * Entomologist and bumblebee expert, Professor Dave Goulson * "That bloke off Time Team who was Baldrick in Blackadder", Sir Tony Robinson. The Museum's Guest Committee enshrine the first Englishwoman to make a living as a professional poet, Emilia Lanier; speculate on the unusual polyphiloprogenitive strategies of virgin death watch beetles; and pay homage to the moment when Blackadder finally went "over the top". 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 February 2017.