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Radio 4,11 Aug 2017,30 mins

SeriesSeries 11

Episode 3

The Museum of Curiosity

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Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Romesh Ranganathan welcome: * Internationally acclaimed conductor, actor, writer, comedian and broadcaster, Rainer Hersch * Doctor, Antarctic explorer, and prospective Martian astronaut, Beth Healey * Painter, author and textile, ceramics and costume designer, Kaffe Fassett. The Museum's Guest Committee offer as exhibits a vast home-made architectural folly, a wind instrument that takes you back to school and a station the size of a football pitch that weighs absolutely nothing and moves at 18,000 mph. Researched by Anne Miller of QI & Mike Turner. Producers: Richard Turner & James Harkin. A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2017.

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