Episode 1

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Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Sally Phillips welcome: * The satirical comedy impressionist Rory Bremner * The presenter of the BBC World Service's The Arts Hour Nikki Bedi * The award-winning writer who makes you thirsty for beer, Pete Brown. The Museum's Guest Committee find out about the boy-elephant-god Ganesh, and why the direction his trunk is pointing in is so important; reveal the last British soldier to bring down an enemy with a longbow, and enter George Orwell's favourite non-existent pub. Researched by QI & Mike Turner. Producers: Richard Turner, Anne Miller & James Harkin. A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2018.