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Walsh, Dubner, Bramwell

John Lloyd and Sarah Millican with comedian Holly Walsh, author Stephen J Dubner and adventurer Dr David Bramwell. From 2016.

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Sarah Millican welcome:

* Holly Walsh, comedian and would-be medieval scholar
* Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics, a best-selling book that turned our understanding of economics on its head
* Dr David Bramwell, author, comic, and adventurer whose book The No 9 Bus To Utopia recounts his year-long pilgrimage in search of a Better Life.

The Museum's Guest Committee speculate on what drove medieval monks to draw obscene doodles on sacred manuscripts; why a mind-reading microchip could see the end of civilisation as we know it; and an interesting theory about who all those streakers were at 1970s sports events.

Researchers: Anne Miller and Molly Oldfield of QI.

Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin.

A 91Èȱ¬ Radio Comedy production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2016.

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Lloyd
Presenter Sarah Millican
Interviewed Guest Holly Walsh
Interviewed Guest Stephen Dubner
Interviewed Guest David Bramwell
Producer Richard Turner
Producer James Harkin

Broadcasts

  • Mon 11 Jan 2016 18:30
  • Sun 17 Jan 2016 12:04
  • Mon 18 Jan 2016 07:30
  • Mon 18 Jan 2016 17:30
  • Mon 18 Jan 2016 22:00
  • Tue 19 Jan 2016 05:30
  • Tue 11 Feb 2020 16:00
  • Wed 12 Feb 2020 04:00
  • Boxing Day 2020 22:00

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