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Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Sarah Millican welcome: * An award-winning Australian comedian who is so much more than a mere joker, Felicity Ward * The cricket commentator whose association with James Bond villainy is more than a mere coincidence, Henry Blofeld * A former chemist from Mars who is more than a Mir astronaut, Dr Helen Sharman OBE The Museum's guests discuss the cultural significance of Australians using watermelons as hats; how you can increase your stature in more ways than one by going into space; how it took an author as inventive as PG Wodehouse to coin the word 'gruntled' decades after the word 'disgruntled'; the vital importance of toilets; and the coolest possible way of telling mountain trekkers where you were when you first saw the Himalayas. Researchers: Anne Miller and Molly Oldfield of QI. Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin. A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Comedy production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2016.
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