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Danny Wallace on museums
Suggs's Brilliant Britain
Tuesday 25th June at 2.30am on Blighty
Sky Channel 534, Virgin Media 206
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The British Museum, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum are just three of our world-renowned cultural treasure houses and centres of learning. But, says Danny Wallace, they barely scratch the surface of our nation’s rich and varied heritage.
To properly understand what makes Britain great, you need to visit one of the many small, privately-run museums dotted around the country. Taking in some of the lesser-known collections of valuable cultural artefacts, Danny travels to the Lawnmower Museum, The Cuckoo Clock Museum and The Baked Bean Museum.
Each one is a monument to the personal passions, not to mention obsessions, of collectors who have somehow become curators of national treasures which might otherwise have been overlooked and lost forever. All of which, prompts a question: what exactly does it take to create your own museum, and is it something anyone can do? Danny Wallace aims to find out.
Danny Wallace in brief
British comedian, writer, presenter and filmmaker; Danny Wallace started his media career at the tender age of 13 writing reviews in a games magazine.
The slightly older Wallace's writing achievements include cult book, Join Me, and the follow up, Random Acts of Kindness. His third book, Yes Man, was turned into a Hollywood film in 2008.
Wallace has presented various shows: Secrets of the CIA, Horizon, Castaway, and a Saturday morning radio slot on XFM.
Each one is a monument to the personal passions, not to mention obsessions, of collectors who have somehow become curators of national treasures which might otherwise have been overlooked and lost forever. All of which, prompts a question: what exactly does it take to create your own museum, and is it something anyone can do? Danny Wallace aims to find out.
Danny Wallace in brief
British comedian, writer, presenter and filmmaker; Danny Wallace started his media career at the tender age of 13 writing reviews in a games magazine.
The slightly older Wallace's writing achievements include cult book, Join Me, and the follow up, Random Acts of Kindness. His third book, Yes Man, was turned into a Hollywood film in 2008.
Wallace has presented various shows: Secrets of the CIA, Horizon, Castaway, and a Saturday morning radio slot on XFM.
From baked beans to cuckoo clocks, the presenter and writer checks out the quirkier side of British museums...
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Lingdada
wrote on 18 Aug 2010 at 04:30 PM
The Welsh Baked Bean Museum and its lovable curator is British eccentricity at its best! And who 'cannot' open a tin of beans without taking a spoonful out first to munch cold? Classic!! - Something to say? Add a comment...
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