Writer and comedian Holly Walsh will join co-host John Lloyd for a new series of The Museum Of Curiosity beginning Monday 18 October on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

Holly and John will preside over a fresh haul of exhibits submitted from an array of guests including comedians Daliso Chaponda, Evelyn Mok, Catherine Bohart, Rosie Jones and Griff Rhys Jones; poet Lemn Sissay, author Elizabeth Day, firefighter Sabrina Cohen-Hatton and Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of the legendary heavy metal band, Iron Maiden.

Holly Walsh has featured on numerous TV and radio panel shows from Just A Minute and The Unbelievable Truth to Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week and QI. Holly is also a co-creator, co-writer and exec producer of the hit BBC Two sitcom Motherland, and creator, co-writer, exec producer and frequent director of The Other One (BBC One). She will be the show’s 16th curator

Holly says:

“I’m overjoyed to be the curator of The Museum Of Curiosity — mainly because 80 percent of my anecdotes during lockdown have come from ‘things I picked up from having Radio 4 on in the kitchen’ — so it’s nice to finally give back.”

If you want to catch up with some of the show’s (many) previous series, head over to BBC Sounds where there are no fewer than 61 episodes to savour.