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Part quiz, part panel show which celebrates the UK's unique and fascinating museums.
Griff Rhys Jones puts two teams of expert panellists to the test at Britain's oldest public museum, the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford.
At the Great Gallery of Hertford House, home to the Wallace Collection, one of the most significant collections of European fine and decorative arts in the world, the experts being put to the test by Griff Rhys Jones are medieval art historian Dr Janina Ramirez, ceramics specialist historian Lars Tharp, art critic and historian Andrew Graham-Dixon, and historian and director of the Landmark Trust, Anna Keay. The two teams pit their knowledgeable wits against each other in a series of rounds informed by this extraordinary collection.
At the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, Lars Tharp, Kate Williams, Helen Czerski, physicist and Dr Admiral Lord West are split into two teams as they battle it out to be this week's winners.
At the Foundling Museum - home to an extraordinary collection of art and sculpture, often donated by the artists themselves to support Britain's first home for abandoned children - the experts being put to the test by Griff Rhys Jones are historian Professor Kate Williams, medieval art historian Dr Janina Ramirez, author and historian Dan Cruickshank, and cultural historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford.
At the Museum of London - a collection which documents the history of London from prehistoric to modern times - the experts being put to the test by Griff Rhys Jones are historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb, historian specialising in European and Chinese ceramics Lars Tharp, author and social historian Hallie Rubenhold and historian and presenter Dan Snow.
At the World Museum in Liverpool - which houses extensive collections covering archaeology, ethnology, natural and physical sciences - the experts being put to the test by Griff Rhys Jones are author and adventurer Benedict Allen, historian specialising in European and Chinese ceramics Lars Tharp, philosopher Professor Angie Hobbs, and art and cultural historian Dr Janina Ramirez.
At the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge - the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge - the experts being put to the test are historian specialising in European and Chinese ceramics Lars Tharp, art and cultural historian Dr Janina Ramirez, art and architecture historian Dr Ayla Lepine and mathematician professor Marcus du Sautoy.
At the National Museum, Cardiff and the gallery which houses the stunning collection of French art bequeathed by the Davies sisters, the experts being put to the test by Griff Rhys Jones are: historian specialising in European and Chinese ceramics Lars Tharp, author and historian Kate Williams, art historian Jacky Klein, and designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.
At the Burrell Collection, a unique array of more than 8,000 objects housed in the heart of Pollock Country Park in Glasgow, the experts being put to the test are: historian specialising in European and Chinese ceramics Lars Tharp, historian and broadcaster Kate Williams, medieval art historian Dr Janina Ramirez, and author and journalist Muriel Gray.
At the Jewish Museum in London, founded in 1932 to tell the story of the 1,000-year history of the Jews in Britain, the experts being put to the test are: historian specialising in European and Chinese ceramics Lars Tharp, historian and broadcaster Kate Williams, writer Simon Sebag Montefiore, and art historian Jacky Klein.
At the London branch of the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, founded in 1917 to tell the story of those whose lives have been shaped by war from the First World War to the present day, the experts being put to the test are: historian specialising in European and Chinese ceramics Lars Tharp, historian and broadcaster Kate Williams, trail-blazing war correspondent Kate Adie, and author and war studies academic Dr Spencer Jones.
The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum plays host this time. Forty miles from Edinburgh and nestling beneath the historic Stirling Castle where Mary, Queen of Scots was crowned in 1542, the Smith houses a remarkably eclectic range of objects. Being put to the test by Griff Rhys Jones are Quizeum regulars Lars Tharp and Janina Ramirez. They are joined by writer and broadcaster Hardeep Singh Kohli and art historian Helen Rosslyn.
Located in the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station, Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry plays host this time. Griff Rhys Jones invites regular team players Professor Kate Williams and Dr Janina Ramirez to explore the story of Manchester's scientific and industrial past, present and future, alongside mathematics professor Marcus du Sautoy and physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski.
The Quizeum visits the Royal Armouries in Leeds, home to the national collection of arms and armour. From medieval knights to the modern-day soldier, and the Wild West to the Ottoman Empire, this extraordinary museum houses a world-renowned collection of some 75,000 objects. Being quizzed by Griff Rhys Jones are medieval historian Dr Janina Ramirez, historians professor Kate Williams and Simon Thurley, and legendary explorer Benedict Allan.
The Quizeum visits the Horniman Museum in London, which specialises in anthropology, natural history and musical instruments. Being quizzed by Griff Rhys Jones are historian Dr Janina Ramirez, ceramics expert Lars Tharp, explorer Benedict Allen, and biologist and author Miranda Krestovnikoff.
The final episode in this series has a suitably festive theme. Griff Rhys Jones and his teams of experts - historians Janina Ramirez, Kate Williams and Hallie Rubenhold and ceramics expert Lars Tharp - visit the V&A Museum of Childhood. Originally founded as a museum for the East End area of London, today it houses the largest collection of childhood objects in the UK and will provide a seasonal challenge for Griff and his guests.
