Episode 9: Weird Instruments

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Feb 13, 201919:48Kids & family

From a helicopter quartet to a vegetable orchestra, prepare to have your idea of what an ‘instrument’ can be blown wide open. David Walliams explores some of the most fantastical, needlessly complex and sometimes tasty m...

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