Sometimes you hear about those precocious people who just really annoy you because they've achieved more by the age of seventeen than you ever have. Enter Ivor Montagu, the founder of modern table tennis, filmmaker, and probable communist spy. Also hear about why the name ping-pong had to be changed, and why the Wombles are far more sinister than you ever imagined.

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