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Easter is upon us and everyone is looking forward to a very long weekend. There are parks and fields to walk in, films to see, and, of course, museums to visit. But, as it's the middle of the school holidays there are also children to keep entertained.

With that in mind we've been working with over thirty museums around the UK to put together special Relic Trails. The trails are based on the C³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ series Relic: Guardians of the Museum.

I finally caught an episode a couple of weeks ago, when I was off sick for a few days. In it, three children visit the British Museum at night and have to solve puzzles set by a tour-guide called Agatha, who also happens to be a ghost.

The tasks involve things like giant 3D puzzles, running across rope-bridges to collect key's and unlock chests, or working out how many leeches you need to cure the pox. If they successfully complete a task they are rewarded with a vision of history, in the one I saw the visions were of Ramesses II, which they have to memorise to challenge the Dark Lord at the end of the show.

It's an energetic mix of The Crystal Maze, The Krypton Factor, and Indiana Jones, all set in the galleries of the British Museum. And the confrontation at the end with the Dark Lord, floating around in mid-air with a death's head mask complete with golden goats' horns, is definitely something that as I kid I would have watched from behind the sofa.

Unfortunately I did as badly as the kids at the questions on Ramesses II. However, I did learn that the Romans used urine in their toothpaste recipes. Though I didn't learn why the Romans used urine in their toothpaste recipes. (I prefer peppermint.)

So, if your children have been watching Relic: Guardians of the Museum, then maybe you should seek out your nearest Relic Trail over the weekend. Each trail is different using objects from that museum's collection and you will be problem-solving and memorising facts just like the children in the show.

There are Relic Trails all over the country and they are free. Just find your nearest one and collect a leaflet at the museum. Good luck - and I hope you don't bump into the Dark Lord floating around in the atrium.

• Relic: Guardians of the Museum continues on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One on Thursdays at 16:35