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Ian McMillan chairs the literary quiz with Mark Steel, David Stafford, Miles Kington and Sophie Hannah. From 1999.
Alan Bennett reports from the Gulf War, Pride and Prejudice in the style of This Life, and the book of Genesis becomes an American soap.
More original writing and outrageous parody gleefully corrupting the world's revered literary works.
Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent literary game.
With:
Mark Steel
David Stafford
Miles Kington
Sophie Hannah
Producer: Marc Jobst
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1999.
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