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Jimmy Clitheroe

Mark Radcliffe profiles the diminutive radio star who played a schoolboy. But was he ever allowed to grow up? From April 1999.

"Nearly a quarter of the population settle down to listen to a radio classic..."

Mark Radcliffe profiles the diminutive radio star who played a schoolboy. But was he ever allowed to grow up?

Featuring:

Frank Roscoe
James Casey
Diana Day
Geoffrey Wheeler
Ronnie Hilton
Irene Roberts

Series exploring the tradition of the northern comedian.

Producer: Bernadette McConnell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.

30 minutes

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