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WG Grace

The Mark Steel LectureSeries 1
Episode 2 of 4

The radical comedian profiles the 'first modern celebrity' in English cricketing and Victorian society. From September 1999.

Radical comic Mark Steel profiles the 'first modern celebrity' in English cricketing and Victorian society, WG Grace.

Series of humorous lectures covering historical figures who shaped their era.

With:

Melanie Hudson
Kim Wall

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Oct 202323:30
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