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Episode 3

Beachcomber... By the WaySeries 3
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JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge, Joan Sims and June Whitfield. From November 1994.

A woman struggles to take off her shoe – and the perils of drinking different types of alcohol.

Richard Ingrams John Wells, John Sessions, Joan Sims amd Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton.

With Brian Bowles, Simon Greenall, Henrietta Gooden and featuring June Whitfield.

Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created between the wars.

Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.

Announcer: Brian Perkins.

Producer: Harry Thompson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 7 Jun 202009:30
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