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How Radio Comedy Changed a Nation
Featuring rarely-heard archive material, Nicholas Parsons explores how radio comedy has developed and how it reveals much about the way the British live.
Nicholas Parsons explores how radio comedy has developed and how it reveals much about the way the British live. Through rarely-heard archive material and interviews with writers, performers and comedians, he investigates the impact that radio comedy has had upon the nation.
Including contributions from Paul Merton, Barry Cryer, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and Sanjeev Bhaskar.
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Christmas Day 200808:00
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- Sat 18 Oct 200820:00BBC Radio 4
- Christmas Day 200808:00BBC Radio 4