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Popeye

Whatever Happened to...?Series 1
Episode 2 of 6

Reflections on the rise and fall of EC Segar's sailor man. Stars Warren Mitchell and Andrew Sachs.

Born in a typhoon with dynamite in both fists. Spinach was his trademark but it also brought about his downfall.

Whatever happened to EC Segar's sailor man - Popeye?

Six-part series revealing the afterlife of some famous characters from children's fiction written by Adrian Mourby.

With Warren Mitchell as G Wellington Wimpy, Kerry Shale as Sweepee, Peter Woodthorpe as Bluto, Andrew Sachs as Peter Boyd-Shuster, Jonathan Tafler as Lou Canvas, Cyril Shaps as Moses Kyle, Eva Haddon as Miss Jones and Myfanwy Talog as Sian Owens-Prosser.

Producer: Brian King

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 18 Jan 201904:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Sat 14 Feb 200908:30
    BBC Radio 7
  • Sat 14 Feb 200919:30
    BBC Radio 7
  • Sat 30 Jan 201009:30
    BBC Radio 7
  • Sat 30 Jan 201019:30
    BBC Radio 7
  • Sun 31 Jan 201005:30
    BBC Radio 7
  • Thu 30 Sep 201014:00
    BBC Radio 7
  • Thu 17 Jan 201909:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 17 Jan 201916:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 18 Jan 201904:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra