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The 1920s and 30s
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Marge Simpson marries royalty and John Yogi Bear invents TV. Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain. From 2006.
King George utters some unmemorable last words.
DH Lawrence of Arabia writes Lady Chatterbox's Llama.
And John Yogi Bear discovers the BBC, but finds there's not much on...
Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain begins in the 1920s and 1930s.
With:
Joss Ackland
Eleanor Bron
Rory Bremner
Ewan Bailey
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
John Humphrys
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.
Last on
Sun 17 Nov 202422:30
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