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Episode 5

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Simon Mayo's battle of comedy generations. With Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter, Tom O'Connor and Norman Lovett. From April 2011.

Three-way battle between the comedy generations to find out which is the funniest.

Hosted by Simon Mayo.

Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy?

With Team Captains:

Holly Walsh
Rufus Hound
Ted Robbins

Guest Comics:

Carl Donnelly
Justin Edwards
Norman Lovett

Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.

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30 minutes

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