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Master raconteur Kenneth Williams offers entertaining reminiscences and personal opinions. Recorded at BBC Pebble Mill in 1982.

Kenneth Williams presents the first of a compendium of entertaining reminiscences and personal opinions.

Beginning with the tale of his trip to Lichfield - the literary home of Samuel Johnson - the master raconteur shares tales of historical people and places.

Williams winds his way through stories of writers, buildings, the death of Thomas Cromwell and the funding of wars - and touches on the monarchy, the legal system and anecdotes of Prime Ministers past.

Recorded in front of an audience at BBC Pebble Mill.

Producer: Michael Ford

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1982.

15 minutes

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