Episode 2
JP Doom quizzes Viktor Schmelling about his career in comedy. David Jason and John Bird in post-apocalyptic sketches. From 2016.
David Jason stars with John Bird, Rory Bremner and Jan Ravens in David Renwick's dark sketch comedy that takes a post-apocalyptic and distinctly counter-factual look at the history of laughter....
JP Doom interviews Viktor Schmelling about his career in comedy from his humble beginnings as a joke writer for the Queen through to his current role as Emeritus Professor of Princeton University's Faculty of Laughter. His message - life is horrible - you better learn to see the funny side.
Among the classic comedy sketches Schmelling singles out for posterity are the atheist episode of Sunday Worship; an old lag and his pet orang-utan; and 1950's cult The Demob Mob's remarkable episode on Hitler, liquorish allsorts and the awesome power of the non-sequitur.
With:
David Jason
John Bird
Jan Ravens
Rory Bremner
Christopher Timothy
Adie Allen
James Lailey
Nick Underwood
Producer: Gareth Edwards
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2016.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | David Jason |
| Ensemble | John Bird |
| Ensemble | Jan Ravens |
| Ensemble | Rory Bremner |
| Ensemble | Christopher Timothy |
| Ensemble | Adie Allen |
| Ensemble | James Lailey |
| Ensemble | Nick Underwood |
| Producer | Gareth Edwards |
| Writer | David Renwick |
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