Black Widow

Kenneth Williams recalls another rather fantastical tale from his life as a very secret agent.

“I expect the question on everybody’s lips at the moment is why hasn’t Kenneth Williams ever gotten married?.....I can reveal for the very first time that I have been married. Yes, it only lasted for 24 hours but what a night to remember!"

RD Wingfield (1928-2007) wrote two series of The Secret Life of Kenneth Williams – with the star playing a secret agent version of himself – especially for Kenneth Williams. RD Wingfield is best remembered as the creator of Inspector Jack Frost – later adapted for TV as A Touch of Frost.

Kenneth Williams … as himself
Sir Charles Prattle .... Richard Caldicot
Maisie .... Josephine Tewson
Miss Gibb .... Caroline Blakiston
Tomkins .... Leslie Heritage
Titania .... Elizabeth Morgan
Otto .... John Hollis

Written by RD Wingfield.

Scripts edited by Gerry Jones.

Producer: Keith Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1971.

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The Secret Life of Kenneth Williams is part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Kenneth Williams Day marking what would have been his 100th birthday on 22 February 2026.