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Radio 4 Extra,16 Sep 1999,30 mins

SeriesSeries 1

WG Grace

The Mark Steel Lecture

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Radical comic Mark Steel profiles the 'first modern celebrity' in English cricketing and Victorian society, WG Grace. Series of humorous lectures covering historical figures who shaped their era. With: Melanie Hudson Kim Wall Producer: Phil Clarke First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.

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