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Radio 4,16 Dec 2008,30 mins

Billy Marsh

Great Lives

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Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. Michael Grade and William G Stewart champion the life of the theatrical agent Billy Marsh, the man who helped to turn Morecambe and Wise, Norman Wisdom and Bruce Forsyth into household names.

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