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Half glitzy, half dowdy
FromThe TLS Podcast
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The writer and comedian Charlie Higson, half of the team behind The Fast Show, on the curious history of comedy written and performed by pairs; the novelist Margaret Drabble considers the dizzying new releases from the estate of Anthony Burgess, the man Philip Larkin once called “the Batman of contemporary letters” TextsStan & Ollie, directed by Jon S. Baird Morecambe & Wise: 50 years of sunshine, by Gary MorecambeThe Double Act: A history of British comedy duos, by Andrew RobertsSoupy Twists!: The full, official story of the sophisticated silliness of Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, by Jem RobertsBeard’s Roman Women by Anthony Burgess, edited by Graham FosterPuma by Anthony Burgess, edited by Paul WakeThe Black Prince by Adam RobertsObscenity and the Arts, a talk by Anthony Burgess, edited by Johnny Walsh
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Released:
Feb 21, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Shakespeare's Sonnets: The Times Literary Supplement - an occasional series of readings. Alan Jenkins reads a selection of Shakespeare's Sonnets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. by The TLS Podcast