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r New series 1/3. The Safety Lift. Lynne Truss begins another look at the revolutionary impact of everyday things with the lift. The real experience of a lift is quite different to the PR view that they've helped the quality of life-they seem to have minds of their own, take forever to arrive and then stop suspended between floors. Truss takes a tongue-in-cheek look at howthis has provided endless material for fiction writers and directors of horrorfilms and television comedy from Stanley Kubrick to Tony Hancock. Producer Erika Wright
Lynne Truss on lifts, buggies and smelly armpits: pll5

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Stanley Kubrick
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Tony Hancock.
Producer:
Erika Wright
Producer:
Lynne Truss
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