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Too Clever by Half

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IAN GRIMBLE introduces Sir John Haringlon , one of the brightest adornments of the court of Queen Elizabeth I - when he wasn'banished from it.
But was he too witty for his own good? Was he too clever by half? A man who could invent the water-closet in the 16th century clearly heeded watching.

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Introduces:
Ian Grimble
Unknown:
Sir John Haringlon
Source: Radio Times

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