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Frank Muir Presents ... 500 Years of Humorous Prose

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

2: Humour, in a Manner of Speaking
Including a dialogue from Perelman, a monologue from Dickens, and Patrick Campbell on his own stammer. Read by Prunella Scales , Richard Briers , Paul Eddington and Timothy West.
Adapted by Mike Barfield from The Oxford Book Of Humorous Prose by Frank Muir.
Producer Colin Swash.

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Campbell
Read By:
Prunella Scales
Read By:
Richard Briers
Read By:
Paul Eddington
Read By:
Timothy West.
Adapted By:
Mike Barfield
Unknown:
Frank Muir.
Producer:
Colin Swash.
Source: Radio Times

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