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Penny Merriments

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Being a way to pass the time pleasantly with a dip into Samuel Pepys's own collection of Chap-books as selected by Norman Tozer from the edition of Roger Thompson of the University of East Anglia at Norwich.
The Histories, Jests, Magic, Amorous Tales, and Accounts of Rogues and Fools, told by TIMOTHY BATESON, TIM BENTINCK, ALISON DRAPER, PRUNELLA SCALES, DANNY SCHILLER, ROY SPENCER, and PETER WICKHAM and played and sung by MEMBERS OF THE ALBION BAND. Directed by PIERS PLOWRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Pepys
Unknown:
Norman Tozer
Unknown:
Roger Thomp
Told By:
Timothy Bateson
Told By:
Tim Bentinck
Told By:
Auson Draper
Told By:
Prunella Scales
Told By:
Danny Schiller
Unknown:
Roy Spencer
Unknown:
Peter Wickham
Directed By:
Piers Plowright
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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