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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Six portraits of the radio famous.
2: Wake Up at the Back There
From the awful Pa Glum to the blustering headmaster of Chiselbury School, "Professor" Jimmy Edwards was best known for playing brilliant bibulous characters. Did the stage persona match the private man? Nigel Farrell draws back the curtain on the many faces of Jim.
Producer Ronni Davis

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Jimmy Edwards
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Nigel Farrell
Producer:
Ronni Davis
Source: Radio Times

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