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Jim the Great

Series 1

Episode 1: A Patron of the Arts

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Perpetually hard-up monarch Jim manages to slip off to the pub - and appear in public.

Historical regal romp starring Jimmy Edwards.

With Joan Sanderson, Julian Orchard, John Baddeley, Andrew Palmer, Ronald Baddiley and David Ryall.

Jim The Great ran for 2 series on BBC Radio 2 between 1976 - 1979.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1977. Show less

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