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Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester

The Reluctant Jester Strikes Back

Episode 5: Film Greats

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Michael Bentine remembers riding the rapids, a trick by Alfred Hitchcock and tales of the Secret Service.

Founding member of The Goon Show and one of the foremost comic minds of his generation - Michael Bentine offers more behind-the-scenes tales of his offbeat and extraordinary life in showbiz.

With extracts from some of his most memorable comic performances and eccentric characters.

Recorded at the Millfield Theatre, Edmonton, London.

Michael Bentine CBE was born in 1922 and died in 1996.

Producer: Andy Aliffe

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1994. Show less

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