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Desolation Jests

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for years

David Jason stars in the final episode of David Renwick's post-apocalyptic comedy alongside John Bird, Jan Ravens and Rory Bremner.

Each week JP Doom interviews an iconic cultural behemoth about the comic moments they would most like by their side as they face their own mortality.

Sydney Pynchlink, the innovative director behind some of the country's most admired weather forecasts chooses the laughs that would comfort them most during the extinction of all life on the planet; including a joke too dangerous for parliament, a horse with three legs, and a lobster with a rather crucial piece of evidence.

With:

David Jason
John Bird
Jan Ravens
Rory Bremner
Adie Allen
James Lailey
Nick Underwood

Producer: Gareth Edwards

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2017. Show less

Contributors

Ensemble:
David Jason
Ensemble:
John Bird
Ensemble:
Jan Ravens
Ensemble:
Rory Bremner
Ensemble:
Adie Allen
Ensemble:
James Lailey

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