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The Great Snobographer

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A portrait of Thackeray, presented by Al Murray.
When Al Murray presented his stage and television comic character, the Pub Landlord, his family said the satirical genes of his great-great-great-grandfather were coming out. William Makepeace Thackeray wrote his masterpiece Vanity Fair at the age of 35. Murray finds out how that famous book fits in to a career that encompassed Punch cartoons, food writing and travel journalism. Producer Robyn Read
Snobs, the French and a hand in a box: page 111

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Presented By:
Al Murray.
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Al Murray
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William Makepeace Thackeray
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