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Much Obliged, Mr Wodehouse

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

P. G. Wodehouse celebrates his 90th birthday on 15 October with yet another instalment of the adventures of Bertie Wooster called Much Obliged, Jeeves.
Sam Pollock presents a radio tribute to one of the best-loved of English comic writers and recalls some of the highlights of his long and varied literary life. from his early success in the world of musical comedy to his continuing career as a novelist, with Kingsley Amis, Richard Usborne and, from BBC Sound Archives, extracts from a broadcast talk by Evelyn Waugh.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sam Pollock
Interviewee:
Kingsley Amis
Interviewee:
Richard Usborne
Producer:
Alan Haydock
Source: Radio Times

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