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Leave 'Em Laughing: the Roy Castle Story

on BBC Radio 4 FM

1/2. Actor Bernard Cribbins pays tribute to his friend the entertainer Roy Castle, who died ten years ago this month. Roy is best remembered for his long-running television series Record Breakers, but what's less well known is his long apprenticeship in variety and his popularity in America. Cribbins describes Castle's early years as stooge to Frank Randle and Jimmy James in the clubs of the northern variety circuit, and relates how he was once invited to play trumpet for Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas.

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Bernard Cribbins
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Frank Randle
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Jimmy James
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Frank Sinatra
Producer:
Stephen Garner

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