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Birth of a Spiv

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Comedian and actor Arthur English reminisces with Michael Pointon and a studio audience about his beginnings as a stage comedian playing a stereotypical wartime "spiv".

Best remembered as Mr Harman in BBC TV’s long-running sitcom Are You Being Served?, Arthur English looks back over his life and career.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1988. Show less

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