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J. Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook: Bravo Chantal!

Comedy: Satire

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J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

BBC Radio 4 Extra - J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook, Bravo Chantal!

A search for financial backing can lead a film producer into many unusual by-ways.

The veteran reveals how hunting for backers can lead a film producer into unusual by-ways. Stars Peter Jones. From July 1986.

The veteran reveals how hunting for financial backing can lead a film producer into many interesting and unusual by-ways of the entertainment industry. 

British show business doyen, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.

Performed and written by Peter Jones.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1986.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Series of comic monologues written from the perspective of an old showbiz survivor

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