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16/12/2010

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Johnny Vegas interprets Les Dawson in a fictional pastiche, co-starring Nicholas Parsons.

Johnny Vegas pays tribute to Les Dawson in a comic flight of fancy, imagining how the BBC might have chosen Les to host gameshow, Blankety Blank.

Written by Andrew Lynch and Johnny Vegas. 

Johnny Vegas pays tribute to the legendary Les Dawson in a comic flight of fancy. Les has a way with words but is northern, rather crumpled, a little shambolic and an unknown quantity, and delightfully unpredictable when he is faced with representing a national institution. 

Nicholas Parsons is Farson, a resplendent foil for Dawson. Farson embraces and embodies the hammiest forces of the 'traditional BBC'. 

A nemesis to Les and all he stands for and aims to subvert.

This homage is a pure joyous farce, taking full artistic license in imagining how the BBC might have engaged the iconic Les to become a game show great in its eighties flagship, Blankety Blank. 

Cast:
Les ..... Johnny Vegas
Farson ..... Nicholas Parsons
Helen ..... Shobna Gulati
Dave Parkins ..... Mick Miller
BBC Executive ..... Mark Chatterton
Number Two ...... Paul Foot
Doris (Barmaid) ..... Catherine Kinsella
Other parts ..... Peter Slater (and cast).

Directed by Jim Poyser


Producer: Sally Harrison
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