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Jimmy Carr's Comedy Cuts: The Ingredients of a Joke

12/02/2011

The Ingredients of a Joke

BBC Radio 2 - Jimmy Carr's Comedy Cuts, The Ingredients of a Joke

Jimmy Carr takes a look at the ingredients of a joke, with the help of favourite clips.

Jimmy Carr hosts another comedy masterclass and plays some of his favourite comedy clips. In this programme he looks at the ingredients of a joke.

Jimmy Carr hosts another comedy masterclass, discussing his passion for all aspects of comedy and playing some of his favourite comedy clips. 

In the fifth episode, Jimmy takes a look at the ingredients of a joke and he plays clips from the likes of Peter Ustinov on his days in the army; Alan Davies on the finer points of chivalry; Lenny Henry talks about his charismatic parents; and Bill Bailey does Billy Bragg.  

All these clips and more are supplemented by Jimmy's witty and anarchic take on the world of comedy.

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