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The Burkiss Way

Comedy: Sketch

Cult sketch comedy from the 1970s featuring Chris Emmett, Fred Harris, Nigel Rees, Jo Kendall and Denise Coffey.

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Japes in jail, foghorns - and what is normal? Cult sketch show.

Japes in jail, foghorns - and what is normal? Cult sketch show starring Denise Coffey and Nigel Rees. From September 1976.

Improve your IQ and go on the Auntie Quiz in the cult sketch show.

The Burkiss Way to dynamic living - radio's first correspondence course. No stamp needed.

Dynamic instruction from: 

Denise Coffey
Nigel Rees
Chris Emmett
Fred Harris 

Dynamic scripts by Andrew Marshall, John Mason and David Renwick with dynamic production by Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1976.

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Classic sketch comedy from the 1970s featuring Denise Coffey, Chris Emmett, Fred Harris and Nigel Rees.

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